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Hexo

Why leave jekyll and move to hexo

  • Jekyll
    • markdown syntax parsing change on github, and after my modify it not work as
      before (so sad ;( )
    • Jekyll use ruby
  • hexo
    • Hexo use node.js
    • Have good themes

What is hexo

A fast, simple & powerful blog framework
see https://hexo.io/ for more

Installation

  • mkdir hexo
  • hexo init
    • if fail to install depenances auto, install them manually.
      • cat package.json, and look at the object of dependencies, just install them
      • npm install xxx --save
      • you can list installed modules by ls node_modules
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    diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
    index 26c27e9..9b0b32c 100644
    --- a/_config.yml
    +++ b/_config.yml
    @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
     ## Source: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/
     
     # Site
    -title: Hexo
    +title: Matrix207's Blog
     subtitle:
     description:
    -author: John Doe
    -language:
    +author: Matrix207
    +language: zh-Hans
    +#language:
     timezone:
     
     # URL
    @@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ i18n_dir: :lang
     skip_render:
     
     # Writing
    -new_post_name: :title.md # File name of new posts
    +new_post_name: :year-:month-:day-:title.md # File name of new posts
     default_layout: post
     titlecase: false # Transform title into titlecase
     external_link: true # Open external links in new tab
    @@ -63,9 +64,17 @@ pagination_dir: page
     # Extensions
     ## Plugins: https://hexo.io/plugins/
     ## Themes: https://hexo.io/themes/
    -theme: landscape
    +#theme: landscape
    +theme: hexo-theme-next/
     
     # Deployment
     ## Docs: https://hexo.io/docs/deployment.html
     deploy:
    -  type:
    +  type: git
    +  repository: github.com:matrix207/matrix207.github.com.git
    +  branch: master
    +
    +# Toc
    +toc:
    +  maxDepth: 3
    +

Select theme: hexo-theme-next or landscape

  • compare these two themes, I like hexo-theme-next more than landscape. But

What features I need

  • menus

Tips for fixing issues

Reference