Getting this Jekyll site live without losing your mind
You want a clean little website, you want it on GitHub Pages, and you keep hearing “just use Jekyll” like it’s nothing. Cool. But the first time you try it, there’s always that moment where stuff doesn’t build, the theme looks wrong, or GitHub Pages shows a blank page and you just stare at it.
So I’m going to walk through the setup like we’re actually doing it. Not fancy. Just the real steps that get a Jekyll site running from your laptop to a GitHub repo and then onto a live link. We’ll deal with the annoying bits too, like picking the right branch, getting `_config.yml` to behave, and figuring out why your homepage isn’t showing up.
Quick wrap-up
Once it clicks, it’s kind of addictive. You push changes, refresh the page, and your site is just there. No server drama. If something breaks, it usually breaks in a way you can fix by checking one file and trying again.
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