How to use Hexo and deploy to GitHub Pages

1. Install Hexo

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$ sudo npm install -g hexo-cli

$ hexo -v
hexo-cli: 0.1.9
os: Darwin 14.3.0 darwin x64
http_parser: 2.3
node: 0.12.7
v8: 3.28.71.19
uv: 1.6.1
zlib: 1.2.8
modules: 14
openssl: 1.0.1p

2. Create a project for your GitHub Pages

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$ hexo init yt8yt.github.io
INFO  Copying data to ~/***/yt8yt.github.io
INFO  You are almost done! Don't forget to run 'npm install' before you start blogging with Hexo!

$ cd yt8yt.github.io

$ npm install

3. Run a test server for your page on Mac

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$ hexo server
INFO  Hexo is running at http://0.0.0.0:4000/. Press Ctrl+C to stop.

4. Set information for your new blog

https://hexo.io/docs/configuration.html

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$ vi _config.yml

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _config.yml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Site
title: yt8yt's note
subtitle:
description: yt8yt's personal blog
author: yt8yt
language:
timezone: Japan

# URL
## If your site is put in a subdirectory, set url as 'http://yoursite.com/child' and root as '/child/'
url: http://yt8yt.github.io/
root: /
permalink: :year/:month/:day/:title/
permalink_defaults:

5. Set information to use Git

https://github.com/hexojs/hexo-deployer-git

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$ npm install hexo-deployer-git --save
$ vi _config.yml

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _config.yml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Deployment
## Docs: http://hexo.io/docs/deployment.html
deploy:
  type: git
  repo: git@github.com:yt8yt/yt8yt.github.io.git
  branch: master

6. Set “watch” before starting your work

“watch” command can monitor your files.
https://hexo.io/docs/generating.html

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$ hexo generate --watch

7. Create a new post file

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$ hexo new first-post
INFO  Created: ~/***/yt8yt.github.io/source/_posts/first-post.md

8. Edit the above file with Markdown or Hexo’s Helper

Hexo’s Helper
https://hexo.io/docs/helpers.html
I use Atom with “shift + control + m” when I use Markdown :-)
https://atom.io/

9. Delete “source/_posts/hello-world.md”

It’s not necessary to deploy.

10. Deploy your new blog!!

https://hexo.io/docs/deployment.html

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$ hexo clean
$ hexo deploy

After writting the above command, you can see your new blog on GitHub Pages.
http://**.github.io/

11. Change your blog theme

https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/wiki/Themes

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For instance, How to use the following theme.
https://hexo.io/hexo-theme-light/

## Install it
$ cd yt8yt.github.io
$ git clone git://github.com/tommy351/hexo-theme-light.git themes/light

## Update the above files
$ themes/light
$ git pull

## Set information to use the theme
$ cd yt8yt.github.io
$ vi _config.yml

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _config.yml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Extensions
## Plugins: http://hexo.io/plugins/
## Themes: http://hexo.io/themes/
theme: light

12. Create a new page file

https://hexo.io/docs/writing.html

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$ hexo new page aboutme
INFO  Created: ~/***/yt8yt.github.io/source/aboutme/index.md

$ cd source/aboutme/

$ vi index.md

13. Use “Read More”

Write <!-- more --> in your articles.

Man, this is really helpful when you create blog with Hexo!

14. Use Plugins

https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/wiki/Plugins