Clio

Overview

Clio is a template and theme based on danromero.org, designed to be hosted on GitHub Pages with Jekyll. It includes a homepage displaying a brief introduction and the most recent blog posts, an about page, a sample blog post, and an RSS feed for all blog posts.

Features

• Homepage with introduction and recent blog posts
• About page
• Sample blog post
• RSS feed for all blog posts
• Open Graph image support
• Google Analytics integration

Installation

1. Clone the repository.
2. Delete screenshot.png from the main folder.
3. Edit _config.yml and replace the sample text for title, email, description, URL, and Twitter.
4. Enable GitHub Pages in the repository’s settings. If using a custom domain, set it up on the settings page.
5. Add future blog posts as Markdown (.md) files to the _posts folder. GitHub Pages will generate the HTML automatically.
6. Add future pages, like the about page, as Markdown (.md) files to the main folder. GitHub Pages will generate the HTML automatically.
7. Update the images in the /assets/ folder to avoid a purple square representing the site.
8. Add future images to the /assets/ folder.
9. To support Open Graph images for services like Twitter, add the image name in the front matter of blog posts and upload them to the /assets/og/ folder.
10. To integrate Google Analytics, add the Javascript into the default.html layout just above the </body> tag.

Summary

Clio is a customizable template and theme for GitHub Pages built on Jekyll. It provides an easy way to create a website with a homepage, about page, blog posts, and RSS feed. It also offers support for Open Graph images and Google Analytics integration.