Thinny 2.1, codename “Cosette”

Cosette is the main character of the french novel Les Misérables, published in 1862 by Victor Hugo.

This new version of Thinny comes with mobile support and some bugfixes.

Usage

Main variables

The global variables are set on the _config.yml¹ file.

To start, you need to change at least the variable url on the file.

Social links

To add a social link you just need to add the following code inside the variable social:

  - icon:   [the genericon name for the social network]
    url:    [the url to follow]
    desc:   [a small description for the link (e.g. "Follow me on twitter")]

Menu

To add a menu item you just need to add the following code inside the variable menu:

  - title:  [title of the menu item]
    url:    [the url to follow]

Others

You’ll find a lot of other variables inside the file, e.g.:

• the site title, description, icon and default cover image.
• text of the copyright message.
• the number of posts per page (paginate).
• the permalink’s structure (see the docs).

Default YAML tags

• layout:post, page or fullscreen: defines the layout of the page.
• title: [string]: title of the post.
• quote: [string]: a small description of the post to be shown above the title.
• dark:true or false: use black font (instead of white) for the header (default value is false).
• image: [url] or false: a cover image for the post (default value is false).
• video:true or false: add a cover video for the post (default value is false).
• video_mp4: [url]: the URL for the mp4 video.
• video_webm: [url]: the URL for the webm video.
• video_ogv: [url]: the URL for the ogv video.

Versions

Here is a table with all Thinny’s versions:

Version	Codename	Platform	Release date
0.3	Alexandra	Ghost 0.3.x	November 2013
2.0	Bianca	Jekyll	January 2014
2.1	Cosette	Jekyll	February 2014
2.2	Dolores	Jekyll	Soon…2

Download

Thinny 2.1 is already available for download on GitHub.

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