Jasper2
Full-featured Jekyll port of Ghost's default theme Casper v2
Overview:
Jasper2 is a full-featured port of Ghost's default theme Casperv2.1.9 for Jekyll / GitHub Pages. It offers out of the box support for multiple authors, full author information, tag descriptions, related posts view, pagination, code syntax highlight, support for Google Analytics tracking, support for Disqus comments, and more.
Features:
- Multiple Authors: Support for multiple authors via _data/authors.yml
- Full Author Information: Including picture, bio, website, twitter, facebook, etc.
- Tag Descriptions: Personalized tag descriptions and covers via _data/tags.yml
- Related Posts View: Display of related posts at the bottom of each post
- Default Pages: Support for all Ghost default pages such as Author page(s), Tag page(s), About page(s), 404, etc.
- Pagination: Option for infinite scrolling or standard pagination for posts across multiple pages
- Atom Feeds: Atom feeds generated by Jekyll-feed
- Toggleable Subscribe Button: Ability to add a subscribe button using an external service
- Code Syntax Highlight: Support for code syntax highlight using highlight.js
- Google Analytics Tracking: Built-in support for Google Analytics tracking
- Disqus Comments: Support for Disqus comments (not Ghost standard)
Summary:
Jasper2 is a powerful Jekyll theme based on Ghost's Casper theme. It offers a range of features including support for multiple authors, tag descriptions, related posts view, pagination, code syntax highlight, Google Analytics tracking, Disqus comments, and more. Installation can be done through various methods including GitHub Actions, local generation, Travis-CI, or Jekyll-compatible hosters like Netlify.
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