The Rocket theme
Rocket is a Jekyll theme for GitHub Pages inspired by rocket.rs style.
Usage
To use the Rocket theme:
-
Add the following to your site's
_config.yml
:remote_theme: L-Nafaryus/jekyll-theme-rocket@v0.0.3 plugins: - jekyll-remote-theme # add this line to the plugins list if you already have one
-
Optionally, if you'd like to preview your site on your computer, add the following to your site's
Gemfile
:gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
Customizing
Configuration variables
Rocket will respect the following variables, if set in your site's _config.yml
:
title: [The title of your site]
description: [A short description of your site's purpose]
Additionally, you may choose to set the following optional variables:
show_downloads: ["true" or "false" (unquoted) to indicate whether to provide a download URL]
google_analytics: [Your Google Analytics tracking ID]
Stylesheet
If you'd like to add your own custom styles:
- Create a file called
/assets/css/style.scss
in your site - Add the following content to the top of the file, exactly as shown:
--- --- @import "{{ site.theme }}";
- Add any custom CSS (or Sass, including imports) you'd like immediately after the
@import
line
Note: If you'd like to change the theme's Sass variables, you must set new values before the @import
line in your stylesheet.
Layouts
If you'd like to change the theme's HTML layout:
- For some changes such as a custom
favicon
, you can add custom files in your local_includes
folder. The files provided with the theme provide a starting point and are included by the original layout template. - For more extensive changes, copy the original template from the theme's repository
(Pro-tip: click "raw" to make copying easier) - Create a file called
/_layouts/default.html
in your site - Paste the default layout content copied in the first step
- Customize the layout as you'd like
Customizing Google Analytics code
Google has released several iterations to their Google Analytics code over the years since this theme was first created. If you would like to take advantage of the latest code, paste it into _includes/head-custom-google-analytics.html
in your Jekyll site.
For more information, see the Jekyll variables documentation.
Previewing the theme locally
If you'd like to preview the theme locally (for example, in the process of proposing a change):
- Clone down the theme's repository (
git clone https://github.com/L-Nafaryus/jekyll-theme-rocket
) -
cd
into the theme's directory - Run
gem install bundler && bundle install
to install the necessary dependencies - Run
bundle exec jekyll serve
to start the preview server - Visit
localhost:4000
in your browser to preview the theme
Running build
The theme contains a minimal test suite, to ensure a site with the theme would build successfully. To run the build, simply run scripts/build.sh
.