Simpol Theme - Minimal, clean website template all about the writing

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Introducing Simpol Theme

Simpol is a minimal, clean, and open source Jekyll theme for Github Pages.

Focus on the writing, the content.

Features

• Minimal design and feel.
  

• Simple and customizable Navigation, Index, and Footer

• Site greeting, sub-greetings, links, logo, and more

• All easily setup and managed in the config file

• Clean, light-weight, default layouts for pages and posts

• Search engine friendly! Optimized metadata for SEO.

• Easy, site-wide Google Analytics setup/integration

• Post categories and archive page

• Simple Google Analytics tracking integration

• Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, and email on all posts.

• Sitemap, XML Feed, and 404 Page
  

• Single, yet powerful and light-weight CSS Stylesheet
  

• Simple, like a website should be.
  

Explore a demo of the theme: https://simpoltheme.com/

Simpol Theme is designed, developed, and maintained by Scott Mathson, Mathson Design Co.

Installation

1. Download theme, here

- Non-technical: once theme downloaded, set up Jekyll CMS like Jekyll Admin, Siteleaf, or others.

- Technical: open up command line/terminal, read on

2. Install bundler with `$ gem install bundler`

4. Install gems with `$ bundle install`

5. Run Jekyll with `$ bundle exec jekyll serve`

6. Have fun!

Resources

Check out these blog posts for help in getting started blogging with Simpol Theme. Within the posts are even more resources to help you.

*Adding New Posts, Simpol Blogging: https://simpoltheme.com/tips/tricks/2017/04/16/writing-new-post/

* Markdown Overview, Simpol Blogging: https://simpoltheme.com/tips/tricks/2017/04/15/blogging-in-markdown-overview/

* Deploy Jekyll to GitHub Pages: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/github-pages/

Licensed under ISC - (c) 2017 Mathson Design, LLC and Scott Mathson