Creating hexo blog and deploy on Github

Setting hexo blog and deploy it on Github page is a good idea. To make your life easier in the case that you dont know how to combine 2 things, this is for you.

General Setup

You will need Git, Nodejs and npm on your computer before doing the rest of tutorial.

You also need hexo:

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$ npm install -g hexo

Hexo Setup

Install Hexo:

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$ npm install hexo-cli -g

Create and init Hexo project:

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$ hexo init blog
$ cd blog
$ npm install

Add a packet that supports deploying hexo blog to Github page:

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$ npm install hexo-deployer-git --save

Edit setting

Modify _config.yml file:

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deploy:
	type: git
	repo: http://github.com/<yourusername>/<username>.github.io.git
	branch: [branch]

Deploy:

Create github project yourusername.github.io.
Be aware, if you spell it wrong, things will not work.

To Github

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$ hexo deploy

For testing in local host:

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$ hexo server

Finally, dont forget to modify the “Hello World” post.