# Jeff's Pelican SSG Theme

The base pelican theme for my site, [jeffmackinnon.com](https://jeffmackinnon.com)

This is version 2.0, which is very very different and "simple". If you are looking for the original theme check the release V1.0

## Configuration

The first step is the pelicanconf.py file.

There are some variables that you can add to the `pelicanconf.py` file that make things look good.

```

# ####################################################
# JeffTheme variables
# ####################################################

#DIRECT_TEMPLATES = ['posts'] # If you already have a direct templates just add posts.

SITELICENSE = '<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.'
TRACKING = False
IMAGETRACKINGCODE = ''

BIO_IMAGE = 'jeffmackinnon.jpg' # Make sure that this is in the "images" folder
SHOWCATEGORIES = True
SHOWTAGS = False
CONTACT_PHONE_NUM = '+1 (902) 555-1234'
CONTACT_EMAIL = 'support@thisdoamin.co'
CONTACT_HOME_ADDR = 'Nova Scotia'
#CONTACT_BUSINESS_ADDR =''


#MINIMAL = True # If True the homepage will use the 'minimal_homepage.html template.
# If minimal is set to true, the other configuration options below don't do anything.


INCLUDE_IMAGE = True        # Default False


# This is for https://fediring.net/#table-of-members and is located in the sidebar
#
FEDIRING = False
FEDIRINGRANDOM = True
FEDIRINGURL = ''   # This is needed because the SITEURL includes the https:// and Fediring doesn't want that part.

# Article Customization
#
SHOW_BOTTOM_IMAGE = False # This defaults as false, change to true if you want to show the article image at the bottom
SHOW_TOP_IMAGE = True # This shows the article image at the top before the content. It will not be included in the ATOM or RSS feed.

# Commenting
#

# If you use a hosted commenting engine like hashover, commento, etc.
COMMENTS = False
COMMENT_EMBED ='' # This is the emdbed code that you need for the comments.

# That's all folks
# ####################################################

```

## Second is the custom theme includes.

To make this configurable for a bunch of different sites I wanted to make sure that I can have a "custom" homepage for some of them.

To do this I have included a few templates in the `include` folder. Whether or not these are used is controlled by the configuration file.

- article_footer.html
- trackingcode.html

The other files in there can be modified, but don't need to be.

>   I'm not sure how this is going to work with an "installable" theme, which is what is holding me back. If you know how this could be done please message me ([mastodon](https://bluenoser.me/@Jeff)) or email jeffmackinnon@proton.me.

## Use

If you are using the pelican photos plugin, and use the `:image:` tag to create a header image, I've added a `:image_alt:` variable. This adds alt text to the header image.

So, the below set up is for this [post](https://jeffmackinnon.com/20230511-new_flash.html).

```
:image: {photo}microblog/865A0747.jpg
:image_alt: Macro photo of a flower.