Jasper

Overview:

Jasper is a Jekyll theme that is a port of the default theme Casper from Ghost. It is inspired by Kasper and includes several additional features that make it closer to the original theme. Some of the key features of Jasper include a live demo, pagination, Google Analytics tracking, Disqus comments, author and tag pages, toggleable sliding sidebar, related posts view, code syntax highlighting, RSS updates, and support for multiple authors. There are multiple options for building and deploying the site, including using GitHub Actions, Travis-CI, or Jekyll-compatible hosters like Netlify.

Features:

• Live demo
• Pagination
• Google Analytics tracking
• Disqus comments
• Author and tag pages
• Toggleable sliding sidebar
• Related posts view
• Code syntax highlighting
• RSS updates
• Support for multiple authors

Installation:

• Option 1: Build the site with GitHub Actions:

  • Push the resulting files (the contents of _site/ or ../jasper-pages/) to the gh-pages branch. See jekyll_build.yml for more details.

• Option 2: Generate the site locally:

  • Clone the repository (master branch)
  • Run bundle exec jekyll serve inside the directory
  • Upload the resulting _site/ (or ../jasper-pages/) contents to your repository (master branch for personal page or gh-pages branch for project page)

• Option 3: Deploy with Travis-CI and Jekyll-compatible hosters:

  • Set up travis-ci for your personal fork
  • Change your details in _config.yml to push to your GitHub repo
  • Generate a secure key to add to your .travis.yml file
  • Read the documentation from jekyll-travis for more information

Summary:

Jasper is a Jekyll theme that is a port of the default Ghost theme Casper. It includes several additional features and offers multiple options for building and deploying the site. Some of its key features include pagination, Google Analytics tracking, Disqus comments, code syntax highlighting, and support for multiple authors.