# [Basically Basic Jekyll Theme][1] [![Gem](https://img.shields.io/gem/v/jekyll-theme-basically-basic.svg?style=flat-square)](https://rubygems.org/gems/jekyll-theme-basically-basic) [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic.svg?style=flat-square)](LICENSE.md) [![Code Climate](https://img.shields.io/codeclimate/github/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codeclimate.com/github/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic) Basically Basic is a [Jekyll theme](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/) meant as a substitute for the default --- [Minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima). Conventions and features found there are fully supported by **Basically Basic**, with a few enhancements thrown in for good measure: - Clean responsive design with [six customizable skins](#skin) - Curriculum Vitæ/Resume layout powered by [JSON data](http://registry.jsonresume.org/) - About page layout - Disqus Comments and Google Analytics support - SEO best practices via [Jekyll SEO Tag](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-seo-tag/) [![Basically Basic live preview][2]][1] [1]: https://mmistakes.github.io/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/ [2]: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24117647/6dede894-0d81-11e7-9c2c-f19bea45e219.jpg (live preview) ## Table of Contents 1. [Installation](#installation) 1. [Ruby Gem Method](#ruby-gem-method) 2. [GitHub Pages Compatible Method](#github-pages-compatible-method) 1. [Remove the Unnecessary](#remove-the-unnecessary) 2. [Structure](#structure) 1. [Starting Fresh](#starting-fresh) 2. [Starting from jekyll new](#starting-from-jekyll-new) 3. [Configuration](#configuration) 1. [Skin](#skin) 2. [Google Fonts](#google-fonts) 3. [Text](#text) 4. [Navigation](#navigation) 5. [Pagination](#pagination) 6. [Author](#author) 7. [Reading Time](#reading-time) 8. [Comments (via Disqus)](#comments-via-disqus) 9. [Google Analytics](#google-analytics) 4. [Layouts](#layouts) 1. [Default](#layout-default) 2. [Post](#layout-post) 3. [Page](#layout-page) 4. [Home](#layout-home) 5. [About](#layout-about) 6. [Curriculum Vitæ/Resume](#layout-cv) 5. [Customization](#customization) 1. [Overriding Includes and Layouts](#overriding-includes-and-layouts) 2. [Customizing Sass (SCSS)](#customizing-sass-scss) 3. [Customizing JavaScript](#customizing-javascript) 4. [SVG Icons](#svg-icons) 5. [Customizing Sidebar Content](#customizing-sidebar-content) 6. [Development](#development) 7. [Contributing](#contributing) 1. [Pull Requests](#pull-requests) 8. [Credits](#credits) ## Installation If you're running Jekyll v3.3+ and self-hosting you can quickly install the theme as Ruby gem. If you're hosting with GitHub Pages you'll have to use the "repo fork" method or directly copy all of the theme files (see [structure](#structure) below) into your project. ### Ruby Gem Method 1. Install the theme as a Ruby Gem by adding it to your `Gemfile` like so: ```ruby gem "jekyll-theme-basically-basic" ``` 2. Fetch and update your bundled gems by running the following [Bundler](http://bundler.io/) command: ```bash bundle ``` 3. Set the `theme` in your project's Jekyll configuration, `_config.yml`: ```yaml theme: jekyll-theme-basically-basic ``` ### GitHub Pages Compatible Method Fork the [Basically Basic repo](https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/fork), then rename it to **USERNAME.github.io** --- replacing **USERNAME** with your GitHub username. **Note:** Your Jekyll site should be viewable immediately at . If it's not, you can force a rebuild by **configuring your site** (see below for more details). Replace the contents of `Gemfile` found in the root of your Jekyll site with the following: ```ruby source "https://rubygems.org" gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins ``` Then run `bundle update` and verify that the [GitHub Pages gem](https://github.com/github/pages-gem) and its dependencies install properly. #### Remove the Unnecessary If you forked or downloaded the `jekyll-theme-basically-basic` repo you can safely remove the following files and folders: - `.codeclimate.yml` - `.editorconfig` - `.gitattributes` - `.github` - `.scss-lint.yml` - `CHANGELOG.md` - `jekyll-theme-basically-basic.gemspec` - `LICENSE.md` - `Rakefile` - `README.md` - `screenshot.png` - `/docs` - `/example` ## Structure Layouts, includes, Sass partials, and data files are all placed in their default locations. Stylesheets and scripts in `assets`, and a few development related files in the project's root directory. **Please note:** If you installed Basically Basic via the Ruby Gem method, theme files found in `/_layouts`, `/_includes`, `/_sass`, and `/assets` will be missing. This is normal as they are bundled with the [`jekyll-theme-basically-basic`](https://rubygems.org/gems/jekyll-theme-basically-basic) gem. ```bash jekyll-theme-basically-basic ├── _data # data files | └── theme.yml # theme settings and custom text ├── _includes # theme includes and SVG icons ├── _layouts # theme layouts (see below for details) ├── _sass # Sass partials ├── assets | ├── javascripts | | └── main.js | └── stylesheets | └── main.scss ├── _config.yml # sample configuration └── index.md # sample home page (all posts/not paginated) ``` ### Starting Fresh After creating a `Gemfile` and installing the theme you'll need to add and edit the following files: - [`_config.yml`](_config.yml) - [`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml) - [`index.md`](index.md) **Note:** Consult the [**pagination**](#pagination) documentation below for instructions on how to enable it for the home page. ### Starting from `jekyll new` Using the `jekyll new` command will get you up and running the quickest. Edit `_config.yml` and create `_data/theme.yml` as instructed above and you're good to go. ## Configuration Configuration of site-wide elements (`lang`, `title`, `description`, `logo`, `author`, etc.) happens in your project's `_config.yml`. See the [example configuration](example/_config.yml) in this repo for additional reference. | | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `lang` | Used to indicate the language of text (e.g., en-US, en-GB, fr) | | `title` | Your site's title (e.g., Dungan's Awesome Site) | | `description` | Short site description (e.g., A blog about grasshopper mash) | | `url` | The full URL to your site (e.g., https://groverloaf.org) | | `author` | Global author information (see below) | | `logo` | Path to a site-wide logo ~100x100px (e.g., /assets/your-company-logo.png) | | `twitter_username` | Site-wide Twitter username, used as a link in sidebar | | `github_username` | Site-wide GitHub username, used as a link in sidebar | For more configuration options be sure to consult the documentation for: [**jekyll-seo-tag**][jekyll-seo-tag], [**jekyll-feed**][jekyll-feed], [**jekyll-paginate**][jekyll-paginate], and [**jekyll-sitemap**][jekyll-sitemap]. [jekyll-seo-tag]: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-seo-tag [jekyll-feed]: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-feed [jekyll-paginate]: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-paginate [jekyll-sitemap]: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-sitemap ### Skin 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: | `skin: default` | `skin: night` | `skin: plum` | | --- | --- | --- | | ![default-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115744/c0618c90-0d7a-11e7-8e2d-ec70f9db0c1b.png) | ![night-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115770/d61127f8-0d7a-11e7-9158-986bee2be8e7.png) | ![plum-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115778/db523a0e-0d7a-11e7-9452-8692b736d67e.png) | | `skin: sea` | `skin: soft` | `skin: steel` | | --- | --- | --- | | ![sea-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115788/e27d818a-0d7a-11e7-8c56-2480e9ae83fb.png) | ![soft-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115790/e6e548e8-0d7a-11e7-8e2d-d8053e8befd1.png) | ![steel-skin](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1376749/24115799/eb2108e8-0d7a-11e7-8cc3-a6f22e4082ee.png) | ### Google Fonts 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. ```yaml google_fonts: - name: "Fira Sans" weights: "400,400i,600,600i" - name: "Fira Sans Condensed" ``` ### Text To change text found throughout the theme add the following to your [`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml) file and customize as necessary. ```yaml t: skip_links: "Skip links" skip_primary_nav: "Skip to primary navigation" skip_content: "Skip to content" skip_footer: "Skip to footer" menu: "Menu" home: "Home" newer: "Newer" older: "Older" email: "Email" subscribe: "Subscribe" read_more: "Read More" posts: "Posts" page: "Page" of: "of" min_read: "min read" present: "Present" ``` ### Navigation By default all internal pages with a `title` will be added to the "off-canvas" menu. For more granular control and sorting of these menu links: 1. Create a custom list to override the default setting by adding a `navigation_pages` array to your [`/_data/theme.yml`](_data/theme.yml) file. 2. Add raw page paths in the order you'd like: ```yaml navigation_pages: - about.md - cv.md ``` 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 the following front matter: ```yaml layout: home paginate: true ``` ### Author Author information is used as meta data for post "by lines" and propagates the `creator` field of Twitter summary cards with the following 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 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 front matter, that exists in `site.data.authors`. E.g., you have the following in the document's 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. ### Reading Time To enable reading time counts add `read_time: true` to a post or page's YAML Front Matter. ### Comments (via Disqus) 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 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: ```yaml --- layout: name --- ``` ### `layout: default` 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. ### `layout: post` This layout accommodates the following 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 --- [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 a hero image associated with the post (e.g., /assets/page-pic.jpg) # post specific author data if different from what is set in _config.yml author: name: John Doe twitter: johndoetwitter comments: false # disable comments on this post ``` ### `layout: page` Visually this layout looks and acts the same as `layout: post`, with two minor differences. - Author "by line" and publish date are omitted. - Disqus comments are omitted. ### `layout: home` This layout accommodates the same front matter as `layout: page`, with the addition of the following: ```yaml paginate: true # enables pagination loop, see section above for additional setup ``` ### `layout: about` This layout accommodates the same 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 front matter the theme will default to the value set in `_config.yml`. If blank there no image will appear. ### `layout: cv` This layout accommodates the same 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`. ## Customization 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 `/_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 ``. - Customize what you want inside `/assets/stylesheets/main.scss`. 2. Copy from this repo. - Copy the contents of [assets/stylesheets/main.scss](assets/stylesheets/main.scss) to ``. - Customize what you want inside `` 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 `/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 ``. - Customize what you want inside `/assets/javascripts/main.js`. 2. Copy from this repo. - Copy the contents of [assets/javascripts/main.js](assets/javascripts/main.js) to ``. - Customize what you want inside `/assets/javascripts/main.js`. ### SVG Icons 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). | Icon | Filename | | --- | --- | | | icon-arrow-left.svg | | | icon-arrow-right.svg | | | icon-bitbucket.svg | | | icon-calendar.svg | | | icon-codepen.svg | | | icon-download.svg | | | icon-dribbble.svg | | | icon-email.svg | | | icon-facebook.svg | | | icon-flickr.svg | | | icon-github.svg | | | icon-gitlab.svg | | | icon-googleplus.svg | | | icon-instagram.svg | | | icon-lastfm.svg | | | icon-linkedin.svg | | | icon-pdf.svg | | | icon-pinterest.svg | | | icon-rss.svg | | | icon-soundcloud.svg | | | icon-stackoverflow.svg | | | icon-stopwatch.svg | | | icon-tumblr.svg | | | icon-twitter.svg | | | icon-xing.svg | | | icon-youtube.svg | 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 ``` Alongside the SVG assets, there are icon helper includes to aid in generating social network links. | Include Parameter | Description | Required | | ----------------- | ---------------------------------| ----------------------- | | `username` | Username on given social network | **Required** | | `label` | Text used for hyperlink | Optional, defaults to `username` | For example, the following `icon-github.html` include: ```liquid {% include icon-github.html username=jekyll label='GitHub' %} ``` Will output the following HTML: ```html GitHub ``` ### Customizing Sidebar Content --- ## Development To set up your environment to develop this theme: 1. Clone this repo 2. `cd` into `/example` and run `bundle install`. 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]. [issues]: https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/issues [new-issue]: https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/issues/new [using-pull-requests]: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/ [github-flow]: https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/ ### Pull Requests When submitting a pull request: 1. Clone the repo. 2. Create a branch off of `master` and give it a meaningful name (e.g. `my-awesome-new-feature`) and describe the feature or fix. 3. Open a pull request on GitHub. Sample pages can be found in the [`/docs`](docs) and [`/example`](/example) folders if you'd like to tackle any "low-hanging fruit" like fixing typos, bad grammar, etc. --- ## Credits ### Creator **Michael Rose** - - - ### Icons + Demo Images: - [Simple Icons](https://simpleicons.org/) - [Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com) - [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) ### Other: - [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) - [Susy](http://susy.oddbird.net/) - [Breakpoint](http://breakpoint-sass.com/) --- ## License The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2017 Michael Rose Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.