※ This post has been restored from an old post written during the Jekyll era.

Jekyll is hosted through GitHub. In other words, to build a blog with Jekyll, you need at least some familiarity with GitHub. In this post, we'll set aside GitHub's many other features and focus purely on what's needed for Jekyll hosting.

GitHub provides a source code version control service for developers. It's the leading repository for storing and managing Git repositories, hosting countless open-source and personal projects. Git and GitHub are each huge topics on their own, so for now let's focus on our goal — hosting.

Go to GitHub

When you connect, you'll see a screen like the one above. Click Sign Up at the top right to create an account.

• username: your nickname
• Email address: your email address
• Password: your password

A survey appears after you create your account. You can ignore it.

Once your account is created, a verification code is sent to the email you entered during sign-up, so check your mail.

If the email doesn't arrive properly, you can resend it via Resend verification email. Or, if you entered the wrong email address, click Change your email settings to change the email address to be verified.

Check your verification email and click Verify email address to complete verification. This finishes the account creation process.

Log in to GitHub. You can use either the username or the email you entered during sign-up. If this screen appears, your account creation is complete.