Themes

A full list of themes compatible with GitHub Pages can be found here: https://pages.github.com/themes/.

Following each theme to its documentation page, you’ll see instructions for adding that theme to your site.

Adding a Theme

1

Create a file called _config.yml in your root directory.

2

Add the following to that file, replacing theme-name with the theme you’d like to use:

theme: theme-name

Some themes are added with the following, again, replacing theme-name with the theme you’d like to use:

remote_theme: theme-name

From the list of available themes, try adding one, like the Cayman, for example.

3

For the next activities, we will be using the Minima theme. Please add or change your theme accordingly (by replacing anything you have in your file with the following):

theme: minima