How to use Hexo to build a personal blog website on Github

As a technology enthusiast or Internet practitioner, it is very necessary to have your own blog website. And how to build a blog website quickly and simply? This article will introduce how to use Hexo to build a personal blog website on Github.

What is Hexo?
Hexo is a static blog generator based on Node.js. It can help you generate a static blog website quickly and simply, and supports various themes and plug-ins to make your blog display more beautiful and professional.

Github blog building process:
1. Register a Github account
First you need to register a Github account. If you already have a Github account, you can skip this step.

2. Create a new warehouse
Create a new warehouse on Github to store the code of the blog website. The name of the warehouse is in the format "username.github.io", where "username" is your username on Github.

3. Install Hexo
After creating the warehouse on Github, you need to install Hexo locally. Open the command line tool and enter the following command:
npm install -g hexo-cli
This command will install the Hexo command line tool globally. After the installation is complete, enter the following command to check whether the installation is successful:
hexo -v
If the current Hexo version number can be displayed, the installation is successful.

4. Clone the warehouse to local
After creating the warehouse on Github, you need to clone the warehouse to local. Open the command line tool and enter the following command:
git clone https://github.com/Username/Username.github.io.git
where "Username" is your username on Github. This command will clone your repository locally.

5. Initialize Hexo
After cloning the warehouse locally, you need to initialize Hexo in the warehouse. Open the command line tool, enter the root directory of the warehouse, and enter the following command:
hexo init
This command will initialize Hexo and create some default files and folders.

6. Install themes and plug-ins
Hexo supports various themes and plug-ins, which can make your blog display more beautiful and professional. You can choose themes and plug-ins that suit you from Hexo's official theme library (https://hexo.io/themes/) and plug-in library (https://hexo.io/plugins/) and install them.

7. Generate static blog files
After completing the installation of themes and plug-ins locally, the blog content needs to be generated as static files. Open the command line tool, enter the root directory of the warehouse, and enter the following command:
hexo generate
This command will generate a static blog file and save it to the "public" folder.

8. Upload blog files to Github repository
After generating static blog files locally, you need to upload them to Github repository. Open the command line tool, enter the root directory of the warehouse, and enter the following command:
git add .
git commit -m "First commit"
git push -u origin master
These commands will Upload the files from the local warehouse to the Github warehouse.

9. Visit the blog website
After uploading the static blog file to the Github repository, you need to wait for a period of time (up to 24 hours) for Github to complete the construction of the website. Once completed, you can access your blog website through "https://username.github.io/".

Summary:
Through the above steps, we can easily build a personal blog website on Github. By choosing different themes and plug-ins, you can make your blog website appear more beautiful and professional. Moreover, since the blog is a static file, it can be deployed and accessed anywhere, which is very convenient and fast.

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