Chalk is a high quality, completely customizable, performant and 100% free Jekyll blog theme.
Overview
Chalk is a high quality, customizable, and performant blog template for Jekyll. It is completely free to use and offers a range of features to enhance your blog.
Features
- About page
- Automatic RSS feed
- Automatic sitemap
- Automatic time to read post indicator
- Cross-browser support
- Custom 404 page
- Custom code highlighting
- Customizable pagination
- Dark and Light theme
- Easy setup and deploying
- Enlarge images on click
- Filter on tags
- Optional tag navigation
- Frequently updated with new versions
- Support for many social media links
- Media embed for videos
- PageSpeed optimized
- Proper sharing links for posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus
- SEO optimized
- Support for local fonts
- Support for emojis
Installation
- Install Ruby and Node on your computer (Windows users can find the installers here and here)
- Set up your environment for development.
- Run Jekyll using the command bundle exec jekyll serve
- Deploy your changes to GitHub Pages by committing them to any working branch except the gh-pages branch and running the command npm run publish. Note that Chalk does not support the standard way of hosting on GitHub Pages, so you must deploy with the npm run publish command.
Summary
Chalk is a versatile and customizable blog template for Jekyll, offering a wide range of features to enhance your blogging experience. It is easy to install and deploy, and supports various integrations such as Disqus and Google Analytics. Chalk is constantly updated and optimized for performance, making it a reliable choice for bloggers.
