From 2bd29fcbcd02d8a40cd705e873dcc3567caab95d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Heis Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 08:42:35 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update course-details.md --- course-details.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/course-details.md b/course-details.md index 97cae4b..337dcf1 100644 --- a/course-details.md +++ b/course-details.md @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -Did you know you can host your personal, organization, and project sites on GitHub? With GitHub Pages, you can quickly create a site from your GitHub repositories—a great way to share static content related to your repository like resumes, portfolios, and project blogs. +Did you know you can host your personal, organization, and project sites on GitHub? With GitHub Pages, you can quickly create a site from your GitHub repositories—a great way to share static content related to your repository like resumes, portfolios, and project blogs. + +If you're new to GitHub Pages, or you want to learn how to build and host a GitHub Pages site, you're in the right place. With GitHub Pages, you can host content like documentation, resumes, or any other static content that you’d like. + +## What you'll learn In this course, you’ll learn how to: @@ -8,4 +12,27 @@ In this course, you’ll learn how to: - Customize your site - Create and edit blog posts -This course has a dedicated message board on the [GitHub Community]({{ communityBoard }}) website. If you want to discuss this course with GitHub Trainers or other participants create a post over there. The message board can also be used to troubleshoot any issue you encounter while taking this course. +You'll know the answers to questions like: + +- What is GitHub pages? +- How do I make sites with GitHub Pages? +- How do I create my own blog? + +## What you'll build + +In this course, you'll build a simple personal blog site with GitHub Pages. You'll be able to add posts and share your blog with anyone. + +![Screenshot_2020-02-25 Welcome to my blog](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1221423/75267083-224fd180-57a8-11ea-8acf-64c1ee6d950f.png) + +## Prerequisites + +For this course, 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/githubtraining/introduction-to-github). We'll assume you know what [blogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog) are and how they work. + +## Projects used + +- [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com), a static site generator +- [Jekyll minima theme](https://github.com/jekyll/minima), a one-size-fits-all Jekyll theme for writers + +## Audience + +This is a great beginner course. If you're wanting to run your own blog, personal site, project site, or portfolio, this is the best course for you. This is a wonderful course for students, project maintainers, and small businesses.