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# Pelican Alchemy
**Alchemy** ✨ is a functional, clean, responsive theme for the [Pelican](http://getpelican.com) static site generator.
Inspired by [crowsfoot](http://github.com/porterjamesj/crowsfoot) and [clean-blog](https://github.com/BlackrockDigital/startbootstrap-clean-blog), it features:
- Built with [Bootstap 4](http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/) (v4-alpha)
- [Favicon Generator](http://realfavicongenerator.net/) support
- [Font Awesome](http://fontawesome.io/) icons
- [Pygments](http://pygments.org/) syntax highlighting styles
- `sitemap.xml` support
- External analytics (Google Analytics, Gauges, Piwik)
- External comments (Disqus)
![Screenshot](screenshot.jpg "Screenshot")
## Installation
Clone the repo:
```shell
$ git clone https://github.com/nairobilug/pelican-alchemy
```
Set the `THEME` variable in your Pelican config:
```python
THEME = '/PATH_TO_REPO/alchemy'
```
### As a Submodule
In your Pelican site:
```shell
$ mkdir themes
$ git submodule add https://github.com/nairobilug/pelican-alchemy themes/pelican-alchemy
```
And in Pelican config:
```python
THEME = 'themes/pelican-alchemy/alchemy'
```
## Usage
Visit the [Settings wiki](https://github.com/nairobilug/pelican-alchemy/wiki/Settings) for examples:
- **SITESUBTITLE**: Subtitle that appears in the header.
- **SITEIMAGE**: Image that appears in the header.
- **DESCRIPTION**: Index HTML head `<meta>` description.
- **LINKS**: A list of tuples (Title, URL) for menu links.
- **ICONS**: A list of tuples (Icon, URL) for icon links.
- **PYGMENTS_STYLE**: Built-in Pygments style for syntax highlighting.
- **HIDE_AUTHORS**: Hide the author(s) of an article - useful for single author sites.
- **RFG_FAVICONS**: Use a Favicon Generator package.
Misc settings:
- **DISQUS_SITENAME**
- **GAUGES**
- **GOOGLE_ANALYTICS**
- **PIWIK_URL**
- **PIWIK_SITE_ID**
Example [pelicanconf.py](https://github.com/nairobilug/pelican-alchemy/blob/demo/pelicanconf.py) (demo website).
### Tips & Tricks
[https://github.com/nairobilug/pelican-alchemy/wiki/Tips](https://github.com/nairobilug/pelican-alchemy/wiki/Tips)
## Maintainers
- [@nairobilug](https://github.com/nairobilug)
## Contribute
Feel free to dive in. [Open an issue](https://github.com/nairobilug/pelican-alchemy/issues/new) or submit a PR.
**Alchemy** follows the [Contributor Covenant](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) code of conduct.
## License
[MIT](LICENSE) © 2017 Nairobi GNU/Linux Users Group