jekyll-blog-template

jekyll-blog-template

Purpose

Template to build a versatile blog forked from jeffreytse

Personalize the website

  1. Go to _data/defaults.yml and change the values for
    • heading
    • subheading
  2. Go to _data/translate_langs.yml to customize the options for automatic translations by adding or removing entries.
  3. To change the background image
    1. upload the file (ideally .jpeg) to assets/images/banners/
    2. change the entry for banner in index.html such that it points to your image of choice
  4. Go to _config.yml and change the values for
    1. title
    2. email
    3. author
    4. copyright
    5. description
    6. favicon
  5. Got to about.md and tell the world who you are
    1. To do so, look up the markdown syntax in some guide
  6. Go to _posts and add you first post
    1. the file needs to have a markdown extension (.md)
    2. the file name needs to follow the format year-month-day-filename.md (e.g. 2021-12-24-filename.md)
    3. in the head of the file, you need to provide values to the following entries (the value for layout needs to be post):
      1. layout: post
      2. title: Markdown Guide
      3. subtitle: Resources to work with Markdown
      4. categories: markdown
      5. tags: [guide, markdown]
    4. Write the content of the post in markdown

License

This theme is licensed under the MIT license © JeffreyTse.