How Do I Pelican?

This is a simple explanation of how to get started using Pelican to build a static site. It will skip a lot of the details in the interest of simplicity.

HTML pages for this tutorial (you are here): https://pages.charlesreid1.com/how-do-i-pelican/

Source code for this tutorial on git.charlesreid1.com: https://git.charlesreid1.com/charlesreid1/how-do-i-pelican

Source code for this tutorial on Github: https://github.com/charlesreid1/how-do-i-pelican

The outline:

• Before you start - installing Pelican
• Getting started with Pelican
• Configuring your Pelican site
• Theming your Pelican site
• Generating your static site
• Serving your static site
• Adding content
• Hosting on Github Pages

Also check out the workflows pages for copy-and-paste commands for working with your pelican site:

• Workflow: Initialization of the Github Pages site WorkflowInit.md
• Workflow: Update the Github Pages site WorkflowUpdate.md