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Start this step by acknowledging the previous step.
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Define terms and link to docs.github.com.
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Historic note: previous version checked the file path. Previous version checked the front matter formatting.
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## Step 4: Create a blog post
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## Step 5: Merge your pull request
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_Your home page is looking great! :cowboy_hat_face:_
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_Nice work, friend :heart:! People will be reading your blog in no time!_
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GitHub Pages uses Jekyll. In Jekyll, we can create a blog by using specially named files and frontmatter. The files must be named `_posts/YYYY-MM-DD-title.md`. You must also include `title` and `date` in your frontmatter.
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You can now [merge](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/github-glossary#merge)your pull request!
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**What is _frontmatter_?**: The syntax Jekyll files use is called YAML frontmatter. It goes at the top of your file and looks something like this:
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### :keyboard: Activity: Merge your changes
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```yml
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title: "Welcome to my blog"
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date: 2019-01-20
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```
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For more information about configuring front matter, see the [Jekyll frontmatter documentation](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/).
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### :keyboard: Activity: Create a blog post
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1. Browse to the `my-pages` branch.
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1. Click the `Add file` dropdown menu and then on `Create new file`.
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1. Name the file `_posts/YYYY-MM-DD-title.md`.
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1. Replace the `YYYY-MM-DD` with today's date, and change the `title` of your first blog post if you'd like.
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> If you do edit the title, make sure there are hyphens between your words.
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> If your blog post date doesn't follow the correct date convention, you'll receive an error and your site won't build. For more information, see "[Page build failed: Invalid post date](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/troubleshooting-jekyll-build-errors-for-github-pages-sites)".
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1. Type the following content at the top of your blog post:
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```yaml
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title: "YOUR-TITLE"
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date: YYYY-MM-DD
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1. Replace `YOUR-TITLE` with the title for your blog post.
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1. Replace `YYYY-MM-DD` with today's date.
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1. Type a quick draft of your blog post. Remember, you can always edit it later.
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1. Commit your changes to your branch.
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1. Merge your changes from `my-pages` into `main`. If you created the pull request in step 2, just open that PR and click on **Merge pull request**. If you did not create the pull request earlier, you can do it now by following the instructions in [step 2](/.github/steps/2-configure-your-site.md).
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1. (optional) Delete the branch `my-pages`.
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1. Wait about 20 seconds then refresh this page (the one you're following instructions from). [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) will automatically update to the next step.
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