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 summary: These brief instructions will help you get started quickly with the theme. The other topics in this help provide additional information and detail about working with other aspects of this theme and Jekyll.
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+## Download or clone the theme
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+First download or clone the theme from the [Github repo](https://github.com/tomjohnson1492/documentation-theme-jekyll). Most likely you won't be pulling in updates once you start customizing the theme, so downloading theme probably makes the most sense.
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 ## Build this theme
 
 If you're used to running Jekyll sites, you can type the normal jekyll command, `jekyll serve`, to build the Jekyll theme. However, if you're a new Jekyll user or if you run into issues, see the following two topics: