Just enough stuff to help you setup a small event, like a PyDay
Create a virtualenv and activate it:
virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/activate
Install Nikola in it:
pip install nikola
If you run into trouble getting that in place, feel free to ask for help, this will only be difficult once, I swear.
From now on, whenever you need to use Nikola, always remember to activate the virtualenv first::
. venv/bin/activate
cd site
nikola build
nikola serve
xdg-open http://localhost:8000
Edit site/conf.py
and change the obvious things::
BLOG_AUTHOR
BLOG_TITLE
SITE_URL
BLOG_EMAIL
BLOG_DESCRIPTION
DEFAULT_LANG
TRANSLATIONS
SIDEBAR_LINKS (maybe)
And now, edit the files inside stories
to change the site's contents. Those files are written in reStructuredText
Get a theme from http://themes.nikola.ralsina.com.ar or create your own
Rebuild and check as needed.
Ask at the Nikola discuss google group.