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hpstr-jekyll-theme
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# HPSTR RDX Jekyll Theme
Jekyll theme. Documentation soon...
They say three times the charm, so here is another free responsive Jekyll theme for you. I've learned a ton since open sourcing my first two themes [on Github](http://github.com/mmistakes), and wanted to try a few new things this time around. If you've used my previous themes most of this should be familiar territory...
## What HPSTR RDX brings to the table:
* Responsive templates for post, page, and post index `_layouts`. Looks great on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
* Gracefully degrads in older browsers. Compatible with Internet Explorer 8+ and all modern browsers.
* Modern and minimal design.
* Sweet animated menu.
* Readable typography to make your words shine.
* Support for large images to call out your favorite posts.
* Comments powered by [Disqus](http://disqus.com) if you choose to enable.
* Simple and clear permalink structure.
* [Open Graph](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/) and [Twitter Cards](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/cards) support for a better social sharing experience.
* Simple [custom 404 page]({{ site.url }}/404.html) to get you started.
* Stylesheets for Pygments and Coderay [syntax highlighting]({{ site.url }}/code-highlighting-post/) to make your code examples look snazzy
* Grunt build script for easy theme development
## [Theme Preview](http://mmistakes.github.io/hpstr-jekyll-theme)
![HPSTR RDX Theme Preview screenshot](http://mmistakes.github.io/hpstr-jekyll-theme/images/hpstr-jekyll-theme-preview.jpg)
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General notes and suggestions for customizing **HPSTR RDX**.
## Basic Setup for a new Jekyll site
1. [Install Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com) and read through the documentation if you haven't already.
2. Fork the [HPSTR RDX repo](https://github.com/mmistakes/hpstr-rdx-theme/fork)
3. Clone the repo you just forked to your computer.
4. Edit `_config.yml` to personalize your site.
5. Check out the sample posts in `_posts` to see examples for pulling in large feature images, tags, and other YAML data.
6. Read the documentation below for further customization pointers and documentation.
### [Download the Theme](https://github.com/mmistakes/hpstr-jekyll-theme)
**Pro-tip:** Delete the `gh-pages` branch after cloning and start fresh by branching off `master`. There is a bunch of garbage in `gh-pages` used for the theme's demo that I'm guessing you don't want on your site.
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## Setup for an Existing Jekyll site
1. Clone the following folders: `_includes`, `_layouts`, `assets`, and `images`.
2. Clone the following files and personalize content as need: `about.md`, `archive.html`, `index.html`, `tags.html`, and `feed.xml`.
3. Set the following variables in your `config.yml` file:
``` yaml
title: Site Title
description: Describe your website here.
disqus_shortname: shortname
url: http://your-website.com
# Owner/author information
owner:
name: Your Name
avatar: avatar.jpg
bio: "Your bio goes here. It shouldn't be super long but a good two sentences or two should suffice."
email: you@email.com
# Social networking links used in footer. Update and remove as you like.
twitter:
facebook:
github:
stackexchange:
linkedin:
instagram:
flickr:
tumblr:
# For Google Authorship https://plus.google.com/authorship
google_plus:
# Analytics and webmaster tools stuff goes here
google_analytics:
google_verify:
# https://ssl.bing.com/webmaster/configure/verify/ownership Option 2 content= goes here
bing_verify:
# Links to include in top navigation
# For external links add external: true
links:
- title: Theme Setup
url: /theme-setup
- title: External Link
url: http://mademistakes.com
external: true
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
timezone: America/New_York
future: true
pygments: true
markdown: kramdown
# Amount of posts to show on home page
paginate: 5
```
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## [More Theme Setup Goodness](http://mmistakes.github.io/hpstr-jekyll-theme/theme-setup/)
To learn more about how to customize the theme, how feature images work, use the Grunt build script, and some other junk, [read up here](http://mmistakes.github.io/hpstr-jekyll-theme/theme-setup/).
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## Questions?
Having a problem getting something to work or want to know why I setup something in a certain way? Ping me on Twitter [@mmistakes](http://twitter.com/mmistakes) or [file a GitHub Issue](https://github.com/mmistakes/hpstr-jekyll-theme/issues/new). And if you make something cool with this theme feel free to let me know.
