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dragon-theme — Jekyll Blog Template

By onhernandes

Dragon is a Jekyll-based blog theme for developers who want to write posts directly without building a theme from scratch, offering page structures such as categories, tags, series, an about page, and RSS.

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Jekyll-based blog theme with sample posts in the repository explaining data field syntax

Provides category pages, tag pages, series pages, an about page, and RSS subscription, and generates sitemap.xml

Uses an offcanvas menu and live in-site search

Styles are written in Sass/SCSS and split by page under dev/scss/pages, with partials holding base variables and base styles

Site information, social accounts, series, and menu links are configured through _config.yml

Front-end assets must be compiled with Gulp; the README gives local run steps

Template Details

Dragon is a Jekyll blog theme whose repository describes its purpose as serving developers who want to blog without creating a theme from scratch. The theme organizes styles with Sass/SCSS and compiles front-end assets through Gulp; the README lists initial CSS and JS size figures, which are the author's own statements and have not been verified against the dependency list.

For content organization, the theme includes category pages, tag pages, series pages, an about page, and RSS subscription, and it provides sitemap.xml; navigation uses an offcanvas menu, and the site offers live search. Site information, social accounts, series, and menu links are configured through _config.yml.

Style files are split by page under dev/scss/pages, with each page or page type having its own directory and separated by component; the partials directory holds base files such as _base.scss and _colors.scss, making it easier to locate and modify styles for specific pages.

Before use, Jekyll must be installed; after cloning or forking the repository, edit _config.yml, refer to the sample posts in _posts to understand the data field syntax, and compile asset files with Gulp. The repository was last updated in 2017, and no further maintenance status information is provided.

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Use Cases

Individual developers building an article-focused static blog
Sites that need to organize post content by category, tag, or series
Users who want to adjust page styles by directly modifying SCSS files
Blog projects that need RSS subscription and sitemap.xml

Suitable For

Front-end developers familiar with Jekyll and willing to compile assets with Gulp
People who want to modify an existing theme rather than write one from scratch
Blog authors focused on text content who do not need complex interactions

Getting started & customization

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Install Jekyll first, then clone or fork the repository
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Edit _config.yml to fill in baseurl, url, title, description, email, social accounts, and other information
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Refer to the sample posts in _posts to understand how to write fields such as categories, tags, and series
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Local running requires Node.js, then run npm install -g gulp, npm install --save-dev, and gulp in sequence
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The repository uses the MIT license; when distributing the code, retain the copyright and license notice; third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately for licensing

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Template Information

Source platforms: GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score: Partly documented · 57 / 100
Technologies: Jekyll
Website type: Blog

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Screenshot last checked: 2026-10-03

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## Dragon Theme

![Dragon Theme Logo](logo.png)

This is a simple and cool theme for Jekyll, made for developers that want to write blog posts but don't want create a theme from scratch.

Features:

- Jekyll
- Gulp
- Sass/Scss
- Font icons
- Small (39.3kb of CSS and 8.8kb of JS initially)
- Offcanvas menu
- Live search
- Categories page
- About page
- Series page
- Tags page
- Feed RSS
- Info and colors are easy to customize!
- Sitemap.xml

![Screenshot](screenshot.png)

## Getting Started

1. [Install Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com)
1. Clone or fork the [Dragon 
Theme](https://github.com/onhernandes/dragon-theme)
1. Edit `_config.yml` to personalize your site.
1. Check out the sample post in `_posts` to see examples for assigning all of the data.
1. Read the documentation below for customization.
1. **Compile your assets files with Gulp.**

## Settings

You have to set some infos on `_config.yml` to customize your site/blog.

```
# Site settings
baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog/ or empty.
url: "http://localhost:3000" # the base hostname & protocol for your site 
title: The title of your blog
description: A tiny and cool description
email: [email protected]
user_description: Anon Developer at Lorem Ipsum Dolor
email: [email protected]
facebook: your_username
instagram: your_username
twitter: your_username
github: your_username
spotify: your_username
```

## Theme SCSS and more

The SCSS is in 
[dev/scss](https://github.com/onhernandes/dragon-theme/tree/master/dev/scss) 
and the basic styles are in 
[dev/scss/pages/template](https://github.com/onhernandes/dragon-theme/tree/master/dev/scss/pages/template), 
the rest of theme is separated in folders, also inside of 
[dev/scss/pages](https://github.com/onhernandes/dragon-theme/tree/master/dev/scss/pages).

Each page(or kind of) has his own folder inside of 
[dev/scss/pages](https://github.com/onhernandes/dragon-theme/tree/master/dev/scss/pages) 
and then are component-separated. So if you want to change page' styles, you know where find the files.

The 
[partials](https://github.com/onhernandes/dragon-theme/tree/master/dev/scss/partials) 
folder has partials files like `_base.scss` and `_colors.scss`.

If you want to create post series, use the `series` on _config.yml, the same for creating projects and menu links.

## Running blog locally

In order to run Jekyll on local you need to:

- Install [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/)
- Run `sudo npm install -g gulp`
- Run `sudo npm install --save-dev`
- Run `sudo gulp`

## Issues

If you're having problems with this theme and they aren't made by you, open and [issue](https://github.com/mhernandes/dragon-theme/issues)

## License

This theme is totally free, so anyone can just clone this and change whatever without worry about copyright or things like that.

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