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Personal Jekyll Theme

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Updated: 8 May 2025
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{ Personal } Jekyll theme

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Overview

{Personal} is a free responsive Jekyll theme that allows users to create a personalized website and blog. It is a fork of the Timeline theme, combining elements of Grayscale by Start Bootstrap and Agency Jekyll Theme.

Features

  • Modern and minimal design
  • Responsive templates for home page, blog archive, and posts
  • Compatible with mobile, tablet, and desktop devices
  • Gracefully degrades in older browsers, compatible with Internet Explorer 8+ and all modern browsers
  • Sleek timeline feature to tell your story with dates, pictures, and descriptions
  • White on black text for a tireless reading experience
  • Customization and full control of website and blog through site config
  • Customization of website’s coloring
  • Blogging functionality with preview of latest post on home page and archive page
  • Syntax highlighting for code snippets
  • Emojis support
  • Gesture navigation in archive and post pages by swiping
  • Hashtags and categories for organizing content
  • Disqus comments integration
  • Bootstrap share buttons for easy content sharing
  • RSS feed for automatic content syndication
  • Author blurb displayed under the posts
  • Custom 404 page
  • iOS and Android Web App mode for seamless mobile experience
  • Enforced HTTPS protocol for protection
  • Sitemap generation
  • Travis CI integration with html-proofer for automated testing

Installation

  1. Install Jekyll and the dependencies of {Personal}:
# command to install Jekyll and dependencies here
  1. Build and serve your website:
# command to build and serve website here
  1. To serve across LAN, forward port 4000 over LAN:
# command to serve across LAN here
  1. Docker installation:
# commands for running {Personal} using Docker here
  1. Docker installation with Docker Compose:
# commands for running {Personal} using Docker Compose here

Summary

{Personal} is a responsive Jekyll theme that offers modern design, customization options, blogging functionality, and various features to enhance user experience. With its sleek timeline feature, white on black text, and compatibility with different devices and browsers, {Personal} provides a great platform for personal websites and blogs. The theme also includes installation instructions for easy setup.