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HTML Build a Blog with Jekyll and GitHub Pages Getting Started with Jekyll Configuration Settings

James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points
Posted by James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points

Adding Jekyll to existing websites

Hi there,

I am fairly new to understanding how Jekyll works, so please excuse me if this seems like a fairly odd question!

I am looking to use Jekyll on an existing website that uses HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. My website has a blog section and I wish to use Jekyll to update the content easily, I am not sure what directories to copy and paste over to my website and where to start!

Any point in the right direction would be great! (I am only a few lessons into learning Jekyll, if it will become more clear to me down the line please let me know :-))

Thanks, James.

Jose Galan
Jose Galan
2,414 Points
Jose Galan
Jose Galan
2,414 Points

With Jekyll you don;t need Javascript and PHP. So, I would advise you to rebuild your website based on Jekyll if the only thing you provide in it (apart from the static content) are blogs; if you have dynamic content then stick to PHP and Javascript. You cannot mix both Javascript & PHP together with Jekyll.