Blog Template

Overview

The blog is a static, privacy-respecting blog inspired by both Medium and the popular Medium-look-alike mediumish-theme-jekyll. It aims to provide a frictionless reading experience for users while minimizing the use of external resources and JavaScript. The blog is designed to be modern and featureful, with support for RSS feeds, responsive design, and dark style. The editing workflow follows the GitHub workflow, with the use of pull requests and collaborative editing. Handling of images is done in a specific way to ensure optimal performance and compatibility. The blog is split into two repositories, with one for the design and layout and the other for the actual posts.

Features

• Completely frictionless reading experience
• Minimal use of external resources and JavaScript
• RSS feed support for cross-posting
• Responsive design from the start
• Dark style support
• GitHub workflow for editing and publishing
• Collaborative editing through pull requests
• Specific guidelines for handling and optimizing images

Installation

To install the blog theme, follow these steps:

1. Clone the elementary/blog-template repository.
2. Set up a new repository for your blog, let’s call it your-blog.
3. Copy the contents of the blog-template repository to your your-blog repository.
4. Customize the design and layout of your blog in the your-blog repository.
5. Set up GitHub Pages for your your-blog repository to host your blog.
6. Start writing and publishing your blog posts.

Summary

The blog is a static, privacy-respecting blog inspired by Medium. It focuses on providing a frictionless reading experience while minimizing external resources and JavaScript. The blog offers modern features such as RSS feed support, responsive design, and dark mode. It follows the GitHub workflow for editing and publishing, with collaborative editing through pull requests. Images are handled in a specific way to ensure optimal performance and compatibility. The blog is split into two repositories, with one for design and layout and the other for the actual posts. Overall, the blog aims to be a user-friendly and privacy-conscious platform for publishing and sharing content.