jekyll-lift-off

jekyll-lift-off

[UNMAINTAINED] Jekyll Lift-Off is a simple boilerplate to get you started with a Jekyll-based site.

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Jekyll Lift-Off

Jekyll Lift-Off is a simple boilerplate to get you started with a Jekyll-based site. It's still a good idea to catch up on the Jekyll documentation to learn the ropes.

:bangbang: NOTE: This project is no longer being maintained. If you're interested in taking over maintenance of this repo, please contact me.

Current Version: 1.2.0

Setup

To get started with Jekyll Lift-Off, you'll need to have Jekyll installed locally. Follow the instructions on the Jekyll website to get set up.

What's In The Box?

  • Seperate layout for posts
  • Generated sitemap
  • ATOM feed
  • Authorship markup and multiple authors
  • Unindexed pages

Configurations

Jekyll Lift-Off exposes a few extra configurations which reduce the amount of repetition across your site:

lang: The language of the site. Added to the html lang attribute.

host: Your site's host name. This should be set to your primary domain, with no scheme or trailing slash.

author.name: The name of the default author of posts on the site. That's normally you.

author.url: The web address of the default author of posts on the site.

author.twitter: The twitter handle of the default author.

blog.name: The name of your blog. This is used in the ATOM feed.

Front-Matter

Jekyll Lift-Off exposes a few custom front-matter variables:

author.name: The name of the author of the post. If not set, the site's default author name will be used.

author.url: The web address of the author of the post. If not set, the site's default author URL will be used.

cta: The call-to-action to use when displaying the post as part of a list. This defaults to "Read more" but you should change it to something more descriptive, e.g. "Learn about X" or "Read about my thoughts on X".

lastmod: The last modified date of a page or post. This is used to indicate when content was last updated in the sitemap and ATOM feed.

noindex: Boolean indicating whether a page or post should be indexed. If false, the page will contain a "robots: noindex" meta tag and will not appear in the sitemap or ATOM feed.

Build Script

Jekyll Lift-Off exposes a couple of build scripts:

$ make build      # Build the site (output to the _site directory)
$ make watch      # Watch the site for changes, and build
$ make build-pub  # Build the site without draft posts included

License

Jekyll Lift-Off is licensed under the MIT license.

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