This repository contains a template for a personal website built using Jekyll, a static site generator. It's based on a fork of Jekyll Now and incorporates design elements inspired by Jon Barron's website.
- Simple and clean design
- Easy to customize
- Markdown support for content creation
- Thumbnail generation for images
- Multiple post categories with different formatting
Feel free to use this template for your own personal website. However, please note that all images and content in the images, pdfs, and _posts folders are copyrighted and should not be reused without permission.
- Update
_config.ymlwith your personal information - Replace content in
_postswith your own posts - Add your own images to the
imagesfolder - Run
_make_thumbnails.shto generate thumbnails for your images
- Multiple entries in
sitemap.xmlforindex.htmldue to forcedpermalink: / - Extra metadata in posts from previous Jekyll design (can be ignored)
- Thumbnail generation required for image sizing
- Different formatting for three post categories requires changes in multiple places when adjusting sizing
- Install Jekyll and bundler gems
gem install jekyll bundler
- Clone this repository
- Run
bundle install - Start the local server
bundle exec jekyll serve
- View your website at
http://localhost:4000
This project is open source and available under the MIT License.
- Jekyll Now for the initial template
- Jon Barron for design inspiration
For more information on Jekyll, visit the Jekyll documentation.