@@ -20,14 +20,11 @@ desc "Initial setup for Octopress: copies the default theme into the path of Jek

 task :install, :theme do |t, args|

   # copy theme into working Jekyll directories

   theme = args.theme || 'classic'

-  puts "## Copying "+theme+" theme to Jekyll paths"

+  puts "## Copying "+theme+" theme into ./#{source_dir} ./sass and ./_plugins "

   system "mkdir -p #{source_dir}; cp -R themes/"+theme+"/source/ #{source_dir}/"

   system "mkdir -p sass; cp -R themes/"+theme+"/sass/ sass/"

   system "mkdir -p _plugins; cp -R themes/"+theme+"/_plugins/ _plugins/"

   system "mkdir -p #{source_dir}/#{posts_dir}";

-  puts "## Layouts, images, and javascritps from the #{theme} theme have been installed into ./#{source_dir}"

-  puts "## Sass stylesheet sources from the #{theme} theme have been installed into ./sass"

-  puts "## Plugins from the #{theme} theme have been installed into ./_plugins"

 end

 #######################

@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ task :preview do

 end

 # usage rake post[my-new-post] or rake post['my new post'] or rake post (defaults to "new-post")

-desc "Begin a new post in #{source_dir}/_posts"

+desc "Begin a new post in #{source_dir}/#{posts_dir}"

 task :post, :filename do |t, args|

   require './_plugins/titlecase.rb'

   args.with_defaults(:filename => 'new-post')

@@ -116,14 +113,15 @@ end

 desc "setup _deploy folder and deploy branch"

 task :init_deploy, :branch do |t, args|

-  puts "Please provide a deploy branch, eg. rake init_deploy[gh-pages]" unless args.branch

+  puts "!! Please provide a deploy branch, eg. rake init_deploy[gh-pages] !!" unless args.branch

+  puts "## Creating a clean #{args.branch} branch in ./#{deploy_dir} for Github pages deployment"

   cd "#{deploy_dir}" do

     system "git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/#{args.branch}"

     system "rm .git/index"

     system "git clean -fdx"

-    system "touch README && echo 'initial commit' >> README"

+    system "echo 'My Octopress Page is coming soon …' > index.html"

     system "git add ."

-    system "git commit -m 'Setup for deploy with Octopress'"

+    system "git commit -m 'My Octopress site is coming soon'"

     system "git push origin #{args.branch}"

   end

 end