title: Jekyll custom theme (running locally)
body: <p>I'm new to Jekyll and I am trying to get a custom theme up and running. Here's is what I've done so far: </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Created my Jekyll site. CD to the directory I wanted to install it and ran </p>
  
  <p><code>bundle exec jekyll serve</code></p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>These files were created and I was able to see the site locally at the default 4000 port. </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QJyiG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QJyiG.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I then tried following the instructions <a href="https://www.siteleaf.com/blog/making-your-first-jekyll-theme-part-2/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> for installing your own theme. I entered this in my terminal: </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ jekyll new-theme skull_and_roses
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As the instructions indicated it built out a new directory...</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JMSh4.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JMSh4.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>It also added a directory in the _site directory, not sure if that is correct:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/mLR9g.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/mLR9g.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I then followed these instructions: </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9YDRi.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9YDRi.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>But when I go to run it: </p>
  
  <pre><code>bundle exec jekyll serve --watch
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get an error: </p>
  
  <pre><code>The skull_and_roses theme could not be found.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Like I said, this is my first run at Jekyll so any help would be appreciated. </p>