Show HN: A no-nonsense Jekyll theme for sensible blogging

Immediate first impression: I don&#x27;t like the font.<p>So I took a closer look at it and I think the gray is too bright and the font itself... Well, it isn&#x27;t too bad, but I wouldn&#x27;t consider it elegant nor readable.<p>Apart from the font, I like the clean look and minimal layout.<p>I hope this feedback helps to improve the theme for future versions ;-)

Maybe this will get some downvotes, but I don&#x27;t get why this is on HN. There are plenty of Jekyll themes out there, does this one stand out in some way?<p>It is quite elegant though!

- Google Analytics integration<p>Built-in spying on users and exposing them to a more or less hostile third-party is worse than nonsense.<p>- A home widget to show recent GitHub commit<p>That <i>is</i> total nonsense for sensible blogging. ;p

I also have my own a simple Jekyll theme here focused on using open-source typography: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;robenkleene&#x2F;cyclist" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;robenkleene&#x2F;cyclist</a>

As much as I hate kowtowing to google, if you want people to actually find what you write on your blog, you have to worry about implementing proper meta&#x2F;open graph tags, structured data, dynamic site map, and even AMP support.<p>I have yet to find a good static site generator theme that actually implements all of the above...and it’s a major PITA to have to implement every time.

OP, please add curated to the project description. I only sensibly blog with curated themes.

There are way too many issues with design:<p>- Grey reduces contrast for black forecolors, not good for long comfortable reading<p>- Font are too squeezed for comfortable reading<p>- lines sprouting out from heading are unnecessarily distracting<p>- Default always-ON scroll bars are truly ugly

First thought: The footer moves up the page when the content isn&#x27;t long enough. It should be sticky.

Why? It’s so easy to make a Jekyll site &#x2F; theme from scratch.

Nicely done!<p>In case people are visiting the discussion looking for more no-nonsense Jekyll theme recommendations, I recently came across this beautiful collection that seems to fit the bill: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mademistakes.com&#x2F;work&#x2F;jekyll-themes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mademistakes.com&#x2F;work&#x2F;jekyll-themes&#x2F;</a>

Something is making it slow.