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## License
This theme is free and open source software, distributed under the [GNU General Public License](https://github.com/mmistakes/hpstr-jekyll-theme/blob/master/LICENSE) version 2 or later. So feel free to use this Jekyll theme on your site without linking back to me or including a disclaimer.

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* [Open Graph](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/) and [Twitter Cards](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/cards) support for a better social sharing experience.
* Simple [custom 404 page]({{ site.url }}/404.html) to get you started.
* Stylesheets for Pygments and Coderay [syntax highlighting]({{ site.url }}/code-highlighting-post/) to make your code examples look snazzy
* Grunt build script for easy theme development
<div markdown="0"><a href="{{ site.url }}/theme-setup" class="btn btn-info">Install the Theme</a></div>

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{% highlight yaml %}
title: Site Title
description: Describe your website here.
logo: site-logo.png
disqus_shortname: shortname
url: http://your-website.com
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├── assets
| ├── css # preprocessed less styles
| ├── js
| | ├── main.js # concatenated vendor scripts
| | └── vendor # 3rd party scripts
| | ├── _main.js # plugin options
| | ├── scripts.min.js # concatenated and minifed site scripts
| | ├── plugins # plugin scripts
| | └── vendor # jQuery and Modernizr scripts
| └── less
├── images # images for posts and pages
├── _config.yml # Jekyll options
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## Further Customization
## Theme Development
To make things easier I use LESS to build the theme's stylesheet. If you want to easily skin the colors and fonts, take a look at `variables.less` in `assets/less/`. Just compile `main.less` using your preprocessor of choice and off you go -- I like [CodeKit](http://incident57.com/codekit/) for OS X and [Prepros](http://alphapixels.com/prepros/) for Windows. [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com) and an assortment [Jekyll plugins](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/plugins/) are also an option for converting LESS files into CSS.
If you want to easily skin the themes' colors and fonts, take a look at `variables.less` in `assets/less/` and make the necessary changes to the color and font variables. To make development easier I setup a Grunt build script to compile/minify the LESS files into `main.min.css` and lint/concatenate/minify all scripts into `scripts.min.js`. [Install Node.js](http://nodejs.org/), then [install Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/getting-started), and then install the dependencies for the theme contained in `package.json`:
{% highlight css %}
// Colors
// --------------------------------------------------
@base-font: 'Lato', Calibri, Arial, sans-serif;
@heading-font: @base-font;
@caption-font: @base-font;
@code-font: monospace;
@alt-font: serif;
// Colors
// --------------------------------------------------
@base-color : #222;
@body-color : #e8e8e8;
@text-color : #222;
@comp-color : spin(@base-color, 180);
@border-color : lighten(@base-color,60);
@white : #fff;
@black : #000;
@link-color : #222;
@primary : @base-color;
@success : #5cb85c;
@warning : #dd8338;
@danger : #C64537;
@info : #308cbc;
{% highlight bash %}
npm install
{% endhighlight %}
From the theme's root, use `grunt` to rebuild the CSS, concatenate JavaScript files, and optimize .jpg, .png, and .svg files in the `images/` folder. You can also use `grunt watch` in combination with `jekyll build --watch` to watch for updates to your LESS and JS files that Grunt will then automatically re-build as you write your code which will in turn auto-generate your Jekyll site when developing locally.
And if the command line isn't your thing (you're using Jekyll so it probably is), [CodeKit](http://incident57.com/codekit/) for OS X and [Prepros](http://alphapixels.com/prepros/) for Windows are great alternatives.
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## Questions?
Having a problem getting something to work or want to know why I setup something in a certain way? Ping me on Twitter [@mmistakes](http://twitter.com/mmistakes) or [file a GitHub Issue](https://github.com/mmistakes/hpstr-rdx-theme/issues/new). And if you make something cool with this theme feel free to let me know.
Having a problem getting something to work or want to know why I setup something in a certain way? Ping me on Twitter [@mmistakes](http://twitter.com/mmistakes) or [file a GitHub Issue](https://github.com/mmistakes/hpstr-jekyll-theme/issues/new). And if you make something cool with this theme feel free to let me know.
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