Simple Texture Jekyll Theme

Simple Texture is a gem-based responsive simple texture styled Jekyll theme for Jekyll 3.3 or above, which can also be forked as a boilerplate for older versions of Jekyll.

Demo

• Starter-kit demo: https://yizeng.github.io/jekyll-theme-simple-texture/
• My own personal blog: http://yizeng.me/blog

Installation

As a Jekyll theme gem (Jekyll >= 3.3)

If you are creating a new website or blog, please follow the commands below first:

1. Install Jekyll and Bunlder

   gem install jekyll bundler
   

2. Create a new Jekyll app

   jekyll new jekyllapp
   

3. Enter the new directory

   cd jekyllapp
   

4. Then follow the instructions below like existing Jekyll app.

Then for existing Jekyll apps,

1. Install Bundler if haven't done so.

   gem install bundler
   

2. Remove Jekyll auto-generated default pages 404.html, about.md and index.md or any your custom layouts or existing theme files.

3. Remove the existing Gemfile.lock.

4. Download the respository here and locate starter-kit folder, or download starter-kit folder directly here.

5. Put everything in the starter-kit in the root directory, i.e. jekyllapp in this example.

6. Run bundle install to install dependencies.

7. Run Jekyll with bundle exec jekyll serve

8. Hack away at http://localhost:4000!

As a fork

1. Fork the repo here

2. Clone the repo just forked.

   git clone [email protected]:[YOUR_USERNAME]/jekyll-theme-simple-texture.git
   

3. Delete starter-kit folder and jekyll-theme-simple-texture.gemspec file (they're for people installing via gem)

4. Install Bundler if haven't done so.

   gem install bundler
   

5. Update the Gemfile to look like the following:

   source "https://rubygems.org"
   
   gem 'jekyll', '= 3.5.2' # locked in to be consistent GitHub Pages.
   
   group :jekyll_plugins do
     gem 'jekyll-feed'
     gem 'jekyll-redirect-from'
     gem 'jekyll-seo-tag'
     gem 'jekyll-sitemap'
   end

6. Run bundle install to install dependencies.

7. Run Jekyll with bundle exec jekyll serve

8. Hack away at http://localhost:4000!

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/yizeng/jekyll-theme-simple-texture. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

Credits

• Jekyll

  • jekyll-feed
  • jekyll-redirect-from
  • jekyll-seo-tag
  • jekyll-sitemap
  • Simple-Jekyll-Search
  • Jekyll-Bootstrap
  • theme-the-program

• Sass

  • Normalize.css
  • Animate.css
  • Simple Icons
  • Noise Texture Generator

• JavaScript

  • cdnjs
  • jQuery
  • fullPage.js
  • pace.js
  • Modernizr
  • FancyBox
  • unveil.js

• Fonts

  • Font Squirrel
  • Bitter
  • Junge
  • Ubuntu Condensed

License

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

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Yi Zeng

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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