Welcome

## Step 1: Enable GitHub Pages

Welcome to GitHub Pages and Jekyll :tada:!

If you're new to GitHub Pages, or you want to learn how to build and host a [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com) site, you're in the right place. With GitHub Pages, you can host content like [documentation](https://flight-manual.atom.io/), [resumes](https://github.com/jglovier/resume-template), or any other static content you’d like.

In this course, you'll create a blog hosted on GitHub Pages and learn how to:

- Enable GitHub Pages
- Use [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/), a static site generator
- Customize Jekyll sites with a theme and content

### New to GitHub?

Before we can begin, you'll need to know how to create a branch on GitHub, commit changes using Git, and open a pull request on GitHub. If you need a refresher on the GitHub flow, check out the [Introduction to GitHub course](https://lab.github.com/courses/introduction-to-github).

### :keyboard: Activity: Turn on GitHub Pages

The first step to publishing your blog to the web is to enable GitHub Pages on this repository ^{[:book:](https://help.github.com/articles/github-glossary/#repository)}. When you enable GitHub Pages on a repository, GitHub takes the content that's on the master branch and publishes a website based on its contents.

1. Under your repository name, click [**Settings**](https://github.com/aligilak/github-pages-with-jekyll/settings)
1. In the "GitHub Pages" section, use the Select source drop-down menu to select the `master branch` as your GitHub Pages publishing source.
1. Click **Save**

After GitHub Pages is enabled, we'll be ready to create some content.

For a printable version of the steps in this course, check out the [Quick Reference Guide](https://lab.github.com/public/github-pages.pdf).

> Turning on GitHub Pages creates a deployment of your repository. I may take up to a minute to respond as I await the deployment.

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