Jekyll for Web Designers and Content Writers Training Course

Jekyll is an open-source, easy-to-use CMS for rapidly generating static websites. It does not require a database or other heavy CMS framework tooling.

In this instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote), participants will learn how to use Jekyll to build a complete website based on simple, text-based files. 

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure the tools needed for generating static websites.
• Use Markdown, Liquid templates, and Sass to generate content and layout.
• Host and manage a Jekyll website directly from GitHub Pages. 
• Rapidly test and deploy variations of a web page (content, layout, colors, etc.)
• Migrate an existing CMS (e.g., Wordpress) to Jekyll
• Troubleshoot issues with a website.

Audience

• Web designers
• Bloggers
• Content editors

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on deployment and testing in a live-lab environment.

Note

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
• To learn more about Jekyll, please visit: https://jekyllrb.com/