Desk was developed by [Ivan Chromjak](https://ivanchromjak.com) for [jekyll.plus](https://jekyll.plus/), theme [live demo](https://docs.jekyll.plus/) available.
## Features
* Contact form
* Live Search
* Responsive videos
* Image lightbox
* Google maps
* Github avatar
* Changelog page
* Contact form (FormSpree)
* Pre-built pages
* Disqus comments for posts
* Configurable home page header images
* Optimised for [GitHub](https://pages.github.com/) pages
* RSS feed
* SEO tags
* Google Analytics
## Installation
Install the dependencies with [Bundler](http://bundler.io/):
```bash
bundle install
```
Run the following to generate your site:
```bash
bundle exec jekyll serve
```
You can find more on [Deployment Methods](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/deployment-methods/) page on Jekyll website.
## Setup
### Site and author details
Add your site and author details in `_config.yml`:
```yaml
# Site title and description
title: Docs - Documentation Jekyll Theme
description: Documentation Jekyll theme.
# Site base hostname & protocol, e.g. http://example.com
url: "https://docs.jekyll.plus"
# Site logo, image or text
brand:
image: touch-icon.svg # e.g. logo.png, upload logo image file to /assets/img/ folder
text: Docs # if the above "logo:" image variable is not set, this text logo is displayed instead
# Default author settings
author:
name: John Smith
github: PressApps # Github username for avatar
# Author settings, displayed on post and doc pages if front matter references author name e.g. author: peter
Set in the main navigation links in `_data/navigation_header.yml`:
```yaml
- title: About
url: /about/
```
### Footer
Edit copyright notice in `_config.yml`:
```yaml
footer:
copyright:
```
Set in the navigation links in `_data/navigation_footer.yml`:
```yaml
- title: About
url: /about/
```
### Enabling comments (via Disqus)
Optionally, if you have a Disqus account, you can tell Jekyll to use it to show a comments section below each post. To enable it, add the following lines to your Jekyll site:
```yaml
disqus:
shortname: my_disqus_shortname
```
You can find out more about Disqus' shortnames [here](https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466208).
Comments are enabled by default and will only appear in production, i.e., `JEKYLL_ENV=production`. If you don't want to display comments for a particular post you can disable them by adding `comments: false` to that post's YAML Front Matter.
### Google Analytics
To enable Google Anaytics, add the following lines to your Jekyll site:
```yaml
google_analytics: UA-NNNNNNNN-N
```
Google Analytics will only appear in production, i.e., `JEKYLL_ENV=production`
### Google Map
To display Google map on contact page, add the following in your page content, replacing latitude, longitude and zoom values:
```yaml
{% include map.html latitude="40.6700" longitude="-73.9400" zoom="16" %}
```
### Contact Form (via FormSpree)
Submit the form and confirm your email address at [FormSpree](https://formspree.io/). Then add the following lines to contact page YAML Front Matter, replacing the email address:
```yaml
formspree:
email: my_name@gmail.com
redirect: /thanks/
```
### Update favicon
You can find the current favicon (favicon.png) inside the theme `/assets/img/` directory, just replace it with your new favicon.
## Posts
To create a new post, you can create a new markdown file inside the `_posts` directory by following the recommended file naming format:
```
YEAR-MONTH-DAY-title.MARKUP
```
Where `YEAR` is a four-digit number, `MONTH` and `DAY` are both two-digit numbers, and `MARKUP` is the file extension representing the format used in the file. For example, the following are examples of valid post filenames:
```
2011-12-31-new-years-eve-is-awesome.md
2012-09-12-how-to-write-a-blog.md
```
Post requires front matter, everything in between the first and second --- are part of the YAML Front Matter, and everything after the second --- will be rendered with Markdown and show up as “Content”.
The following is a post file with different configurations you can add as example:
```yaml
---
layout: post
title: How To Travel On Low Budget
---
```
You can rebuild the site in many different ways, but the most common way is to run `bundle exec jekyll serve`, which launches a web server and auto-regenerates your site when a file is updated.
