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permalink: /about/
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title: "About"
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excerpt: "Minimal Mistakes is a flexible two-column Jekyll theme."
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layouts_gallery:
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- url: mm-layout-splash.png
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image_path: mm-layout-splash.png
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alt: "splash layout example"
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- url: mm-layout-single-meta.png
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image_path: mm-layout-single-meta.png
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alt: "single layout with comments and related posts"
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- url: mm-layout-archive.png
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image_path: mm-layout-archive.png
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alt: "archive layout example"
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modified: 2016-04-14T10:26:26-04:00
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---
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{% include base_path %}
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Minimal Mistakes is a flexible two-column Jekyll theme. Perfect for hosting your personal site, blog, or portfolio on GitHub or self-hosting on your own server. As the name implies --- styling is purposely minimalistic to be enhanced and customized by you :smile:.
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The theme includes responsive layouts (`single`, `archive`, and `splash` pages) that look great on mobile and desktop browsers.
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{% include gallery id="layouts_gallery" caption="Examples of included layouts `splash`, `single`, and `archive`." %}
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[Install the Theme]({{ base_path }}/docs/quick-start-guide/){: .btn .btn--success .btn--large}
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## Notable Features
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- Compatible with GitHub Pages
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- Several layout options (single, archive, splash pages)
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- SEO optimized with support for [Twitter Cards](https://dev.twitter.com/cards/overview) and [Open Graph](http://ogp.me/) data
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- Optional header images, sidebars, table of contents, galleries, related posts, breadcrumb links, and more.
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- Optional comments ([Disqus](https://disqus.com/), [Facebook](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/comments), Google+, and custom)
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- Optional analytics ([Google Analytics](https://www.google.com/analytics/) and custom)
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## Demo Pages
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| Name | Description |
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| ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
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| [Post with Header Image][header-image-post] | A post with a large header image. |
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| [HTML Tags and Formatting Post][html-tags-post] | A variety of common markup showing how the theme styles them. |
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| [Syntax Highlighting Post][syntax-post] | Post displaying highlighted code. |
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| [Post with a Gallery][gallery-post] | A post showing several images wrapped in `<figure>` elements. |
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| [Sample Collection Page][sample-collection] | Single page from a collection. |
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| [Categories Archive][categories-archive] | Posts grouped by category. |
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| [Tags Archive][tags-archive] | Posts grouped by tags. |
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For even more demo pages check the [posts archive][year-archive].
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[header-image-post]: {{ base_path }}{% post_url 2012-03-15-layout-header-image-text-readability %}
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[gallery-post]: {{ base_path }}{% post_url 2010-09-09-post-gallery %}
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[html-tags-post]: {{ base_path }}{% post_url 2013-01-11-markup-html-tags-and-formatting %}
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[syntax-post]: {{ base_path }}{% post_url 2013-08-16-markup-syntax-highlighting %}
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[sample-collection]: {{ base_path }}/recipes/chocolate-chip-cookies/
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[categories-archive]: {{ base_path }}/categories/
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[tags-archive]: {{ base_path }}/tags/
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[year-archive]: {{ base_path }}/year-archive/
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---
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## Credits
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### Icons + Demo Images:
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- [The Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com) -- Garrett Knoll, Arthur Shlain, and [tracy tam](https://thenounproject.com/tracytam)
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- [Font Awesome](http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/)
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- [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/)
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### Other:
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- [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/)
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- [jQuery](http://jquery.com/)
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- [Susy](http://susy.oddbird.net/)
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- [Breakpoint](http://breakpoint-sass.com/)
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- [Magnific Popup](http://dimsemenov.com/plugins/magnific-popup/)
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- [FitVids.JS](http://fitvidsjs.com/)
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- Greedy Navigation - [lukejacksonn](http://codepen.io/lukejacksonn/pen/PwmwWV)
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- [jQuery Smooth Scroll](https://github.com/kswedberg/jquery-smooth-scroll)
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- [Stickyfill](https://github.com/wilddeer/stickyfill)
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---
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Minimal Mistakes is designed, developed, and maintained by Michael Rose. Just another boring, tattooed, designer from Buffalo New York. |