The tutorial series guides users through creating an e-commerce website using Strapi, Jekyll, Tailwind CSS, and Snipcart, with the current installment focusing on setting up the project's layout. In this part, the process involves creating header and footer templates using Jekyll's custom layouts and includes tags, which allow for modular page design by incorporating content from other files. The article provides code snippets for these components, highlighting the flexibility and customization Jekyll offers. Additionally, readers are instructed to start the Jekyll development server to view the website's homepage, which now features the newly implemented layout. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of understanding Jekyll's includes and layouts tags, which will be instrumental in subsequent sections covering the homepage addition to the e-commerce site. Links to the final source code for both the frontend and backend repositories are provided for further exploration.