This is a starter/theme for Gatsby.
The goal is to make a theme using Gatsby which behaves like a native app.
StyledBlog uses no webfonts, instead system-fonts are used. So the typography
looks a litle different on different devices. This is the whole font setting
/src/styles/global.js
body {
font-family: "-apple-system", "BlinkMacSystemFont", "Segoe UI", "Roboto","Oxygen", "Ubuntu", "Cantarell", "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "sans-serif";
}
The inspiration not to use webfonts came from reactjs.org. But, if you need webfonts, it's easy to configure, as shown in Customization section below.
StyledBlog uses styled-components and
gatsby-plugin-styled-components.
Three important files to notice: /src/styles/global.js with global styles,
/src/styles/colors.js with color palette variables and /src/styles/theme.js
with a styled-component theme.
If you are completely new to Gatsby, start with one of its
official blog starters. If you
have already went through with the
tutorials install the starter using
gatsby new command.
gatsby new [NEW_SITE_DIRECTORY_FOR_YOUR_BLOG] [email protected]:greglobinski/gatsby-styled-blog-starter.git
Edit \src\utils\siteConfig.js
module.exports = {
pathPrefix: "/",
siteTitle: "Gatsby StyledBlog starter",
siteLongTitle: "Gatsby StyledBlog Theme/Starter",
siteUrl: "https://gsbs.greglobinski.com",
siteLanguage: "en",
siteLogo: "/logos/logo-1024.png",
siteDescription: "This is a starter/theme for GatsbyJS",
// manifest.json
manifestName: "StyledBlog Gatsby starter",
manifestShortName: "StyledBlog",
manifestStartUrl: "/",
manifestBackgroundColor: colors.first,
manifestThemeColor: colors.firstLight,
manifestDisplay: "standalone",
// Author note
authorName: "Mr. Gatsby",
authorDescription: `Proin ornare ligula eu tellus tempus elementum. Aenean bibendum iaculis mi, nec blandit lacus interdum vitae. Vestibulum non nibh risus, a scelerisque purus. `,
// texts
copyright:
"This is the place for a copyrigh note - editable through config object"
};
Edit the \src\styles\colors.js file to customize the color palette.
module.exports = {
first: "#7F5D80",
firstLight: "#CFC0CF",
firstSuperLight: "#F4F0F4",
firstDark: "#563E57",
accent: "#FF6633",
bright: "#ffffff",
light: "#f3f3f3",
middle: "#666666",
dark: "#333333",
superDark: "#111111"
};
Edit the \src\styles\theme.js file to customize colors of element.
const colors = require("./colors");
const theme = {
navigator: {
colors: {
title: colors.firstSuperLight,
subTitle: colors.bright,
scrollTrack: colors.first,
scrollThumb: colors.firstDark,
linkHover: colors.bright,
header: colors.firstSuperLight,
asideItemActiveBorder: colors.accent
},
sizes: {
asideWidth: "19em",
maxWidth: "56em"
},
backgrounds: {
wrapper: colors.first,
asideItemActive: colors.firstDark
}
},
post: {
colors: {
author: colors.middle,
authorBorder: colors.firstLight,
bold: colors.middle,
blockquoteFrame: colors.light,
copyright: colors.middle,
link: colors.first,
linkHover: colors.firstLight,
meta: colors.middle,
metaBorder: colors.first,
text: colors.dark,
title: colors.middle,
subTitle: colors.superDark
},
backgrounds: {
wrapper: colors.bright,
meta: colors.light
},
sizes: {
maxWidth: "50em"
}
},
bottomBar: {
colors: {
link: colors.bright,
icon: colors.firstSuperLight
},
backgrounds: {
wrapper: colors.first,
icon: colors.firstDark
},
sizes: {
height: 44 //pixels
}
},
topBar: {
colors: {
link: colors.bright,
linkPost: colors.first
},
backgrounds: {
wrapper: colors.firstLight,
wrapperPost: colors.bright,
icon: colors.accent
},
sizes: {
height: 44 //pixels
}
},
info: {
colors: {
text: colors.firstDark,
link: colors.firstDark,
linkHover: colors.first,
btn: colors.bright
},
backgrounds: {
wrapper: colors.firstLight,
btn: colors.accent
},
sizes: {
maxWidth: "40em"
}
},
mediaQueryTresholds: {
XL: "65em",
L: "49em",
M: "37em",
S: "28em",
XS: "21em"
}
};
As mentioned StyledBlog does not use webfonts. If you need them, the simplest way is to use Google Fonts is through Typography.js. But instead installing Typography.js directly use gatsby-plugin-typography.
Remember to update body { font-family: ....} in the /src/styles/global.js
file. Also remove import "normalize.css"; from /src/layouts/index.js, since
Typography comes with its own normalize styles.
Blog content is located in /content/posts/ directory, in markdown files.
I like the approach described in the saying "Do it, then do it right and then do it even better." So...
-
I started with gatsby-starter-hello-world.
-
Installed plugins:
gatsby-image, gatsby-plugin-catch-links,
gatsby-plugin-manifest, gatsby-plugin-netlify, gatsby-plugin-offline,
gatsby-plugin-react-helmet, gatsby-plugin-sharp,
gatsby-plugin-styled-components, gatsby-plugin-typography,
gatsby-remark-copy-linked-files, gatsby-remark-images, gatsby-remark-prismjs,
gatsby-remark-responsive-ifram, gatsby-remark-smartypants,
gatsby-source-filesystem, gatsby-transformer-remark, gatsby-transformer-sharp
normalize.css, styled-components
- Created four React components: Navigator, TopBar, BottomBar and Info. There are also other components, but they are only for code organizing.
Add redux (react-redux) to manage state of interface(done)- Types (prop-types/?/flow)
- Navigator virtualization
- Refactor animations for mobile
- Fix and install what-input
- Categories
- SEO component
- Disqus Comments
- ...
- Searching
- PWA push notifications (?)
- Localstorage for user history
- ...
pr to add your blog
If you are interested in updates follow me at @greglobinski.