Fork the repository from here by clicking the fork button on the top right corner.
Go to Settings -> Repository name and write down <username>.github.io.
Fork the repository from here by clicking the fork button on the top right corner.
Go to Settings -> GitHub Pages in your fork of the repository.
Under source select master branch.
Edit the _config.yml file and change the site title and description.
Remove the setup.md file (optional).
To add a new page you need to create a new markdown file with the name of your choice.
For example here setup.md file is used to generate content for the setup page.
There are currently two layouts: default and full.
In the default layout a sidebar containing navigation is present whereas in full layout the full page is reserved for page content.
The full layout can be selected by adding a yaml front matter to the markdown/html file:
---
layout: full
---
The navigation bar can be controlled by modifying the _config.yml file.
Under navigation enter the title you would like to see on the sidebar and enter the relative link to that page.
Take a look at minimal theme page to see all the theme options: click here.
Serving from the docs folder
You can also serve the website from the
docsfolder. This is especially useful for project pages to keep the website files and project files separate. You basically need to keep all the files for the webpage in a folder nameddocsand in step 2 undersourceselectmaster branch/docs folder. More info here.
More tutorials on github pages, markdown and Jekyll can be found here: