This theme is a work-in-progress (and incidentally my first jekyll theme). It does work - but it's also in progress :)

Check out the 'todo' section below to get an idea of what might be missing or under construction. And feel free to contribute!

Installation

Add this line to your Jekyll site's Gemfile:

gem "jekyll-hackcss"

Add this line to your Jekyll site's _config.yml:

theme: jekyll-hackcss

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install hackcss

Continue reading the Usage section below before expecting this to work perfectly.

Usage

if you're running a fresh jekyll install, change the layout in index.md from home to default (this is the default name of the ...default layout..) and then start adding some markdown to index.md to see what this theme looks like.

There are some rather important bits in config.yml that you'll need.
Refer to this excerpted, commented version to see what these settings do:

# choose the theme mode you want to use:
theme_mode: markdown  # choices are: 'dark', 'standard', 'markdown', 'markdown_large'
# 'markdown_large' is unique to this project. it's basically the "standard" style
# sizings, but keeping the "markdown" style font. It's my favorite :)

# pretty necessary for the footer (unless removed)
your_name: vinney cavallo
email: vinney@exnil.io

# this is how the menu panel is constructed:
navigation:
  - text: Home
    url: /
  - text: Examples
    url: /examples

# if you want to use something like the card-based 'projects' in examples.html
projects:
  - name: jekyll-hackcss
    description: A jekyll gem-style theme based on hack.css
    link: https://github.com/vcavallo/jekyll-hackcss
  - name: Impostor Roster
    description: A place for newbies of all experience level to admit their shortcomings
    link: http://impostorroster.com
  - name: Rate my Refactor
    description: Advice and discussion about code design and refactoring, crowd-sourced from a community of experts in your field
    link: http://www.ratemyrefactor.com/
  - name: Termodoro
    description: A simple CLI pomodoro client ruby gem
    link: https://github.com/vcavallo/termodoro

# if you plan to use the social links in the footer
social:
  - service: github
    username: vcavallo
    link: https://github.com/vcavallo
  - service: twitter
    username: vinneycavallo
    link: https://twitter.com/vinneycavallo

# if you want to use disqus comments
disqus:
  shortname: whatever-disqus-settings-say-for-this-parameter
# make sure to add `comments: true` to a post's frontmatter to display the disqus comments

overriding styles

Add custom_styles: true to your config.yml, then create assets/custom_styles.scss and add your overrides there.

TODO:

get jekyll-seo-tag working
modernize! I think the original work in this repo was done for an earlier version of jekyll?
remove all traces of former theme
stop using hackss from cdn. include it here.
- this might mean considering upgrade paths for future hack versions...

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/vcavallo/jekyll-hackcss .

License