Building Websites With Jekyll and GitHub

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  • Instructor:  Chris Geroux 
  • Level: Beginner
  • Duration: 6 hours
  • Helpers: TBD
  • Date:  June 23 & 25, 2026 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (Atlantic)
  • Prerequisite: None
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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This 6-hour workshop will teach participants how to create and host static websites using Jekyll and GitHub Pages. Static websites have many benefits, including low cost, faster rendering, easier backup and preservation, and far fewer security issues in comparison to popular dynamic platforms. Learners will be guided through writing formatted content with Markdown, configuring GitHub to build and serve pages, building multi-page sites with Jekyll, and customizing layouts. No prior experience with Git or web development is required — only comfort using a web browser — though a basic familiarity with HTML is helpful. This workshop is suitable for anyone looking to build a personal site or project documentation.

SETUP REQUIREMENTS
  • Create a free account on GitHub.

Meet our team!

Chris Geroux

Instructor

Research Consultant
Ph.D. Astrophysics, Saint Mary’s University

Chris has been working in HPC since 2005 and joined ACENET in 2015. He is based at Dalhousie University and has a focus on cloud. For his PhD he developed a C++ code to model stellar convection using the OpenMPI framework for parallelism. He also was an associate research fellow at the University of Exeter. Since joining ACENET Chris is been involved in developing the national cloud documentation and is a member of the cloud national team.

Meghan Landry

Host

Manager, Client Engagement and Support | Humanities & Social Sciences Research Specialist
Meghan Landry is the Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) Research Specialist with ACENET, and one of the Alliance HSS National Team Leads. She possesses an MLIS from McGill University and a BA in English Literature from UPEI. She joined ACENET from St. Francis Xavier University where she was the Scholarly Communications Librarian. Meghan specializes in working with sensitive data, digital humanities, and research data management. She is still based at StFX University, but serves all of Atlantic Canada and is active in national and regional humanities & social sciences initiatives.

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