Responsive blog theme based on Jekyll, aimed at GitHub-hosted blog scenarios
wangana — Jekyll Blog Template
By thesowah
Wangana is a responsive Jekyll blog theme for building a personal blog hosted on GitHub Pages.
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Centralized site options via _config.yml; theme colors and fonts adjusted in SCSS/CSS
Provides local build and preview workflow: jekyll build and jekyll serve --watch
Repository distinguishes two branches: master (development and PRs) and gh-pages (official demo page)
MIT license, allowing use, modification, commercial use, and distribution, provided copyright and license notices are retained
Template Details
Wangana is a responsive Jekyll theme created by iamnii (Nii Adjetey Sowah), positioned to power blogs hosted on GitHub. The theme is organized as a Jekyll site; the repository includes a _config.yml configuration file and a _assets/_scss/main.scss style entry point. Installation involves downloading the repository archive, then building and previewing locally with jekyll build and jekyll serve --watch, viewed by default at localhost:4000.
Before use, you need to fill in the configuration items in _config.yml yourself (the README states that you should uncomment the relevant entries and modify them as needed). Theme colors and fonts are adjusted in main.css (corresponding to the SCSS source files). The repository's master branch is used for development and submitting pull requests, while the gh-pages branch is only for the official demo page. The project is under the MIT license, copyright 2014 Nii Adjetey Sowah; the repository was last updated in 2018. The README does not list specific dependency versions, browser compatibility ranges, or production deployment instructions; these must be based on the actual repository files.
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Use Cases
- Building a personal blog hosted on GitHub Pages
- Doing secondary theme development based on Jekyll and submitting pull requests upstream
- Building and previewing a Jekyll site locally, adjusting color scheme and fonts
Suitable For
- Developers using Jekyll who want a responsive blog appearance quickly
- Users who need a blog theme under the MIT license that can be freely modified and distributed
- Individual authors planning to deploy a blog on a GitHub-hosted environment
Getting started & customization
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- 1
Download the repository archive from GitHub and extract it locally
- 2
Edit _config.yml, uncomment and fill in each configuration item as needed
- 3
Run jekyll build in the root directory to build the site, and jekyll serve --watch for local preview (default localhost:4000)
- 4
Theme colors and fonts are modified in main.css and its SCSS source files
- 5
Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses
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Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version under the MIT license in the public repository; the free scope is the code of this version and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
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- Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code are permitted.
- When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT license notice.
- The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.
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- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked under their respective licenses; they cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 60 / 100
- Technologies
- Jekyll
- Website type
- Blog
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- Repository update recorded
- 2018-07-09
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-09-30
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Source file / repository Wangana - Jekyll Theme
==============
Wangana is responsive [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) theme, perfect for powering your GitHub hosted blog. Created with love by [iamnii](https://twitter.com/thesowah).
* Demo [here](http://thesowah.github.io/wangana/)
## Screenshot

## Contributing
1. Fork the theme ( https://github.com/thesowah/wangana/fork ) The `master` branch is for development and pull requests. The `gh-pages` branch is for the demo page; don't bother.
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create a new Pull Request
## Issues
[Open](https://github.com/iamnii/wangana/issues/new) issues if you run into trouble or have suggestions. Pull Requests always welcome.
## Installation & Usage
1 > [Download](https://github.com/thesowah/wangana/archive/master.zip) package
2 > Fill in the details of the configuration file (/_config.yml) by uncommenting the differents and edit to taste
Edit: _config.yml (general options), main.css (theme colors & fonts)
``` bat
wangana/
├── _config.yml
├── _assets/
├── _scss/
├── main.scss
```
3 > Run locally with the following commands while in the root directory and view in a browser at localhost:4000
``` bat
$ jekyll build
# Compile and build site files
$ jekyll serve --watch
# Serve site locally
```
## Copyright & License
The MIT License (MIT), Copyright (c) 2014 Nii Adjetey Sowah. [Read full document.](LICENSE)
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