About

This page contains information about this project itself. It's the "meta" project page, if you will.

Jekyll & Bootstrap

I used Jekyll and Bootstrap to create my GitHub Project Pages.

Project Directory Structure

This is the basic structure of the functioning Jekyll site. Italicized items not strictly required by the site (or copied over for that matter), but make the project easier to manage.

• _includes - Any partial that you would like included in the pages; for example, place a previously-authored README.md file to avoid internal edits on the document.
• _layouts - Template directory
• assets - All styles, fonts, images, and JavaScript
  • css
    • bootstrap-extended.less - This is a custom file used to extend Bootstrap's styles; "jumbotron" classes are included here.
    • bootstrap.less - The main Bootstrap file moved from the raw Bootstrap directory in lib/bootstrap; this is the primary LESS file and will incorporate all others into bootstrap.less.css.
    • boostrap.less.css - The compiled CSS file incorporating Bootstrap and your overrides (more on this later)
  • font - All .eot, .ttf, .woff, and .svg files for fonts
  • img - Images
  • js - JavaScript
• docs - Meta project documentation
• lib - Organize pre-compiled files here (e.g., raw Bootstrap)
  • bootstrap - Raw bootstrap LESS files
• scripts - Meta scripts used to make the project workflow easier (e.g., watch-less, jekyll)
• _config.yml - Configuration file for Jekyll; includes auto-compilation, excluded files, and other options
• index.html - The site's index page; this page will define variables used by the templates in the _layouts directory.
• another-site-page.html - Another example to accompany index.html

GitHub Pages Directory Structure

GitHub organizes its files in this format:

https://raw.github.com/{username}/{project-name}/{branch}/{folder}/{subfolder}/{filename}

So to reference an image from my GitHub Pages branch (gh-pages) for the wiki, I used:

https://raw.github.com/mattnorris/whispernote/gh-pages/assets/img/whispernote-github-wiki-banner.jpg

Instructions

Bootstrap

Styles

We will be using the method described here to customize Bootstrap.

1. Use the directory structure above.
2. Clone https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap into the lib directory.
3. MOVE the files bootstrap.less and variables.less into assets/css/.
   • NOTE: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU MOVE THE FILES, NOT COPY THEM.
4. Update the LESS file references in bootstrap.less to point to @import ../../lib/bootstrap/<filename.less> EXCEPT for @import variables.less. We want that import statement to point to the sibling file variables.less.
5. Still in bootstrap.less, add the line @import "bootstrap-extended.less"; just above @import "../../lib/bootstrap/less/utilities.less";. This will include extra styles, like "jumbotron", not included in Bootstrap by default.
6. Add your custom styles and overrides in bootstrap.less and variables.less.

JavaScript

Make sure bootstrap.min.js is in assets/js/.

Font Awesome

We will be using a modified version of these instructions to install Font Awesome for LESS.

1. Copy the Font Awesome font files (.eot, .svg, .ttf, .woff, .otf) directly into the font directory.
2. Copy font-awesome.less into assets/css/.
3. Open bootstrap.less and replace @import "sprites.less"; with @import "font-awesome.less";.

Compiling

Use watch-less and jekyll to compile your styles and generate your site, respectively.