How To

  1. Fork from mmistakes
  2. Configure Gemfile if needed (basically, add missing plugins such as jekyll-katex)
  3. Configure _config.yml (stuff like site's title, description, URL, author, ...)
  4. Add posts to _post
  5. Add authors to _data/authors
  6. Add images to assets/images
  7. Add pages to _pages and link them from _data/navigation.yml
  8. Short bio goes in _config.yml under author, long bio goes in _pages/bio.md
  9. For the home page use index.html
  10. Twitter feed in _includes/author-profile-custom-links.html

Minimal Mistakes remote theme starter

Click Use this template button above for the quickest method of getting started with the Minimal Mistakes Jekyll theme.

Contains basic configuration to get you a site with:

  • Sample posts.
  • Sample top navigation.
  • Sample author sidebar with social links.
  • Sample footer links.
  • Paginated home page.
  • Archive pages for posts grouped by year, category, and tag.
  • Sample about page.
  • Sample 404 page.
  • Site wide search.

Replace sample content with your own and configure as necessary.


Troubleshooting

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