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jklaus
jklaus

Reputation: 1394

Change theme for Jekyll static site

I set up my User site on github-pages with the default "minima" theme - works just fine. However, I can't figure out how to change themes. Tried following these instructions to change theme to "architect":

To use the Architect theme:

  1. Add the following to your site's _config.yml: theme: jekyll-theme-architect

  2. Optionally, if you'd like to preview your site on your computer, add the following to your site's Gemfile: gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins

Seems really simple, right? But when I commit the changes and reload the page at http://username.github.io it's just a blank page.

I'm sure I'm missing something really obvious but if you can explain I would greatly appreciate it!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1091

Answers (2)

Ben Perlmutter
Ben Perlmutter

Reputation: 131

you can't change the theme of an active jekyll site. you need to install a new theme when you create the site. it's kind of annoying, but if you're just getting started with the site, installing a new theme shouldn't be too difficult.

Upvotes: 1

marcanuy
marcanuy

Reputation: 23962

The theme you chose has only one layout, that is the default layout, while the minima theme has three, default, post and page.

Just change the layouts used by your posts and pages to default in their frontmatter or globally in the configuration.

Upvotes: 1

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