Modernist is a Jekyll theme for GitHub Pages. You can preview the theme to see what it looks like, or even use it today.
To use the Modernist theme:
-
Add the following to your site's
_config.yml
:remote_theme: pages-themes/modernist@v0.2.0 plugins: - jekyll-remote-theme # add this line to the plugins list if you already have one
-
Optionally, if you'd like to preview your site on your computer, add the following to your site's
Gemfile
:gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
Modernist will respect the following variables, if set in your site's _config.yml
:
title: [The title of your site]
description: [A short description of your site's purpose]
Additionally, you may choose to set the following optional variables:
show_downloads: ["true" or "false" (unquoted) to indicate whether to provide a download URL]
google_analytics: [Your Google Analytics tracking ID]
If you'd like to add your own custom styles:
- Create a file called
/assets/css/style.scss
in your site - Add the following content to the top of the file, exactly as shown:
--- --- @import "{{ site.theme }}";
- Add any custom CSS (or Sass, including imports) you'd like immediately after the
@import
line
Note: If you'd like to change the theme's Sass variables, you must set new values before the @import
line in your stylesheet.
If you'd like to change the theme's HTML layout:
- For some changes such as a custom
favicon
, you can add custom files in your local_includes
folder. The files provided with the theme provide a starting point and are included by the original layout template. - For more extensive changes, copy the original template from the theme's repository
(Pro-tip: click "raw" to make copying easier) - Create a file called
/_layouts/default.html
in your site - Paste the default layout content copied in the first step
- Customize the layout as you'd like
Google has released several iterations to their Google Analytics code over the years since this theme was first created. If you would like to take advantage of the latest code, paste it into _includes/head-custom-google-analytics.html
in your Jekyll site.
Templates often rely on URLs supplied by GitHub such as links to your repository or links to download your project. If you'd like to override one or more default URLs:
- Look at the template source to determine the name of the variable. It will be in the form of
{{ site.github.zip_url }}
. - Specify the URL that you'd like the template to use in your site's
_config.yml
. For example, if the variable wassite.github.url
, you'd add the following:github: zip_url: http://example.com/download.zip another_url: another value
- When your site is built, Jekyll will use the URL you specified, rather than the default one provided by GitHub.
Note: You must remove the site.
prefix, and each variable name (after the github.
) should be indent with two space below github:
.
For more information, see the Jekyll variables documentation.
See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).
The Modernist theme is intended to make it quick and easy for GitHub Pages users to create their first (or 100th) website. The theme should meet the vast majority of users' needs out of the box, erring on the side of simplicity rather than flexibility, and provide users the opportunity to opt-in to additional complexity if they have specific needs or wish to further customize their experience (such as adding custom CSS or modifying the default layout). It should also look great, but that goes without saying.
Interested in contributing to Modernist? We'd love your help. Modernist is an open source project, built one contribution at a time by users like you. See the CONTRIBUTING file for instructions on how to contribute.
If you'd like to preview the theme locally (for example, in the process of proposing a change):
- Clone down the theme's repository (
git clone https://github.com/pages-themes/modernist
) cd
into the theme's directory- Run
script/bootstrap
to install the necessary dependencies - Run
bundle exec jekyll serve
to start the preview server - Visit
localhost:4000
in your browser to preview the theme
The theme contains a minimal test suite, to ensure a site with the theme would build successfully. To run the tests, simply run script/cibuild
. You'll need to run script/bootstrap
once before the test script will work.