1) Make sure Jekyll is installed (follow instructions on their website) 2) Open Command Prompt and navigate to the repository folder 3) Do “jekyll serve –incremental –trace” 4) The local server will usually be at “http://localhost:4000/”
*The –incremental flag ensures that any changes you make are reflected in your browser in real time and the –trace option might be useful for debugging if things break while you are changing the source files.