Jekyll Theme Basically Basic

Theme by Mmistakes

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Updated: 22 Apr 2024

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Your new Jekyll default theme.

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Overview:

The Basically Basic Jekyll Theme is a customizable and enhanced alternative to the default Minima theme. It offers a clean and responsive design with six customizable skins. It also includes a Curriculum Vitae/Resume layout powered by JSON data, an About page layout, site-wide search capabilities provided by Algolia or Lunr, and support for Disqus Comments and Google Analytics. The theme also follows SEO best practices through Jekyll SEO Tag. Users can support the project through donations via PayPal or by using the Buy Me A Coffee platform.

Features:

• Clean responsive design with six customizable skins
• Curriculum Vitæ/Resume layout powered by JSON data
• About page layout
• Site-wide search provided by Algolia or Lunr
• Disqus Comments and Google Analytics support
• SEO best practices via Jekyll SEO Tag

Installation:

To install the Basically Basic theme, there are two methods available depending on your hosting platform:

Ruby Gem Method:

1. Add the following line to your Jekyll site’s Gemfile:

gem "jekyll-theme-basically-basic"

2. Add the following line to your Jekyll site’s _config.yml file:

theme: jekyll-theme-basically-basic

3. Run Bundler to install the theme gem and its dependencies.

GitHub Pages Method:

1. Replace the line gem "jekyll" in your Gemfile with the following line:

gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins

2. Run bundle update to install all gems properly.

3. Add the following line to your _config.yml file:

remote_theme: "mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic@1.4.5"

Remove any other theme or remote_theme entries.

Note: If you are hosting multiple Jekyll based sites under the same GitHub username, you will need to use Project Pages instead of User Pages. Follow GitHub’s documentation for more information on setting up Project Pages.

Summary:

The Basically Basic Jekyll Theme is a customizabl