Overview

The Ephesus Jekyll Theme is a simple and minimal Jekyll blog theme created by Hakan Torun. It is designed to be lightweight, responsive, and customizable. The theme offers various features such as a dark/light theme switcher, custom 404 page, tags page, code highlighter, social share buttons, Atom & JSON feeds, pagination, Disqus comments, Mathjax support, and Google Analytics integration. The theme is easy to install and can be customized to fit the user’s preferences.

Features

• Tiny CSS & No Dependency: The theme is lightweight and does not rely on any external dependencies.
• Responsive Design: The theme is designed to be mobile-friendly and adapts to different screen sizes.
• Dark/Light Theme: Users can switch between a light and dark theme for their blog.
• Custom 404 Page: The theme includes a custom 404 page to handle any missing or broken links.
• About Page: Users can create an About page to provide information about themselves or their blog.
• Tags Page: The theme automatically generates a tags page to categorize and filter posts by tags.
• Code Highlighter: The theme includes a code highlighter to format and highlight code snippets in blog posts.
• Social Share: Users can add social share buttons to allow readers to easily share their blog posts on social media platforms.
• Atom & JSON Feeds: The theme provides Atom and JSON feeds to allow users to syndicate and distribute their blog content.
• Robots.txt: The theme generates a robots.txt file to provide instructions to search engine crawlers.
• Sitemap: The theme generates a sitemap to help search engines discover and index the blog’s content.
• Next & Previous Post: Users can navigate between blog posts using the next and previous post links at the bottom of each post.
• Pagination: The theme supports pagination to split blog posts into multiple pages for easier browsing.
• Disqus: Users can enable Disqus comments to allow readers to leave comments on their blog posts.
• Mathjax Support: The theme supports Mathjax, allowing users to include mathematical equations in their blog posts.
• Google Analytics: Users can integrate Google Analytics to track and analyze their blog’s traffic and user behavior.

Installation

To install the Ephesus Jekyll Theme, follow these steps:

1. Clone the theme repository: git clone [repository_url].
2. Navigate to the cloned repository: cd ephesus.
3. Install the required dependencies: bundle install.
4. Run the local server: bundle exec jekyll serve.
5. Access the blog on your local machine by opening http://127.0.0.1:4000 in your browser.

Summary

The Ephesus Jekyll Theme is a lightweight and customizable theme for Jekyll blogs. It offers a range of features including responsive design, dark/light theme switcher, code highlighter, social share buttons, Disqus comments, Mathjax support, and Google Analytics integration. The theme is easy to install and allows users to create a minimal and clean blog with a personalized touch.