This is a template (and tutorial) for creating your blog with R Markdown in minutes.

This template is mostly based on Jekyll Now. It adds some adjustments to properly render your posts based on R Markdown files. I'm no expert in HTML so some lines of code may be useless.

• Make sure that you have the latest versions of R and RStudio.
• Install package prettyjekyll with devtools::install_github("privefl/prettyjekyll").
• Make sure that you have enabled Git in RStudio. More information can be found there.
• You need a GitHub account.
• You need your own GitHub page. You can find a template (and tutorial) for creating it in minutes there.

• Fork this repo (top-right).
• In the settings of your brand new repo, rename it to be "blog" and make sure that the "GitHub Pages" are activated.
• Get the link from cloning the repo. Then, go to RStudio, create a New Project > Version Control > Git and copy this link. You have cloned your new repo as an R project.
• Modify _config.yml.
• Go knit the R Markdown file in directory _knitr if you want to see its HTML preview in RStudio. Then use prettyjekyll::FormatPost("_knitr/knitr-minimal.Rmd") in the console.
• Commit and push everything from RStudio.
• Go see this post at https://YOURGITHUB.github.io/blog.

• Create an Rmd document with the template from package prettyjekyll.
• Fill it, previewing the result with the Knit button. The main content should be the same in your future post.
• When you have finished, use prettyjekyll::FormatPost on your R Markdown file and commit/push the changes from RStudio.
• Go verify that it renders well on your blog.

More information can be found there.

You can see for example the blog part of my own website.

For example,

• see this post and what was its html preview in RStudio. Pretty close, no?

I wanted something for creating my website, blogging and posting on it, that

• was very simple to use,
• didn't need any further installation (no Jekyll, Ruby or whatever),
• could be previewed directly from RStudio at any moment.

As a reminder, most credit goes to the contributors of Jekyll Now and its author Barry Clark. I also used parts of the css files and templates in package prettydoc.

If anything is false or not clear enough, feel free to contact me or open an issue.

• If it is an issue only related with FormatPost, please open an issue there.
• If it is an issue only related with Jekyll, you'll find a better answer posting there.