Best Jekyll Themes

The Bestjekyllthemes.site is an up-to-date directory of the best-looking themes for Jekyll a static site generator in Ruby.

Forked from the discontinued project JekyllThemes created by Matt Harzewski.

Submitting a Theme

Want to share a theme?

1. Fork the site: Create your own copy of the repository on GitHub.
2. Create a new post:
   • Duplicate the template.markdown file in the _posts directory.
   • Rename it with the format: YYYY-MM-DD-theme-name.markdown.
   • Replace the placeholder content with your theme's details.
3. Add a thumbnail:
   • Create a 250x200 pixel image for your theme.
   • Place the image in the thumbnails directory.
   • Reference the image filename in your post's markdown.
4. Add Screenshots:
   • Create 1024x768 pixel images showcasing your theme's features.
   • In the screenshots directory, create a new directory with the same name of your theme post (ex: 2022-10-22-my-amazing-theme -without extension) and place the images inside.
   • Reference the image filenames in your post's markdown within the carousel setting array.
5. Test and share:
   • Preview your theme locally to ensure it works as expected.
   • Push your changes to your forked repository.
   • Open a pull request to contribute your theme to the main repository BestJekyllThemes.

License

The contents of this repository are licensed under the GNU Public License.