TaniaJekyll

TaniaJekyll is a free personal Jekyll theme designed by DINH Anh-Thi, built with Bootstrap 4, that transforms Jekyll posts and pages into a responsive static blog with five post layouts, MathJax support, and Disqus comments.

What is TaniaJekyll?

TaniaJekyll is a Jekyll theme for personal websites and blogs. It takes standard Jekyll content — markdown posts and pages — and generates a fully static, responsive site. The theme is built on Bootstrap 4 and Jekyll, and is maintained by its creator DINH Anh-Thi. It includes a live demo and detailed installation and usage tutorials linked from the project page.

Key Features

• Responsive design — The theme is fully responsive and modern, adapting to mobile and desktop screens.
• Five post layouts — Different layouts for posts are included, giving writers visual variety for articles.
• Shortcodes — Useful shortcodes are provided to add functionality to blog posts without writing HTML.
• Disqus integration — The Disqus commenting system is built in, so readers can comment on posts.
• MathJax — MathJax is integrated for typing and displaying mathematical equations in posts.
• Search — Site search is supported, with a live demo showing results for a query.
• Tags and categories — Posts can be organized by tags and categories.
• Reading list — A reading list layout includes a yearly challenge bar to track reading progress.
• Photo features — Different thumbnail sizes and photo galleries are supported.
• SEO friendly — The theme is designed to be search engine friendly.

Who is it for?

TaniaJekyll is aimed at individuals who want a personal website or blog with a clean, responsive layout. Bloggers can use it to publish articles with comments and search. Academics and students can benefit from MathJax integration for writing math-heavy posts. Photographers or visual creators can use the photo galleries and thumbnail options to showcase work.

What can you do with TaniaJekyll?

• Personal bloggers: Publish posts with tags, categories, and search, and let readers comment via Disqus.
• Math writers: Write equations in posts using MathJax, which is pre-integrated.
• Photographers: Display photo galleries and use multiple thumbnail sizes for portfolios.
• Readers: Maintain a reading list with a yearly challenge bar to track books or articles read.

How does it work?

The theme is installed by downloading the TaniaJekyll repository from GitHub and switching to the gh-pages branch to access the full source code. A step-by-step tutorial explains how to create a GitHub Page with Jekyll and apply the theme; a separate tutorial covers usage. Once installed, Jekyll builds the site with the theme's layouts and features.