Update blank_template for Jekyll

Updated config.yml, index.md, header.html, main.scss, and default.html to include additional site settings, improved ordering and variable names, and better styling. - Updated the config.yml file to include additional site settings and build settings, as well as comments to explain each setting. Added a basic description to the index.md file. - Improved the header.html file to include a better ordering of the meta tags and added a default_page_title variable to the site settings. - Improved the main.scss file to include more robust font fallbacks and better variable names. - Updated the default.html file to include a more robust ordering of meta tags and improved styling links.
jekyll · Apr 6, 2023 · b54b2e6 · b54b2e6
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diff --git a/lib/blank_template/_config.yml b/lib/blank_template/_config.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
+# Site Information
+title: "My Jekyll Site" # the name of your site, e.g. ACME Corp.
+description: "This is a Jekyll site" # a brief description of your site
+
+# Build Configuration
 url: "" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
 baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
-title: "" # the name of your site, e.g. ACME Corp.
+source: "." # the source directory for your site
+destination: "./_site" # the destination directory for your site
+lang: "en-US" # the language code for your site, e.g. en-US
+
+# Excluded Files
+# Add any files or directories that should be excluded from the Jekyll build process here
+exclude:
+  - Gemfile
+  - Gemfile.lock
+  - README.md
+  - LICENSE
+
+# Jekyll Plugins
+# Add your Jekyll plugins here to enable additional functionality for your site
+plugins:
+
+# Build settings
+# Configure the build process for your site
+encoding: "utf-8" # the character encoding for your site
+markdown: kramdown
+# collections:
+#   posts:
+#     output: true # whether to generate pages for posts
+#     permalink: /posts/:title/ # the permalink structure for posts
+#     layout: post # the default layout to use for posts
+#   pages:
+#     output: true # whether to generate pages for pages
+#     permalink: /:title/ # the permalink structure for pages
+#     layout: page # the default layout to use for pages
diff --git a/lib/blank_template/_layouts/default.html b/lib/blank_template/_layouts/default.html
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="{{ site.lang | default: "en-US" }}">
   <head>
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
     <meta charset="utf-8">
-    <title>{{ page.title }} - {{ site.title }}</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "/assets/css/main.css" | relative_url }}">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+    <title>
+    {% if page.title %}
+      {{ page.title }} -
+    {% else %}
+      {{ site.default_page_title }} -
+    {% endif %}
+    {{ site.title }}
+    </title>
+    <meta name="description" content="{{ page.description | default: site.description }}">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "/assets/css/main.css" | relative_url }}" type="text/css">
   </head>
   <body>
-    {{ content }}
+    <main role="main">
+      {{ content }}
+    </main>
   </body>
-</html>
+</html>
diff --git a/lib/blank_template/_sass/base.scss b/lib/blank_template/_sass/base.scss
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-$backgroundColor: #ffffff;
-$bodyColor: #000000;
-$bodyFont: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";
+$body-bg: #ffffff !default;
+$body-color: #000000 !default;
+$body-font: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif !default;
 
 body {
-  background: $backgroundColor;
-  color: $bodyColor;
-  font-family: $bodyFont;
+  background-color: $body-bg;
+  color: $body-color;
+  font-family: $body-font, sans-serif;
 }
diff --git a/lib/blank_template/assets/css/main.scss b/lib/blank_template/assets/css/main.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
+
+# Leave to Compile
+
 ---
 
 @import "base";
diff --git a/lib/blank_template/index.md b/lib/blank_template/index.md
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 ---
+
 layout: default
+
 title: "Happy Jekylling!"
+description: "This is a blank template to help you get started."
+
 ---
 
-## You're ready to go!
+# Welcome to your new Jekyll website!
+
+This is a blank template to help you get started. Customize it as much as you like, add new pages, blog posts, and more.
 
-Start developing your Jekyll website.
+Happy Jekylling!