The Jekyll configuration file defines all site-wide settings, theme configuration, and build parameters for the blog.
# Site Identity
title: jonbeckett.com
title_separator: "-"
name: "Jonathan Beckett"
description: "Software and Web Developer"
url: "https://jonbeckett.com"
baseurl: ""
repository: "jonbeckett/jonbeckett.github.io"
# Localization
locale: "en-US"
timezone: # Uses system timezone (GMT/BST for UK)
words_per_minute: 200
# Remote Theme Setup
remote_theme: mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
minimal_mistakes_skin: "default"
# Navigation & Structure
breadcrumbs: true
masthead_title: # Uses site title by default
logo: # No custom logo configured
teaser: # No default teaser image
# Markdown Processing
markdown: kramdown
highlighter: rouge
excerpt_separator: "\n\n"
# Kramdown Settings
kramdown:
input: GFM # GitHub Flavored Markdown
hard_wrap: false
auto_ids: true # Automatic heading IDs
footnote_nr: 1
entity_output: as_char
toc_levels: 1..6
smart_quotes: lsquo,rsquo,ldquo,rdquo
enable_coderay: false
# File Processing
include:
- .htaccess
- _pages
keep_files:
- .git
- .svn
encoding: "utf-8"
markdown_ext: "markdown,mkdown,mkdn,mkd,md"
# URL Structure
permalink: /:year/:month/:day/:title/
# Example: /2026/01/28/web-request-journey/
# Post Pagination
paginate: 10
paginate_path: /page:num/
# Creates: /page1/, /page2/, etc.
# Category Archives
category_archive:
type: liquid # GitHub Pages compatible
path: /categories/
# Tag Archives
tag_archive:
type: liquid # GitHub Pages compatible
path: /tags/
author:
name: "Jonathan Beckett"
avatar: "/assets/images/jonbeckett.jpg"
bio: "Software and Web Developer"
location: "UK"
email: "jonathan.beckett@gmail.com"
# Social Links
links:
- label: "LinkedIn"
icon: "fab fa-fw fa-linkedin"
url: "https://linkedin.com/in/jonathanbeckett"
- label: "GitHub"
icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github"
url: "https://github.com/jonbeckett"
- label: "BlueSky"
icon: "fab fa-fw fa-bluesky"
url: "https://bsky.app/profile/jonbeckett.bsky.social"
comments:
provider: false # Disabled by default, enabled per post
giscus:
repo_id: "R_kgDOQxyHhg"
category_name: "General"
category_id: "DIC_kwDOQxyHhs4C03Y9"
discussion_term: "pathname"
reactions_enabled: '1'
theme: "light"
analytics:
provider: "google-gtag"
google:
tracking_id: "G-0J6K0088RD"
anonymize_ip: false
plugins:
- jekyll-paginate # Post pagination
- jekyll-sitemap # XML sitemap generation
- jekyll-gist # GitHub Gist embedding
- jekyll-feed # RSS/Atom feeds
- jekyll-include-cache # Performance optimization
- jekyll-archives # Archive generation
# GitHub Pages Whitelist (safety)
whitelist:
- jekyll-paginate
- jekyll-sitemap
- jekyll-gist
- jekyll-feed
- jekyll-include-cache
- jekyll-archives
atom_feed:
path: # Uses default feed.xml
hide: false
excerpt_only: false # Show full content in feeds
defaults:
# All Posts
- scope:
path: ""
type: posts
values:
layout: single
author_profile: true
read_time: true
comments: true # Giscus comments enabled
share: false # Social sharing disabled
related: true # Related posts shown
show_date: true
toc: false # Table of contents per post
toc_label: "Table of Contents"
toc_icon: "cog"
toc_sticky: false
# Static Pages
- scope:
path: "_pages"
type: pages
values:
layout: single
author_profile: true
sass:
sass_dir: _sass
style: compressed # Minified CSS output
footer:
links:
- label: "Email"
icon: "fas fa-fw fa-envelope-square"
url: "mailto:jonathan.beckett@gmail.com"
- label: "LinkedIn"
icon: "fab fa-fw fa-linkedin"
url: "https://linkedin.com/in/jonathanbeckett"
- label: "GitHub"
icon: "fab fa-fw fa-github"
url: "https://github.com/jonbeckett"
- label: "BlueSky"
icon: "fab fa-fw fa-bluesky"
url: "https://bsky.app/profile/jonbeckett.bsky.social"
- label: "Disclaimer"
icon: "fas fa-fw fa-info-circle"
url: "/disclaimer/"
compress_html:
clippings: all
ignore:
envs: development # No compression in dev mode
# Performance Settings
lsi: false # Latent Semantic Indexing disabled
incremental: false # Full rebuilds for consistency
exclude:
- .sass-cache/
- .jekyll-cache/
- gemfiles/
- Gemfile
- Gemfile.lock
- node_modules/
- vendor/bundle/
- vendor/cache/
- vendor/gems/
- vendor/ruby/
- README.md
- agent.md
# Site Search (disabled)
search: false # No built-in search functionality
reCaptcha:
siteKey: # Not configured
secret: # Not configured
Configuration File: _config.yml
Jekyll Version: 4.x (via github-pages gem)
Theme: Minimal Mistakes (remote)
Last Updated: February 1, 2026