2009-11-25T08:33:27-06:00 http://octopress.org Brandon Mathis bradon@imathis.com 2009-11-13T00:00:00-06:00 http://octopress.org/blog/2009/11/13/hello-world <p><strong>Octopress is a blogging framework designed for hackers</strong>, based on <a href="http://github.com/mojombo/jekyll">Jekyll</a> the blog aware static site generator powering <a href="http://pages.github.com/">Github pages</a>. If you don’t know what Jekyll is, <a href="http://metajack.im/2009/01/23/blogging-with-git-emacs-and-jekyll/">Jack Moffitt</a> wrote a good summary:</p> <blockquote><p>Jekyll is a static blog generator; it transforms a directory of input files into another directory of files suitable for a blog. The management of the blog is handled by standard, familiar tools like creating and renaming files, the text editor of your choice, and version control.<br/> <cite><strong>Jack Moffitt</strong> <a href="http://metajack.im/2009/01/23/blogging-with-git-emacs-and-jekyll/">Blogging with Git Emacs and Jekyll</a></cite></p></blockquote> <p>There’s no database to set up, and you get to use tools like Emacs, vim, or TextMate to write your posts, not some lame in-browser text editor. Just write, generate, deploy, using the same tools and patters you already use for your daily work.</p> <h3>So what’s Octopress?</h3>