Overview

The Gatsby Casper Starter is a blog starter for Gatsby that utilizes the popular Casper theme authored by Ghost.io. It is based on Gatsby Advanced Starter and has similarities with the Gatsby Material Starter. This starter supports GatsbyJS version 2 and offers features such as fast loading times, separate components for various elements, high configurability, pagination, code syntax highlighting, social media integration, SEO optimization, and more.

Features

Blazing fast loading times thanks to pre-rendered HTML and automatic chunk loading of JS files
Separate components for everything
High configurability for site information, social profiles, copyright information, and more
Author segment with name, location, and description
Links and Follow Me button for social profiles
Posts in Markdown format
Code syntax highlighting
Embed YouTube videos and Tweets
Pagination support for pages and posts
Tags and categories for organizing content
Disqus support for comments (needs to be uncommented)
Google Analytics support
NPM scripts for GitHub Pages deployment
Social features such as Twitter tweet button, Facebook share/share count, and Google+ share button
SEO optimization with sitemap generation, robots.txt, description tags, Schema.org JSON-LD, OpenGraph Tags, Twitter Tags, and RSS feeds
Loading progress for slow networks
Offline support
Web App Manifest support
Development tools: ESLint, Prettier, Remark-Lint, write-good, gh-pages, and CodeClimate

Summary

The Gatsby Casper Starter is a blog starter that utilizes the Casper theme and offers a variety of features for creating a fast and customizable blog using GatsbyJS. With support for version 2 of GatsbyJS, this starter provides options for customization, social integration, SEO optimization, and development tools. By following the installation guide and configuring the necessary files, users can quickly set up a fully functional blog with minimal effort.

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Gatsby Starter Casper