This is a public version of the custom theme I built myself for my own website, zyrxvo.github.io. A demo of this theme can be explored at zyrxvo.github.io/custom-deck.
I created it because I wanted to explore how to do front-end web development but I didn't want to load large libraries just to present a static site. Thus, the theme can be used to create very lightweight sites that are almost exclusively HTML and CSS. This theme could easily be modified to remove all JavaScript. However, with JavaScript it has a few additional features.
- The ability to dismiss the dropdown navigation menu on touch screens.
- An optional light and dark mode button for those who love dark mode.
- A basic podcast player that keeps track of where you are in each episode.
The name Custom-Deck come from the design of the site. Everything is predominantly divided into separate cards to display information. These cards can be arranged however you like them to build a site that works for you.
Much of what I learned in order to build this site I received from W3 Schools, Stack Overflow, MDN and more recently ChatGPT because sometimes I don't even know how to ask the questions I have. However, this theme does include the small and fantastic work of TimeJump.
Almost all of the images on this demo-site were generated using DiffusionBee. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me.
You are free to use and customize this theme provided you follow the licensing agreement and the licensing agreement of TimeJump. See the Customization and Implementation below for more details regarding customization, but the template requires running a Python script website.py in order to build and 'dynamically pre-load' the site's content into the site's structure. The script requires a couple libraries (Python-Markdown, BeautifulSoup, and FeedParser) all given in requirements.txt. It also uses joblib to process the build in parallel. I suggest making a Python virtual environment and pip installing them.
I made this repo and demo site as a working example of how to use the theme. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or issues.