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Re: Show HN: Pixyll, a minimal, mobile-first Jekyll theme

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wasd wrote: post #10
johnotander wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It definitely drew lots of inspiration from mdo's theme, and basscss. Yeah, regarding the navigation bar, I was wondering if I should make that font a slightly larger size. I think your nitpick has persuaded me to go ahead and make it a little bigger.

In that case, I'll be using your theme. :)

That is wonderful to hear.

Re: Show HN: Pixyll, a minimal, mobile-first Jekyll theme

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Post by johnotander »

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #12

Looks good. I personally feel that the menu options are a bit small for a mobile-first design, but this looks like a great alternative to Poole.

Yeah, you're definitely right on that. I'm going to be increasing the nav font size so that it's easier to read, and easier to tap on mobile devices. I overlooked that aspect a little bit =/.

Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: Pixyll, a minimal, mobile-first Jekyll theme

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Post by johnotander »

ToastyMallows wrote: post #11

Hmm, would I be able to use Jekyll themes on Octopress?

The Pixyll theme uses a different DOM structure for the templates and includes, so it would require some tweaking to work with Pixyll's stylesheets. Though, it would be feasible.

Re: Show HN: Pixyll, a minimal, mobile-first Jekyll theme

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Post by johnotander »

Fastidious wrote: post #16

Very nice. My only complain is the huge footer. It really doesn't match the theme. Also, bulleted and numbered lists have smaller fonts, and their line height is odd.

There's definitely something that isn't quite right about the footer. I will have to ponder how to make it fit in more with the rest of the theme. I've just added Github issues for the lists/line height weirdness, I will fix that ASAP.

Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: Pixyll, a minimal, mobile-first Jekyll theme

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Post by alok-g »

johnotander wrote: post #9
3stripe wrote: post #8

Beautifully simple. And thanks for the reminder about http://jekyllrb.com/ which seems like a cool blogging system...

Thanks. Jekyll is great, especially when used in tandem with Github pages.

How is it when used with a self-hosted plan? Also, my client machine is Windows - I see a guide to install Jekyll on Windows, but not sure if it will actually work (not officially supported).

On the theme itself, looks good. I like it.

For comments, is disqus the recommended solution? Does it slow down the system again with database calls? Security issues again?

I am also interested in having charts, but I presume integrating those would not be much trouble.

Thanks

Re: Show HN: Pixyll, a minimal, mobile-first Jekyll theme

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Post by tacticus »

alok-g wrote: post #18
johnotander wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. Jekyll is great, especially when used in tandem with Github pages.

How is it when used with a self-hosted plan? Also, my client machine is Windows - I see a guide to install Jekyll on Windows, but not sure if it will actually work (not officially supported). On the theme itself, looks good. I like it. For comments, is disqus the recommended solution? Does it slow down the system again with database calls? Security issues again? I am also interested in having charts, but I presume in…

discus is a third party SAAS setup. you don't host it yourself it's just some embedded js.
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