Overview

This product is a blogging theme called Min Blog. It is based on the Hux theme and is designed to be easily customizable for users to build their own blogs. The theme includes various features such as a sidebar, mini about me section, featured tags, social media accounts, friends’ links, keynote layout, and comment systems that support both Disqus and Gitalk. The theme is responsive and can be previewed and modified in real-time.

Features

• Sidebar: Customizable sidebar settings in the _config.yml file. The sidebar layout is responsive and moves to the bottom when the screen size is smaller than 992px.
• Mini About Me: This module displays all social media accounts below the user’s avatar. It is also responsive and moves to the bottom of the page on smaller screens.
• Featured Tags: A module that displays featured tags on the homepage and above the title of each published article. The tags displayed are determined by the size of the tag (number of articles) compared to a set condition value.
• Social Media Accounts: Users can input their social media accounts, which will be displayed in the sidebar.
• Friends’ Links: A section that displays friends’ links on all pages. Users can add their own friends’ links in the _config.yml file.
• Keynote Layout: Allows users to include HTML5 slideshow layouts using frameworks like Reveal.js, Impress.js, Slides, Prezi, etc. The layout is added using an iframe, which automatically adjusts its size for different devices. It includes padding to allow scrolling for mobile users.
• Comment Systems: The theme supports both Disqus and Gitalk comment systems. Disqus is popular and has a clean interface, while Gitalk is a cool option for programmers as it uses GitHub issue API for login and commenting and supports Markdown syntax.

Installation

To install the Min Blog theme and start building your own blog, follow these steps:

1. If you haven’t already, install Jekyll.
2. Open the command line and run the command jekyll serve or jekyll s.
3. Open your local browser and enter the URL: http://127.0.0.1:4000/ to preview the theme in real-time.
4. Customize the theme by modifying the _config.yml file. You can change various parameters, such as article link format.
5. Start writing articles in Markdown format and save them in the _posts/ directory. Refer to the template article provided in the theme for guidance on how to set up the YAML front matter.

Summary

Min Blog is a customizable blogging theme based on Hux. It allows users to easily build their own blogs with features such as a responsive sidebar, mini about me section, featured tags, social media accounts, friends’ links, keynote layout, and support for comment systems (Disqus and Gitalk). The theme can be installed by running Jekyll and customized by modifying the _config.yml file.