Starving Artist Jekyll Theme

Install as Gem Theme

Jekyll requires Ruby so make sure Ruby is installed before you begin.

Start a New Site

• Install Jekyll and Bundler
  • gem install bundler
• Create a New Site
  • jekyl new mysite
• Move into that directory
  • cd mysite
• Install Required Gems
  • bundle install
• Verify
  • Run jekyll serve
  • Browse to http://localhost:4000
• Download Starving Artist Theme
  • Replace the line gem "minima" with this:
    • gem "starving-artist-jekyll-theme"
  • Run bundle install
• Tell Jekyll to use Starving Artist Theme
  • Open _config.yml and change the line theme: minima to this:
    • theme: starving-artist-jekyll-theme
• Import the Starving Artist CSS
  • Open your css/style.css and change the line @import "minima;" to this:
    • @import "starving-artist";

Migrate an Existing Site

NOTE This requires you to be upgraded to at least Jekyll 3.2 which added support for themes.

• Download Starving Artist Theme
  • Replace the line gem "minima" with this:
    • gem "starving-artist-jekyll-theme"
  • Run bundle install
• Tell Jekyll to use Starving Artist Theme
  • Open _config.yml and change the line theme: minima to this:
    • theme: starving-artist-jekyll-theme
• Import the Starving Artist CSS
  • Open your css/style.css and change the line @import "minima;" to this:
    • @import "starving-artist";

Jekyll 2.x Method

Jekyll requires Ruby so make sure Ruby is installed before you begin.

• Download this site
  • git clone https://github.com/chrisanthropic/starving-artist-jekyll-theme.git
• Move into its directory
  • cd starving-artist-jekyll-theme
• Install Required Gems
  • bundle install
• Verify
  • Run jekyll serve
  • Browse to http://localhost:4000