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Created April 4, 2013 01:56
How to create a GitHub page using Jekyll and Bootstrap

Creating Whispernote's GitHub Project Page

Jekyll, GitHub's static site generator, and Bootstrap were used to create Whispernote's GitHub Project Page. This document shows how.

Project Goals

I wanted a stylish "brand" page for my project, and I wanted to reuse the README file I had created without a lot of copy/pasting. GitHub's Jekyll allowed me to essentially embed the file as a partial. What I got was really an enhanced README file (thanks to some jQuery and Bootstrap), which is exactly what I wanted.

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