Watery
A minimalist, bare-bones theme for Jekyll only using the Water.css framework while still following the best practices for accessibility and search-engine optimization.
Overview
Watery is a minimalist theme for the JAMstack file-based CMS Jekyll. It is built using the <80kb Water.css framework and follows best practices for accessibility and search engine optimization. The theme is designed for those new to Jekyll and provides a hassle-free way to create informational websites or blogs.
Features
- Fully customizable and empty
_config.ymlfor easy setup. _pagescollection for better organization.- Auto-generated navigation links to all pages in
_pages. - Auto-generated tags page that lists all tags used by posts in chronological order.
- Author bio at the end of each post.
- Full Rouge support for syntax code highlighting.
- Auto-generated RSS feed, sitemap, accessibility features, and search engine optimization.
Summary
Watery is a minimalistic Jekyll theme that uses the Water.css framework. It offers several features such as customizable configuration, organized page collections, auto-generated navigation links and tags page, author bio, syntax code highlighting, and various optimizations. The theme installation is straightforward, and it provides a hassle-free way to create informational websites or blogs.
- Jekyll
Jekyll is a static site generator written in Ruby that allows you to create simple, fast, and secure websites without the need for a database.
- Templates & Themes
A template or theme refers to a pre-designed layout or structure that provides a basic framework for building a specific type of application or website. It typically includes good design, placeholder content and functional features, allowing developers to customize and fill in the details according to their specific needs.