Tallneck

Tallneck is a Jekyll theme for blogs. It is a simple and clean theme with a focus on the responsiveness. Also js free.

Preview: https://jekyll-theme-tallneck.pages.dev/

Installation

Add this line to your Jekyll site's Gemfile:

gem "jekyll-theme-tallneck"

And add this line to your Jekyll site's _config.yml:

theme: jekyll-theme-tallneck

And then execute:

bundle

Or install it yourself as:

gem install jekyll-theme-tallneck

Usage

Initial setup

To set up your Jekyll site with the Tallneck theme, follow these steps:

1. Install the theme as described above.
2. Add the following to your site's _config.yml to activate the theme:

plugins:
  - jekyll-remote-theme
  - jekyll-feed
  - jekyll-seo-tag
  - jekyll-sitemap

theme: jekyll-theme-tallneck

3. Create the following files at the root of your Jekyll site and edit them like the ones in this repo:

   • index.md
   • feed.md
   • 404.md
   • about.md
   • cookie.md
   • privacy.md
   • terms.md

4. Create the assets/images folder and put a replacement for the following images:

   • favicon.ico and favicon.svg that will be used as the favicon.
   • logo.svg that will be used as the home button.
   • pwa_icon.svg, pwa_icon_x512.png, pwa_icon_x128.png, pwa_icon_x96.png that will be used as the PWA icon. (https://maskable.app/editor can be used to create the maskable icon)

5. In the assets folder, create the sitemanifest.json file and edit it to your liking.

6. [Optional] Customize the theme by creating the _sass folder and editing custom_variables.scss and custom_styles.scss files.

7. Edit the _config.yml file to your liking (you can use the config file in this repo as a template).

Writing posts

To create a new post, add a markdown file in the _posts directory and add at the top of the file the following:

---
layout: post   # Optional, post is default
title:  "First post!"
subtitle: "Written in Go."  # Optional
date:   2023-01-16 17:40:28 +0100
image: /assets/images/golang.jpg  # Optional
---

Development

To set up your environment to develop this theme, run bundle install.

Your theme is setup just like a normal Jekyll site! To test your theme, run bundle exec jekyll serve and open your browser at http://localhost:4000. This starts a Jekyll server using your theme. Add pages, documents, data, etc. like normal to test your theme's contents. As you make modifications to your theme and to your content, your site will regenerate and you should see the changes in the browser after a refresh, just like normal.

When your theme is released, only the files in _layouts, _includes, _sass and assets tracked with Git will be bundled.

License

The theme is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Credits

Some of the css code was inspired from the Minima Theme. Minima license.