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.
