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Retlab

A minimalist Jekyll theme for your personal site

Installation

1. Add this line to your site's configuration:

   remote_theme: benbalter/retlab
   

2. Save a header image to /assets/img/header.jpg. It should be 400px by 1140px.

Configuration

You’ll want to customize and add the following configurations to your site’s _config.yml file:

title: Ben Balter
description: Attorney, open source developer, product manager

lang: en-US

# Pages to include in header navigation
nav_pages:
  - index.html
  - talks.md
  - press.md
  - about.md
  - contact.md

# Pages to include in footer navigation
footer_pages:
  - books.md
  - fine-print.md

# Disqus login information, for comments
disqus:
  shortname: DISQUS_USERNAME

# Links to include on the contact page
contact_links:
  - name: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/BenBalter
    icon: twitter
  - name: Facebook
    url: https://facebook.com/BenBalter
    icon: facebook

# Front matter defaults
defaults:
  -
    scope:
      path: ""
      type: "posts"
    values:
      layout: post
      comments: true
  -
    scope:
      path: ""
      type: "pages"
    values:
      layout: page
      comments: false

# Plugins
plugins:
  - jekyll-seo-tag
  - jekyll-avatar
  - jekyll-github-metadata
  - jekyll-feed

You may also want to see Jekyll SEO Tag’s configuration.