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Fork the repository to your own account and then clone it to your machine:
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Use bundler to install all of the dependencies
$ cd turing-blog $ bundle install -
Run the Middleman Blog
$ middleman -
Open the blog in your browser to make sure it works. You can do this from a new terminal tab with:
$ open http://localhost:4567 -
Check out the existing articles for an example of how to write a blog post. Make note that you can add a tag to the article using the 'tag' setting at the top of an article. See http://middlemanapp.com/basics/blogging/#toc_1 for more information about adding dates and tags to each article.
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Remove the existing articles
$ git rm source/2012-01-01-example-article.html.markdown $ git rm source/2013-01-23-introduction.html.markdown $ git commit -m "Removed old articles" -
Create your first article with some title:
$ middleman article "First Article" -
Add your content to the generated file.
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Save the article
$ git add source $ git commit -m "Wrote First Article" -
Create the Heroku application and deploy your blog.
$ heroku create $ git push heroku master -
Push your changes back to Github for safe keeping
$ git push origin master -
(Optional) Rename the blog to something other than the default Heroku name. You can do this via the Heroku console after you log in.