Make sure Ruby 2.0 is installed

rvm install ruby-2.0.0-p451

Fork the repository to your own account and then clone it to your machine:

$ git clone [email protected]:YOURNAME/gschool-blog.git

Use bundler to install all of the dependencies

$ cd gschool-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.

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.

$ middleman article "gSchool - Week 0"

Write an article with your recap/reflections of the first week.

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.