# Presentation: The Jekyll Static Site Generator

> Curtis gave a short presentation on the Jekyll static site generator for Ruby at the Dec 2011 Ruby AZ meetup. He discussed the benefits, usage and even a few gotchas found along the way.

- URL: https://velocitylabs.io/blog/2011/12/20/presentation-jekyll-static-site-generator/
- Published: December 20, 2011
- Author: Curtis Miller

Co-founder and CEO, Curtis Miller, had the opportunity to present at the monthly [Phoenix Ruby meetup](http://rubyaz.org/). Having recently switched from Wordpress to the [Jekyll static site generator](https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll), he presented his thoughts and experience using Jekyll.

If you have any questions about Jekyll or how we’re is using it to create our site, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help out. You can also peruse the source of the [Velocity Labs site on GitHub](https://github.com/velocity-labs/velocitylabs.io).

In the meantime, check out the presentation:

 **[Jekyll Presentation Slides](http://www.slideshare.net/Flatterline/jekyll-presentation-slides "Jekyll Presentation Slides")**

[Embedded content](https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/10653919)

And the video:

[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mXeJlFdZ2c)