Create github io repo

Github provides free host for the blog. Simply follow instructions to create a repository naming .github.io

Get Hexo Ready

I used Hexo, which is a simple static blog framework built on Node.js, to create my pages. You can also use JekyII as recommended by github.

Intall Hexo

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$ npm install -g hexo-cli

Initialize Hexo blog under

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$ hexo init <my-blog-folder>
$ cd <my-blog-folder>
$ npm install

Find a theme, I used a Vue style one by yanm1ng

1. Download theme /theme

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   $ cd <my-blog-folder> $ git clone <theme-git-repo> themes/<theme-name> $ cp -R themes/<theme-name>/_source/* source/

2. Update project _config.yml theme config

   1	themes: <theme-name>

Deploy to your github io repo

Install hexo-git-deployer

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$ npm install hexo-deployer-git --save

Edit _config.yml

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deploy:
  type: git
  repo: https://github.com/dongnanzhy/dongnanzhy.github.io

Deploy

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$ hexo clean && hexo deploy

Add new blog

Create new post page under source/_posts

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$ hexo new post <title>

If image files included, add them under source/images

Deploy

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$ hexo clean && hexo deploy