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Lightspeed

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A fast, simple, and privacy-respecting Jekyll theme.

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Overview

LightSpeed is a fast, simple, and privacy-respecting Jekyll theme that can be used as a landing page or personal website with blog post support. Created primarily as a template for the developer's personal website, this theme offers various features and customization options.

Features

  • Post Support (Blog): Allows users to create blog posts on their personal website.
  • Pagination and Dynamic Categories: Enables easy navigation and organization of blog posts through pagination and dynamic categories.
  • RSS Feed: Provides an RSS feed functionality for users to subscribe to updates.
  • SEO: Offers optional SEO features that can be customized or removed if desired.
  • Basic Mobile Support: Ensures the theme is mobile-friendly for improved user experience.
  • Syntax Highlighting (prism.js): Provides syntax highlighting for code snippets using prism.js library.
  • JavaScript Requirements: Can be easily customized to use a preferred CDN provider for syntax highlighting.

Summary

LightSpeed is a Jekyll theme designed for creating a fast, simple, and privacy-respecting personal website with blog functionality. It offers features such as pagination, dynamic categories, RSS feed, SEO customization, mobile support, and syntax highlighting for code snippets. The installation process involves adding required gems, configuring the theme, and enabling optional Plausible Analytics support. Overall, LightSpeed provides a user-friendly and customizable solution for creating an attractive personal website.

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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.

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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.