Jekyll Theme Nix

Overview:

The Jekyll Theme Nix is a minimalistic and single-author theme for Jekyll. It is designed to be lightweight and fast, with no dependencies except for jekyll-redirect-from if you want to redirect pages. The theme is optimized for fast build speeds and improves legibility without making significant changes to default browser settings. It offers limited features, including dark mode, posts and pages (including custom error pages), no visible authors, categories or tags on posts and pages, no header, footer or pagination for the home page. It provides a feed.xml containing an Atom feed, a sitemap.xml for proper indexing by search engines, and supports inline Microdata.

Features:

• Dark mode for improved readability
• Posts and pages, including custom error pages
• No visible authors, categories, or tags on posts and pages
• No header or footer
• No pagination for the home page
• feed.xml containing an Atom feed
• sitemap.xml for proper indexing by search engines
• Inline Microdata for semantic information

Installation from Gem:

• Add the following line to your Jekyll site's Gemfile:

gem 'jekyll-theme-nix'

• Add the following line to your Jekyll site's _config.yml file:

theme: jekyll-theme-nix

• Run bundle install and bundle update to install and update the theme if needed.

Installation as Remote Theme:

• Add the following line to your Jekyll site's Gemfile:

gem 'jekyll-remote-theme'

• Add the following line to your Jekyll site's _config.yml file:

remote_theme: "andreasgeldner/jekyll-theme-nix"

• Add jekyll-remote-theme to the plugin section in your _config.yml file.

Summary:

The Jekyll Theme Nix is a minimalistic and lightweight theme designed for fast build speeds and improved legibility. It offers limited features, including dark mode, posts and pages, and no visible author information. The theme can be installed either from Gem or as a remote theme. It includes feed.xml and sitemap.xml files for proper indexing and supports inline Microdata.