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HTML Build a Blog with Jekyll and GitHub Pages Getting Started with Jekyll Hey, Jekyll!

Juan García
Juan García
10,723 Points

Can I create a blog with Jekyll in a website I already created?

Hi, I am creating a marketing website on bootstrap, and I wondered if Jekyll is a good solution to create a (simple) blog within that site, in a page of its own. The client has to be able to write and post himself. What do you think, is Jekyll a good solution? Should I consider Wordpress or others? Thanks! Guil Hernandez

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

I would have said yes, it's great, until you said client. Jekyll might be a bit intimidating for a non-web person, since Jekyll posts are written in markdown, and have to be either FTP'ed or pushed to Github.

Wordpress might be a better option for a client. Depends on how comfortable they are writing a markdown file and loading to a server.

Juan García
Juan García
10,723 Points

Hey Thanks Kevin! My main concern is integrating the blog, make it usable to the client, and without relying on PHP or databases.

Could that be done with the .com version of Wordpress?