Jekyll static site generator

Jekyll is a static site generator. It takes markdown files, and converts them to HTML files you can easily serve.

We love it for quickly building static websites, in fact it is what this website is built on and has been for years.

If you need Jekyll developers to help you make static websites, get in touch!

Running Jekyll from inside VS Code

How to set up your VS Code to run Jekyll without needing extra extensions

Previewing Markdown files with VS Code

How to quickly see if your Markdown files are formatted correctly

Adding a service worker to Jekyll

Here is how we added a service worker to this very site

Jekyll admin and frontmatter setup

Quick article creation with Jekyll Admin and frontmatter config

Setting SEO titles in Jekyll

What titles work best for SEO and for your readers sometimes differ, let's see how we can have the best of both

Jekyll Raw Code Block Syntax

A guide to formatting code blocks using the Jekyll raw syntax

Using Formspree to add Contact Forms to Static Sites

An guide to adding Formspree to your static site for a contact form

Generating Comments on Static Sites with Staticman

A beginners guide to creating a Jekyll site and using Staticman to allow commenting

Adding Descriptions to Pages with Jekyll

What is a page description and how to add one with Jekyll