This is the first post. I managed to set up a pelican powered blog with github user pages. There is still a lot of testing and learning necessary!
Useful links and tutorials:
http://mathamy.com/migrating-to-github-pages-using-pelican.html
http://nafiulis.me/making-a-static-blog-with-pelican.html
http://www.vcheng.org/2014/02/22/migrating-from-wordpress-to-pelican/
Best place to view pelican themes: