Gatsby Starter Foundation
gatsby starter using Foundation 6
Overview
The Gatsby Foundation Starter with Foundation is a blog starter that offers advanced features and is built on top of Foundation Sites for Gatsby. This project enhances the Gatsby Foundation Starter by integrating Foundation 6 support. It provides a demo website and offers a range of features to enhance the blogging experience.
Features
- Blazing fast loading times with pre-rendered HTML and automatic chunk loading of JS files.
- Separate components for various elements, allowing for high configurability.
- User information, social profiles, and copyright information can be easily configured.
- Author segment with name, location, and description.
- Follow Me button to connect with the author on social media.
- Posts can be written in Markdown and can include code syntax highlighting.
- Ability to embed YouTube videos and Tweets within blog posts.
- Tags and categories for organizing posts, with separate pages for each.
- Disqus support for managing and displaying comments on blog posts.
- Notifications about new Disqus comments.
- Google Analytics support for tracking website traffic.
- NPM scripts for easy deployment to GitHub Pages.
- Social sharing features, including Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Google+, LinkedIn, and Telegram buttons.
- SEO optimization with sitemap generation, robots.txt, and various meta tags.
- Loading progress indicator for users on slow networks.
- Offline support for users to access the website without an internet connection.
- Web App Manifest support for a native app-like experience.
- Development tools like ESLint for code linting, Prettier for code styling, Remark-Lint for Markdown linting, and write-good for English prose linting.
- CodeClimate configuration file and badge for maintaining code quality.
Summary
The Gatsby Foundation Starter with Foundation combines the power of Gatsby with Foundation Sites to provide a feature-rich blog starter. It offers advanced features like pre-rendering, code syntax highlighting, social sharing, SEO optimization, and more. With easy installation and configuration, this starter is a great choice for bloggers looking for a modern and customizable platform.
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