Jekyll Theme Comics

Comics is a Jekyll Theme inspired by action comics. You can preview the theme to see what it looks like, or even use it today.*

Contents

• Get Started
• Make it yours
• Usage
• Customizing
  • Configuration Variables
  • Stylesheet
  • Layouts
• Roadmap
• Project Philosophy
• Contributing
• Author
• License

Get started

First, follow the steps in this Quickstart Guide if you're starting with Jekyll from scratch. Skip this if you already have an existing jekyll project.

1. Fork the repository

2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/username/jekyll-theme-comics

3. Run bundle install

4. Run Jekyll: jekyll serve -w

5. Go to http://localhost:4000 for your site.

Make it yours

1. Edit _config.yml, then rerun jekyll serve -w

2. Change about.md for blog intro

3. For domain settings see the guide from GitHub

Usage

To use the comics theme on github pages:

1. Add the following to your site's _config.yml:

   remote_theme: r01nx/jekyll-theme-comics
   plugins:
   - jekyll-remote-theme # add this line to the plugins list if you already have one
   

2. Optionally, if you'd like to preview your site on your computer, add the following to your site's Gemfile:

   gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
   

Customizing

Configuration variables

Comics will respect the following variables, if set in your site's _config.yml:

title: [The title of your site]
description: [A short description of your site's purpose]

Stylesheet

If you'd like to add your own custom styles:

1. Create a file called /assets/css/style.scss in your site
2. Add the following content to the top of the file, exactly as shown:

   ---
   ---
   
   @import "{{ site.theme }}";
   

3. Add any custom CSS (or Sass, including imports) you'd like immediately after the @import line

Note: If you'd like to change the theme's Sass variables, you must set new values before the @import line in your stylesheet.

Layouts

If you'd like to change the theme's HTML layout:

1. For some changes you can add custom files in your local _includes folder. The files provided with the themeprovide a starting point and are included by the [original layout template]
2. Create a file called /_layouts/default.html in your site
3. Paste the default layout content copied in the first step
4. Customize the layout as you'd like

Roadmap

See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).

Project philosophy

The Comics theme originated from the idea of presenting a page with a colorscheme that excites the vision. It is intended to make it quick and easy for users to create a website. The theme is perfect for exciting projects, erring on the side of simplicity rather than flexibility, and provide users the opportunity to opt-in to additional complexity if they have specific needs or wish to further customize their experience (such as adding custom CSS or modifying the default layout). It should also look great, but that goes without saying.

Contributing

Interested in contributing to Comics? I'd love your help. Comics is an open source project.

Author

rohan

License

Open sourced under the MIT license.

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