Installing the Theme

1. Install Jekyll & Bundler:

    gem install jekyll bundler
   

2. Add the following lines to your Jekyll site’s Gemfile:

    source "https://rubygems.org"
   
    # Jekyll
    gem "jekyll"
   
    # Theme
    gem "minimal-jekyll-theme"
   
    # Plugins
    group :jekyll_plugins do
      gem 'jekyll-feed'
      gem 'jekyll-sitemap'
      gem 'jekyll-seo-tag'
      gem 'jekyll-archives'
    end
   

3. Add this line to your Jekyll site’s _config.yml file

    theme: minimal-jekyll-theme
   

4. Run Bundler to install the theme gem and dependencies

    bundle install
   

5. To update your theme in the future simply run bundle update.

Theme Setup

1. Create a /_data/ folder in your sites root directory.

2. Copy theme.yml and authors.yml from /docs/_data/ to your /_data/ folder located in your sites root directory.

3. Create /assets/images/ folder to manage all your sites images.

Usage

To view your new theme, run bundle exec jekyll serve and open your browser at http://localhost:4000.