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diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36a27a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +Workspace setup +--------------- + +* To reduce pain, set up [rbenv] to manage your Ruby versions. +Install one that's known to work: `make ruby` + * Otherwise, make sure you have Ruby and [Bundler] set up. +* Install dependencies: `make deps` +* Make sure builds are working: `make build` + +[rbenv]: https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv +[Bundler]: https://bundler.io/ + +Development +----------- + +* Build the example website and serve it at http://localhost:4000/jekyll-theme/: +`make serve` + * It will pick up changes and reload pages automatically. + +Upgrading dependencies +---------------------- + + bundle update + +Building static pages +--------------------- + +If you try to copy the _site directory and open index.html without running the +web server, it won't work: all links will be messed up. +Jekyll doesn't provide native support for generating a static website which can +be browsed without running a web server. + +One workaround is to `wget` the website: + + make serve LIVE_RELOAD=0 # Live reloading breaks wget + make wget + +The truly static version will be downloaded to the .wget/ directory. + +Bootstrap theme +--------------- + +At one point I decided to bundle a modified version of Bootstrap 3.4 with the +theme. +One thing I found annoying about the unmodified Bootstrap is the small font +size & the insanely large headers. +I used the [customization tool] with a [custom config] to download a modified +Boost version and included it in the assets/bootstrap directory. + +[customization tool]: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/3.4/customize/ +[custom config]: assets/bootstrap/config.json + +TODO: port the theme to Bootstrap 4/5/whatever? @@ -276,19 +276,7 @@ like this is painfully hard to get right for me. Development ----------- -### Bootstrap theme - -At one point I decided to bundle a modified version of Bootstrap 3.4 with the -theme. -One thing I found annoying about the unmodified Bootstrap is the small font -size & the insanely large headers. -I used the [customization tool] with a [custom config] to download a modified -Boost version and included it in the assets/bootstrap directory. - -[customization tool]: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/3.4/customize/ -[custom config]: assets/bootstrap/config.json - -TODO: port the theme to Bootstrap 4/5/whatever? +See [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md). License ------- diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml index 14af0ef..6f901b1 100644 --- a/_config.yml +++ b/_config.yml @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ show_drafts: true strict_front_matter: true exclude: + - DEVELOPMENT.md - Makefile - prelude.mk - README.md |