https://github.com/benbalter/retlab

A minimalist Jekyll theme for your personal site
https://github.com/benbalter/retlab

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A minimalist Jekyll theme for your personal site

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/benbalter/retlab
• Owner: benbalter
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-07-30T21:43:36.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-10T00:13:39.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-10T01:24:29.379Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: jekyll, jekyll-theme
• Language: HTML
• Homepage: http://ben.balter.com
• Size: 8.41 MB
• Stars: 74
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 38
• Open Issues: 6
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# Retlab

[![CI](https://github.com/benbalter/retlab/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/benbalter/retlab/actions/workflows/ci.yml)

![Screenshot of Retlab](screenshot.png)

A minimalist Jekyll theme for your personal site

## Installation

1. Add this line to your site's configuration:

   ```yaml

   remote_theme: benbalter/retlab

   ```

2. Save a header image to `/assets/img/header.jpg`. It should be 400px by 1140px.

## Configuration

You’ll want to customize and add the following configurations to your site’s `_config.yml` file:

```yml

title: Ben Balter

description: Attorney, open source developer, product manager

lang: en-US

# Pages to include in header navigation

nav_pages:

  - index.html

  - talks.md

  - press.md

  - about.md

  - contact.md

# Pages to include in footer navigation

footer_pages:

  - books.md

  - fine-print.md

# Disqus login information, for comments

disqus:

  shortname: DISQUS_USERNAME

# Links to include on the contact page

contact_links:

  - name: Twitter

    url: https://twitter.com/BenBalter

    icon: twitter

  - name: Facebook

    url: https://facebook.com/BenBalter

    icon: facebook

# Front matter defaults

defaults:

  -

    scope:

      path: ""

      type: "posts"

    values:

      layout: post

      comments: true

  -

    scope:

      path: ""

      type: "pages"

    values:

      layout: page

      comments: false

# Plugins

plugins:

  - jekyll-seo-tag

  - jekyll-avatar

  - jekyll-github-metadata

  - jekyll-feed

```

You may also want to see [Jekyll SEO Tag’s configuration](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-seo-tag).