Basically Basic is a [Jekyll theme](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/) meant as a substitute for the default `jekyll new` theme --- [Minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima). Conventions and features found in Minima are fully supported by **Basically Basic**, with a few enhancements here and there:
- Clean responsive design with six customizable variations
- About page layout
- Curriculum Vitæ/Resume layout powered by [JSON data](http://registry.jsonresume.org/)
- Disqus Comments and Google Analytics support
- SEO best practices via [Jekyll SEO Tag](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-seo-tag/)
Configuration of site-wide elements (`lang`, `title`, `description`, `image`, `author`, etc.) happens in your project's `_config.yml`. See the [example configuration](example/_config.yml) in this repo for reference.
This theme comes in six different skins (color variations). To change skins add one of the following to your [`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml) file:
This theme allows you to easily use [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/) throughout the theme. Simply add the following to your [`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml), replacing the font `name` and `weights` accordingly.
Each menu link's title and URL will be populated based on their `title` and `permalink` respectively.
### Pagination
Break up the main listing of posts into smaller lists and display them over multiple pages by [enabling pagination](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/pagination/).
1. Include the `jekyll-paginate` plugin in your `Gemfile`.
```ruby
group :jekyll_plugins do
gem "jekyll-paginate"
end
```
2. Add `jekyll-paginate` to `gems` array in your `_config.yml` file and the following pagination settings:
```yaml
paginate: 5 # amount of posts to show per page
paginate_path: /page:num/
```
3. Create `index.html` (or rename `index.md`) in the root of your project and add `layout: home``paginate: true` to its YAML Front Matter.
Author information is used as meta data for post "by lines" and propagates the `creator` field of Twitter summary cards with the following YAML Front Matter in `_config.yml`:
```yaml
author:
name: John Doe
twitter: johndoetwitter
picture: /assets/images/johndoe.png
```
Site-wide author information can be overridden in a document's YAML Front Matter in the same way:
```yaml
author:
name: Jane Doe
twitter: janedoetwitter
picture: /assets/images/janedoe.png
```
Or by specifying a corresponding key in the document's YAML Front Matter, that exists in `site.data.authors`. E.g., you have the following in the document's YAML Front Matter:
```yaml
author: megaman
```
And you have the following in `_data/authors.yml`:
```yaml
megaman:
name: Mega Man
twitter: megamantwitter
picture: /assets/images/megaman.png
drlight:
name: Dr. Light
twitter: drlighttwitter
picture: /assets/images/drlight.png
```
Currently `author.picture` is only used in `layout: about`. Recommended size is `300 x 300` pixels.
Optionally, if you have a [Disqus](https://disqus.com/) account, you can show a comments section below each post.
To enable Disqus comments, add your [Disqus shortname](https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466208) to your project's `_config.yml` file:
```yaml
disqus:
shortname: my_disqus_shortname
```
Comments are enabled by default and will only appear in production when built with the following [environment value](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/configuration/#specifying-a-jekyll-environment-at-build-time): `JEKYLL_ENV=production`
If you don't want to display comments for a particular post you can disable them by adding `comments: false` to that post's YAML Front Matter.
### Google Analytics
To enable Google Analytics, add your [tracking ID](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1032385) to `_config.yml` like so:
```yaml
google_analytics: UA-NNNNNNNN-N
```
Similar to comments, the Google Analytics tracking script will only appear in production when using the following environment value: `JEKYLL_ENV=production`.
## Layouts
This theme provides the following layouts, which you can use by setting the `layout` [Front Matter](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/) on each page, like so:
This layout handles all of the basic page scaffolding placing the page content between the masthead and footer elements. All other layouts inherit this one and provide additional styling and features inside of the `{{ content }}` block.
This layout accommodates the following YAML Front Matter:
```yaml
# optional alternate title to replace page.title at the top of the page
alt_title: "Basically Basic"
# optional sub-title below the page title
sub_title: "The name says it all"
# optional intro text below titles, Markdown allowed
introduction: |
Basically Basic is a Jekyll theme meant to be a substitute for the default `jekyll new` theme --- [Minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima). Conventions and features found in Minima are fully supported by **Basically Basic**.
