Use Jekyll to create a blog and host it on Github

Github is an attractive option for hosting a technical blog. The process is as simple as creating a repository, and adding index.html to it. Details can be looked up at https://pages.github.com/. Github uses Jekyll to generate the site. Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. Using markup for the blog entries is one of the features of Jekyll. The installation can be done via gem ruby tool. http://jekyllrb.com/docs/quickstart/
Once installed, follow the following steps:

• Clone the github page repository.
  git clone abc.github.io
• Create a new file in the local git repository.
  touch Gemfile
• Edit the file and put the following lines in it.
  source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'github-pages'
• Install Bundler http://bundler.io/
  gem install bundler
bundle install
• To run Jekyll with Bundler, issue the following command in the root repository.
  bundle exec jekyll serve
• The site should now be available at:
  http://localhost:4000

More can be read about working with Jekyll at http://jekyllrb.com/docs/structure/. A very good example can be found at https://github.com/maciakl/Sample-Jekyll-Site/.