Overview

The FortyPlus - Jekyll Theme is a modified version of the Jekyll theme by HTML5 UP. This personal fork adds many important features and makes the theme highly modular and user customizable. It offers an easy setup process and a beautiful material ocean color palette. It also integrates Jekyll Admin for easier use and allows users to toggle most of the widgets and features. The theme provides proper URLs for posts and projects, improves project structure, and separates projects from posts. It includes features such as a skills widget, go-to-top button, next and previous post navigation buttons, read time display, site-wide search, Disqus comments integration, RSS feed support, SEO optimizations, and more. It also supports YouTube and asciinema integration and offers a separate contact page with Formspree.io contact form integration.

Features

• Easy setup: Simply fork the template and start posting.
• Beautiful material ocean color palette: Enhances the visual appeal of the theme.
• Jekyll Admin integration: Provides a more user-friendly interface for managing content.
• Highly modularized theme: Allows users to toggle most of the widgets and features.
• Proper URLs for posts and projects: Improves the structure and accessibility of content.
• Better project structure: Groups all pages under the pages folder.
• Separation between projects and posts: Helps organize and categorize content.
• Skills widget: Allows users to showcase their skills under the skills key value pair in config.yml.
• Tiles for posts and projects: Users can toggle them in _config.yml.
• Go-to-top button: Allows users to easily scroll to the top of the page.
• Next and previous post navigation buttons: Makes it easy to navigate between posts.
• Read time for posts and projects: Provides an estimate of the reading time for each piece of content.
• Minimal syntax highlighting via Prism: Enhances code readability.
• Site-wide search via Lunr: Enables users to search for specific content.
• Disqus comments integration for posts: Allows users to add comments using their Disqus forum name.
• Fork repository button on projects: Encourages collaboration and contribution.
• Better Font Awesome integration via Font Awesome Kit: Provides a wide range of icons for use.
• Fixes Font Awesome issues on mobile devices: Ensures consistent icon display across different devices.
• Social media sharing icons for both projects and posts: Allows users to share content on social media platforms.
• RSS feed support: Enables users to subscribe to the site’s feed.
• SEO optimizations: Improves the site’s visibility and search engine rankings.
• Sitemap for better SEO: Helps search engines discover and understand the site’s structure.
• Asciinema integration: Allows users to embed asciinema videos.
• YouTube integration: Allows users to embed YouTube videos.
• Automatically open external URLs in new tabs: Enhances user experience and eliminates the need to manually open links in new tabs.
• Separate contact page: Provides a dedicated page for contact information.
• Formspree.io contact form integration: Allows users to easily add a contact form by providing their email in _config.yml.
• Add social profiles easily: Social profile buttons can be easily added in _config.yml, and only the ones entered there will show up in the site footer.

Installation

To use the FortyPlus - Jekyll Theme, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository to your GitHub account.
2. Run bundle install in the repository folder to install the necessary dependencies.
3. Run jekyll serve to start the local development server.
4. Open http://localhost:4000/admin in your browser to access the Jekyll Admin interface and start blogging.

Summary

The FortyPlus - Jekyll Theme is a highly customizable and feature-rich Jekyll theme. It offers an easy setup process, beautiful design, and a wide range of customizable widgets and features. With its integration of Jekyll Admin, proper URL structure, and separation between projects and posts, it provides a user-friendly and organized way to manage content. Its additional features such as skills widget, go-to-top button, social media sharing icons, and contact form integration further enhance the functionality and user experience. Overall, the FortyPlus - Jekyll Theme is a robust choice for anyone looking to build a dynamic and visually appealing website with Jekyll.