shoyan / ampstart-blog-post

modern, fast-loading AMP pages jekyll theme.

ampstart-blog-post

ampstart-blog-post is ampstart.com jekyll theme.

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Installation

Step1: Clone this repo to your computer

git clone [email protected]:shoyan/ampstart-blog-post.git
cd ampstart-blog-post

Step 2: Run bundle install

bundle insatll

Step 3: Edit _config.yml

Just fill in everything in the # Site settings section. You'll want to set your site's title, your name, your twitter username, etc.

Step 4: Run server

bundle exec jekyll server

Step 5: Access your browse

http://localhost:4000/

Step 6: Publish your site

just like any other Jekyll site.

Writing Posts with AMP

Writing posts works just like it does normally in Jekyll except when you want to include extra resources likes pictures, videos, embedded Twitter posts, etc.

AMP has it's own set of special html tags for including content. You should use these instead of normal Markdown or HTML tags.

The two you are are most likely to need are <amp-img> and <amp-youtube>:

Images in your posts

<amp-img width="600" height="300" layout="responsive" src="/assets/images/your_picture.jpg"></amp-img>

Youtube Videos in your posts

<amp-youtube data-videoid="lBTCB7yLs8Y" layout="responsive" width="480" height="270"></amp-youtube>

Embedding other types of content

The AMP Project provides helpers for many other types of content like audio, ads, Google Analytics, etc.

• Built-in AMP tags:

• https://github.com/ampproject/amphtml/blob/master/builtins/README.md

• Extended AMP tags:

• https://github.com/ampproject/amphtml/blob/master/extensions/README.md

Validating your page with AMP

AMP adds built-in validation logic to make sure your pages follow all the rules so they render as fast as possible.

To check your page, just add #development=1 to any url on your site and then check the javascript console in your browser.

http://localhost:4000/#development=1

You will either see a success message:

Powered by AMP ⚡ HTML – Version 1457112743399
AMP validation successful.

Or you will see a list of errors to fix:

Powered by AMP ⚡ HTML – Version 1457112743399
AMP validation had errors:
The attribute 'style' may not appear in tag 'span'
The attribute 'style' may not appear in tag 'div'

Enabling Google Analytics

To enable Google Anaytics, add the following lines to your Jekyll site:

  google_analytics: UA-NNNNNNNN-N

Google Analytics will only appear in production, i.e., JEKYLL_ENV=production

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/hello. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

Development

To set up your environment to develop this theme, run bundle install.

Your theme is setup just like a normal Jekyll site! To test your theme, run bundle exec jekyll serve and open your browser at http://localhost:4000. This starts a Jekyll server using your theme. Add pages, documents, data, etc. like normal to test your theme's contents. As you make modifications to your theme and to your content, your site will regenerate and you should see the changes in the browser after a refresh, just like normal.

When your theme is released, only the files in _layouts, _includes, and _sass tracked with Git will be released.

License

The theme is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.