Particle Jekyll Theme

This is a simple and minimalist template for Jekyll designed for developers that want to show of their portfolio.

The Theme features:

• Gulp
• SASS
• Sweet Scroll
• Particle.js
• BrowserSync
• Font Awesome and Devicon icons
• Google Analytics
• Info Customization

Basic Setup

1. Install Jekyll
2. Clone the particle theme: git clone https://github.com/nrandecker/particle.git
3. Edit _config.yml to personalize your site.

Site and User Settings

You have to fill some informations on _config.yml to customize your site.

# Site settings
description: A blog about lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog/
url: "http://localhost:3000" # the base hostname & protocol for your site

# User settings
username: Lorem Ipsum
user_description: User at Lorem Ipsum Dolor
user_title: User
email: [email protected]
twitter_username: lorem_ipsum
github_username:  lorem_ipsum
gplus_username:  lorem_ipsum

Don't forget to change your url before you deploy your site!

Color and Particle Customization

• Color Customization
  • Edit the sass variables
• Particle Customization
  • Edit the json data in particle function in app.js
  • Refer to Particle.js for help

Running the blog in local

In order to compile the assets and run Jekyll on local you need to follow those steps:

• Install NodeJS
• Install Jekyll: sudo gem install bundler jekyll
• Install Yarn: npm install -g yarn
• Install dependencies: yarn
• Run: gulp