Proposed: Rake task for filling in _config.yml

[swanson]

Is there value in having a Rake task to prompt the user for the values to fill in _config.yml (along with some context like "leave this blank to ignore")?

[plusjade]

I think that would definitely be cool. I remember the phusion passenger setup to be a pleasant experience. I'd imagine a similar use-case. Basically walk the user through the core configuration steps with brief explanation for sensible defaults etc.

Let me know if you decide to hack something out.

[groundh0g]

When I first came to Jekyll, I didn't find rake tasks intuitive at all. I wouldn't expect a newbie to know to type rake config or something similar from their blog's root in terminal. How about a webpage on jekyllbootstrap.com that accepts inputs and generates the _config.yml text for cut-and-paste?

The instructions could be included in the footer, and the newly-constructed _config.yml could even be triggered as a download from within the browser.