The website will look somewhat empty at first. That's normal. Follow the next instructions to complete the header and footer components, and the home and blog pages.

Header

Open the _config.yml file and add the following:

header:
  pages:
    - name: Home
      slug: /     # <-- index.md
    - name: Blog  # <-- blog.md
    - name: Whatever  # <-- whatever.md

Re-run jekyll serve to see the header updated.

Footer

Open the _config.yml file and add the following:

footer:
  show_powered_by: true
  contact:
    - type: email
      name: Email
      value: [email protected]
    - type: wechat
      value: YourWeChatUsername
      link: "#"
  follow:
    - type: twitter
      name: Twitter
      link: http://twitter.com/YourTwitterUsername
      username: "@YourTwitterUsername"
    - type: facebook
      name: Facebook
      link: http://facebook.com/YourFacebookUsername
    - type: linkedin
      name: LinkedIn
      link: http://linkedin.com/in/YourLinkedInUsername
    - type: github
      name: GitHub
      link: http://github.com/YourGitHubUsername
    - type: dribbble
      name: Dribbble
      link: https://dribbble.com/YourDribbbleUsername
    - type: rss
      name: RSS
      link: /feed.xml

Re-run jekyll serve to see the footer updated.

Home page

Create (or edit) the index.markdown file and add the following:

---
layout: home
profile_picture:
  src: /assets/img/profile-pic.jpg
  alt: website picture
---

<p>
  Welcome to mysite!
</p>

Blog page

Create blog.markdown file and add the following:

---
layout: blog
title: Blog
slug: /blog
---

This is an example of a "Blog" page, displaying a list of posts.
<br />

Your website is ready!

Development

Run development instance (with hot-reload)

bundle exec jekyll serve

Build and publish the gem

gem build bay_jekyll_theme.gemspec

gem push bay_jekyll_theme-1.x.x.gem