To keep things more organized, add post images to `/assets/posts/` directory, and add theme images to `/assets/img/` directory.
### Adding images
To add an image to a post or page use the following codes:
Local image from `/assets/posts/` directory:
```yaml
{% include image.html img="girl.jpg" alt="Alt for image" caption="Girl on a rock" %}
```
External wide image with lightbox:
```yaml
{% include image.html img="https://source.unsplash.com/TT-ROxWj9nA.jpg" lightbox="true" alt="Alt for image" caption="Image in lightbox" %}
```
### Adding table of contents
Add the following code at the top of the post:
```
#### Sections in this article
{:.no_toc}
* TOC
{:toc}
```
`{:.no_toc}` excludes the `#### Sections in this article` title from indexing in table of contents
To create a draft post, create the post file under the `_drafts` directory, and you can find more information in [Working with Drafts](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/drafts/).
## Home Page
To create a home page, just create a `index.md` file inside the root directory. The following is a YAML Front Matter example for a page:
```yaml
---
layout: home
hero:
title: How Can We Help? # hero section settings
subtitle: Search or browse in depth articles and videos on everything Jekyll, from basic theme setup and hosting to customisation and development
image: imac.svg # display small image above title
search: true # enable search
categories:
columns: 3 # number of category columns; 1, 2, 3, 4
title: Browse Topics
subtitle: Get your answers fast, jump to most popular documentation content
featured: # featured docs section settings
title: Popular Articles
tag: featured # tag used to populate featured section on home page
section: # display page content
title: Need More?
subtitle: This section displays optional page content lorem ipsum
cta: # call to action section
title: Didn't find an answer to your question?
subtitle: Get in touch with us for details on additional services and custom work pricing
button_text: Contact Us
button_url: /contact/
---
```
Home page category boxes are added in `_data/navigation_home.yml`, e.g.:
```yml
- title: Getting Started
desc: Get your account up and running in just few easy steps
icon: settings
doc: usage
- title: Account and Billing
desc: Managing your account, creating new users and exporting data
icon: credit-card
doc: drafts
```
All available icons can be found [here](https://getuikit.com/docs/icon#library).
## Docs
To create a document post, just create a new page inside the root directory and add the following code in content:
```
{% include faqs.html %}
```
Create new doc post entries in `_docs` folder, similar to creating posts, but with following front matter settings:
```yml
---
layout: doc
title: Category hosting Setting up new domain and page
subtitle: This is optional doc subtitle
tags: featured development
author: peter
---
```
Sidebar navigation on docs post can edited in `_data/navigation_docs.yml`:
```yml
- title: Getting Started # Section title
docs:
- home # Doc file name from _docs folder
- quickstart
- installation
- windows
```
## Changelog page
Create new page with the following front matter:
```yml
---
layout: changelog
title: Changelog
permalink: /changelog/
---
```
Changelog enties are added in `_data/changelog.yml`:
```yml
- title: Version 0.6.0
label:
date: Aug 15, 2017
list:
- Added style support for radio and checkbox in Firefox
- Removed class from Section component
```
## Customization
To modify the primary color, open `/_sass/theme/variables.scss` and replace the color values e.g.:
Install [UIkit](https://getuikit.com/) font end framework dependency via Npm:
```bash
npm install
```
Enable live browser reload with the following:
```bash
bundle exec jekyll s --livereload
```
## Credits and Sources
- Google analytics https://www.google.com/analytics/
- Google maps https://www.google.com/maps
- UIkit front end framework https://getuikit.com/
- Jekyll CML https://jekyllrb.com/
## Support
Customer support is provided through our Envato profile page [contact form](https://themeforest.net/user/pressapps) for up to six months from the purchase date and is provided Monday to Friday during the business week. We aim to answer all support requests daily, most are handled within 48h.
