VSCode

  1. I installed VSCode from the website that is linked
  2. The installer asked for some additional information and I made sure to choose “Add to PATH”.
    • To my understanding, in Windows, the “PATH” is an environment variable that tells the system where to find executable files. When you add a directory to the PATH, you enable the system to locate and run programs from that directory without specifying the full path. This is especially useful for accessing command-line tools or applications conveniently from any location in the command prompt or PowerShell
  3. Add “Remote Development extension pack” in VSCode
    • This allows me to edit in VSCode while also syncing remotely

WSL

  1. I went to Powershell as an admin and ran: wsl --install
  2. I restarted my computer
  3. I set up my WSL account with a username and password

Theme

Once having the site up and running, I didnt really like the original theme. To have more of a say in the look of my website, I used the Minimal theme and added a LOT of CSS. To do this:

  1. I went to https://github.com/pages-themes/minimal
  2. Once on the site, I made sure my remote theme was set to remote_theme: pages-themes/minimal@v0.2.0
  3. After doing this, I made sure to copy the code from _layouts/default.html into my default.html
  4. I did a lot of CSS to make the site how it is now!