![]() However, this site does have a certificate and it is serving pages up over HTTPS. GitHub supports using custom domains, but don't (yet) support HTTPS when doing so. You may have noticed that this blog isn't sitting on the default domain for GitHub Pages (). I ended up going with a theme called CodeInventory, which I spent a while tweaking (read: hacking away at for weeks) to morph it into something I was ok with. You can just dump the theme into your repo and see if GitHub manages it to build it, then go from there. In general, any Jekyll theme should work. ![]() GitHub Pages has a stock selection to pick from, and now even allow you to easily choose from a large selection of community curated themes by editing your configuration file. The biggest thing (for me) was finding a theme I liked. If there are any issues preventing the site from being built successfully you'll get an email. The main thing to remember is that if you commit something to the master branch of the repo, your site will be built automatically. That first link has good instructions on how to get started with GitHub Pages. This blog runs on GitHub Pages and you can see all of the code behind it via its GitHub Repo. Now seems like a good time to get this written, especially if it helps someone get their own blog off the ground. I've been meaning to document my workflow (which is sadly lacking in obvious opportunities for automation) for writing blog posts and a little about the backend this blog runs on. I've also noticed a number of people saying "I want to get into it. ![]() Coming out of the PowerShell + DevOps Summit and PowerShell Conference Europe there has been a noticeable uptick in new blogs.
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