Minima is a one-size-fits-all Jekyll theme for writers. It's Jekyll's default (and first) theme. It's what you get when you run jekyll new.

Add this line to your Jekyll site's Gemfile:

gem "minima"

And add this line to your Jekyll site:

theme: minima

And then execute:

$ bundle

To override the default structure and style of minima, simply create the concerned directory at the root of your site, copy the file you wish to customize to that directory, and then edit the file. e.g., to override the _includes/head.html file to specify a custom style path, create an _includes directory, copy _includes/head.html from minima gem folder to <yoursite>/_includes and start editing that file.

The site's default CSS has now moved to a new place within the gem itself, assets/main.scss. To override the default CSS, the file has to exist at your site source. Do either of the following:

• Create a new instance of main.scss at site source.
  • Create a new file main.scss at <your-site>/assets/
  • Add the frontmatter dashes, and
  • Add @import "minima";, to <your-site>/assets/main.scss
  • Add your custom CSS.
• Download the file from this repo
  • Create a new file main.scss at <your-site>/assets/
  • Copy the contents at assets/main.scss onto the main.scss you just created, and edit away!
• Copy directly from Minima 2.0 gem
  • Go to your local minima gem installation directory ( run bundle show minima to get the path to it ).
  • Copy the assets/ folder from there into the root of <your-site>
  • Change whatever values you want, inside <your-site>/assets/main.scss

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Optionally, if you have a Disqus account, you can tell Jekyll to use it to show a comments section below each post.

To enable it, add the following lines to your Jekyll site:

  disqus:
    shortname: my_disqus_shortname

You can find out more about Disqus' shortnames here.

Comments are enabled by default and will only appear in production, i.e., JEKYLL_ENV=production

If you don't want to display comments for a particular post you can disable them by adding comments: false to that post's YAML Front Matter.

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To enable Google Anaytics, add the following lines to your Jekyll site:

  google_analytics: UA-NNNNNNNN-N

Google Analytics will only appear in production, i.e., JEKYLL_ENV=production

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jekyll/minima. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

To set up your environment to develop this theme, run bundle install.

To test your theme, run bundle exec rake preview and open your browser at https://localhost:4000/minima/. This starts a Jekyll server using your theme and the contents of the example/ directory. As you make modifications to your theme and to the example site, your site will regenerate and you should see the changes in the browser after a refresh.

The theme is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.