# optional call to action links
actions:
- label: "Learn More"
icon: github # references name of svg icon, see full list below
url: "http://url-goes-here.com"
- label: "Download"
icon: download # references name of svg icon, see full list below
url: "http://url-goes-here.com"
image: # URL to an image associated with the post (e.g., /assets/page-pic.jpg)
# post specific author data if different from what is set in _config.yml
This layout accommodates the same YAML Front Matter as `layout: page`, with the addition of the following to display an author picture:
```yaml
author:
name: John Doe
picture /assets/images/johndoe.png
```
Recommended `picture` size is approximately `300 x 300` pixels. If `author` object is not explicitly set in the about page's YAML Front Matter the theme will default to the value set in `_config.yml`.
This layout accommodates the same YAML Front Matter as `layout: page`. It leverages a [JSON-based file standard](https://jsonresume.org/schema/) for resume data to conveniently render a curriculum vitæ or resume painlessly.
Simply use JSON Resume's [in-browser resume builder](http://registry.jsonresume.org/) to export a JSON file and save to your project as `_data/cv.json`.
The default structure, style, and scripts of this theme can be overridden and customized in the following two ways.
### Overriding Includes and Layouts
Theme defaults can be [overridden](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/#overriding-theme-defaults) by placing a file with the same name into your project's `_includes` or `_layouts` directory. For instance:
- To specify a custom style path or meta data to the [`_includes/head.html `](_includes/head.html) file, create an `_includes` directory in your project, copy `_includes/head.html` from Basically
Basic's gem folder to `<your_project>/_includes` and start editing that file.
**ProTip:** to locate the theme's files on your computer run `bundle show jekyll-theme-basically-basic`. This returns the location of the gem-based theme files.
### Customizing Sass (SCSS)
To override the default [Sass](http://sass-lang.com/guide) (located in theme's `_sass` directory), do one of the following:
1. Copy directly from the Basically Basic gem
- Go to your local Basically Basic gem installation directory (run `bundle show jekyll-theme-basically-basic` to get the path to it).
- Copy the contents of `/assets/stylesheets/main.scss` from there to `<your_project>`.
- Customize want you want inside `<your_project>/assets/stylesheets/main.scss`.
2. Copy from this repo.
- Copy the contents of [assets/stylesheets/main.scss](assets/stylesheets/main.scss) to `<your_project>`.
- Customize want you want inside `<your_project/assets/stylesheets/main.scss`.
**Note:** To make more extensive changes and customize the Sass partials bundled in the gem. You will need to copy the complete contents the `_sass` directory to `<your_project>` due to the way Jekyll currently reads those files.
To make basic tweaks to theme's style Sass variables can be overridden by adding to `<your_project>/assets/stylesheets/main.scss`. For instance, to change the accent color used throughout the theme add:
```scss
$accent-color: red;
```
Before any `@import` lines.
### Customizing JavaScript
To override the default JavaScript bundled in the theme, do one of the following:
1. Copy directly from the Basically Basic gem
- Go to your local Basically Basic gem installation directory (run `bundle show jekyll-theme-basically-basic` to get the path to it).
- Copy the contents of `/assets/javascripts/main.js` from there to `<your_project>`.
The theme uses social network logos and other iconography saved as SVGs for performance and flexibility. Said SVGs are located in the `_includes` directory and prefixed with `icon-`. Each icon has been sized and designed to fit a `16 x 16` viewbox and optimized with [SVGO](https://github.com/svg/svgo).
Fill colors are defined in the `_sass/basically-basic/_icons.scss` partial and set with `.icon-name` where class name matches the corresponding icon.
For example the Twitter icon is given a fill color of `#1da1f2` like so:
```html
<spanclass="icon icon--twitter">{% include icon-twitter.svg %}</span>
```
Alongside the SVG assets, there are icon helper includes to aid in generating social network links.
To test the theme the locally as you make changes to it:
1.`cd` into the root folder of the repo (e.g. `jekyll-theme-basically-basic`).
2. Run `bundle exec rake preview` and open your browser to `http://localhost:4000/example/`.
This starts a Jekyll server using the theme's files and contents of the `example/` directory. As modifications are made, refresh your browser to see any changes.
## Contributing
Found a typo in the documentation? Interested in adding a feature or
[fixing a bug][issues]? Then by all means [submit an issue][new-issue] or take a
stab at submitting a [pull request][using-pull-requests]. If this is your first
pull request, it may be helpful to read up on the [GitHub Flow][github-flow].
