#WP7 Jekyll "app site" templates

Many mobile apps are relatively simple, and don't need a fully blown websites to accompany them - usually a simple, static, single page is suffice.

###Setup GitHub pages for hosting and Jekyll for templating/static site generation is a perfect fit for this scenario, but keep an eye out on Code52 for alternative Jekyll generators.

1. Create a GitHub repo

2. Enable GH-Pages

3. Run some git commands.

   	git clone git://github.com/aeoth/Wp7JekyllTemplates.git
   	cd Wp7JekyllTemplates
   	git remote add MySite <yourGitHubUrl>
   

4. You'll then need to customise your site, open up _config.yml and you'll see a bunch of settings like 'your app name', 'accent' (that is the "blue" colour in the example below), your AppId etc. There is also the option to change the phone type from the default lumia710whiteblue to the emulator, HTC, Samsung or Nokia phones.

5. Replace the images in img\screenshots with your own screenshots. They should all be 400x240.

6. Deploy your site with more git!

    git add -A  
    git commit -m "init"
    git push MySite master:gh-pages
   

7. Within 10 minutes (it's only "that slow" the first time), your site will be running at http://YOURNAME.github.com/REPONAME/. You can even use your own domain, but look at the GitHub Pages documentation for that

###Todo

• Dynamic number of screenshots (set in config)
• Mobile templates
• More social integration

###Example