jekyll-dev

Using livereload for gem-based Jekyll theme development.

Installation

npm install -g jekyll-dev

Usage & Workflow

1. Create a jekyll site and a theme:

   ## create a site named jekyll-site
   jekyll new jekyll-site
   
   ## create a theme named jekyll-theme-sample
   jekyll new-theme jekyll-theme-sample

2. Add the theme to your site's Gemfile

   ## replace default theme `gem "minima", ...`
   gem "jekyll-theme-sample", :path => "../jekyll-theme-sample"

3. Add the following to your site's _config.yml to activate the theme:

   ## replace default `theme: minima`
   theme: jekyll-theme-sample

4. Start to develop:

   cd jekyll-site
   jekyll-dev

   Notice: You may need to tweak your site and theme to solve some console errors. See sample/ of this repository.

License

MIT