Octopress is a static blogging platform based on Jekyll. Octopress installation for first time might be tricky. If you ’re a beginner and love Octopress engine, here ’re some crystal clear beginner tutorials. Have a look.
1. http://www.lennu.net/2012/05/11/octopress-installation-in-ubuntu-12-dot-04-with-rsync/
2. http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-octopress–webdesign-11442
3. http://robdodson.me/blog/2012/04/30/custom-domain-with-octopress-and-github-pages/
4. http://tech.paulcz.net/2012/12/creating-a-github-pages-blog-with-octopress.html
Anyway here is my workflow in a nutshell.
- Install RVM (Ruby Version Manager)
- Install Ruby latest
- Install Ruby 1.9.3 and make it default
- Install gems
- Cloning Octopress git repository
- Installation of Octopress RVM Packages
- Creating posts, pages and customization
- Deploy to Github pages
- Creating a CNAME file pointing to my custom domain
- Getting .dot.tk free domain and modify dot.tk dns with adding A record.
- Waiting till it works!
Good Luck!