Blow

A Zola theme built with tailwindcss

(WIP) Example : Here

Preview

Usage

You should follow the official documentation about installing a Zola theme.

I recommend adding the theme as a git submodule :

cd my-zola-website
git submodule add -b main git@github.com:tchartron/blow.git themes/blow

Edit the theme used in your config.toml file

# The site theme to use.
theme = "blow"

Then edit your config.toml file to override values from the theme :

[extra]
enable_search = true
enable_sidebar = true
enable_adsense = true
enable_multilingue = true
adsense_link = "https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=myclientid"

[extra.lang]
items = [
    { lang = "en", links = [
        { base_url = "/", name = "English" },
        { base_url = "/fr", name = "French" },
    ] },
    { lang = "fr", links = [
        { base_url = "/", name = "Anglais" },
        { base_url = "/fr", name = "Français" },
    ] },
]

[extra.navbar]
items = [
    { lang = "en", links = [
        { url = "/", name = "Home" },
        { url = "/categories", name = "Categories" },
        { url = "/tags", name = "Tags" },
    ] },
    { lang = "fr", links = [
        { url = "/fr", name = "Accueil" },
        { url = "/fr/categories", name = "Categories" },
        { url = "/fr/tags", name = "Tags" },
    ] },
]
title = "title"

[extra.sidebar]
items = [
    { lang = "en", links = [
        { url = "/markdown", name = "Markdown" },
        { url = "/blog", name = "Blog" },
    ] },
    { lang = "fr", links = [
        { url = "/fr/markdown", name = "Markdown" },
        { url = "/fr/blog", name = "Blog" },
    ] },
]

# Index page
[extra.index]
title = "Main title"
image = "https://via.placeholder.com/200"

[extra.default_author]
name = "John Doe"
avatar = "https://via.placeholder.com/200"

[extra.social]
github = "https://github.com/johndoe"
gitlab = "https://gitlab.com/johndoe"
twitter = "https://twitter.com/johndoe"
linkedin = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe-b1234567/"
email = "john.doe@gmail.com"

[extra.favicon]
favicon = "/icons/favicon.ico"
favicon_16x16 = "/icons/favicon-16x16.png"
favicon_32x32 = "/icons/favicon-32x32.png"
apple_touch_icon = "/icons/apple-touch-icon.png"
android_chrome_512 = "/icons/android-chrome-512x512.png"
android_chrome_192 = "/icons/android-chrome-192x192.png"
manifest = "/icons/site.webmanifest"

You can now run zola serve and visit : http://127.0.0.1:1111/ to see your site

Syntax Highlighting

Blow makes use of Zola code highlighting feature.
It supports setting a different color scheme depending on the user selected theme (Dark / Light)
In order to use it you should select the color scheme you want to use for light and dark themes in the list provided here and edit your config.toml file like this example :

highlight_theme = "css"

highlight_themes_css = [
  { theme = "ayu-dark", filename = "syntax-dark.css" },
  { theme = "ayu-light", filename = "syntax-light.css" },
]

Features

Dark/Light modes (with syntax highlighting depending on selected theme)
Customizable navbar links
Tags and Categories taxonomies
Search functionality supporting Command + K shortcut
Social links (github, gitlab, twitter, linkedin, email)
Postcss build process with cssnano (and tailwindcss tree shaking to reduce final bundle size)
Uglifyjs build process with minification
Example script to deploy to Github Pages
Pagination
Sidemenu menu with sections links
Table of content (2 levels and currently viewed part highlighted)
Multilingue
404
Mobile responsive
Favicon
Adsense

Deployment

There is a section about deployment in Zola documentation but you'll find an example to deploy your site to github pages

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