curben.gitlab.io

Forked from GitLab's Hexo example with Typing theme.

Installation (GitLab Pages only)

1. Fork this project.
2. Make sure Shared Runners is enabled. Go to your (forked) project Settings -> CI / CD -> Shared Runners.
3. Change project website to a user website, so the website's home page is available at <your-username>.gitlab.io/, instead of <your-username>.gitlab.io/hexo. Go to Settings -> General -> Advanced -> Rename repository. Change the Path to <your-username>.gitlab.io.
4. Clone this project to your workstation. Change <folder> to a preferred name.

git clone https://gitlab.com/curben/curben.gitlab.io <folder>

1. Install Node.js.

# Installing npm will also install nodejs as dependency.
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install npm
# Fedora/Red Hat
sudo yum install npm
# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S npm

1. Install Hexo and its dependencies (defined in package.json).

sudo npm install -g hexo-cli
cd <folder>
npm install

1. Edit README.md and make whatever changes, can be just a word.
2. Generate static files to check for any error. You should always do this before pushing/merging commits to the master branch.

hexo generate

1. Commit the changes and push them. The generated public and node_modules are ignored, as GitLab runner will generate itself.
2. Check the build status by going to your project CI /CD -> Pipelines. Due to the limitation of hexo, the build will always pass even when error occurred. Check the Jobs log, look for any error in $ hexo deploy.
3. If no error, the generated website would be available on <your-username>.gitlab.io/ or the link shown on your project Settings -> Pages.
4. Follow this guide to create a new post or a new page.

Configuration

Favicon (recommended)

RealFaviconGenerator provides a web-based tool to generate favicons with wide compatibility.

1. Upload your favicon (at least 260x260) and configure however you want.
2. Install the generated package to favicons folder.
3. Edit head.ejs. Change the color values of mask-icon and msapplication-TileColor to the values you configured on the generator.
4. Check for any error using hexo generate (you should do this before you push any commit).
5. Commit and push.
6. Check your favicon with the favicon checker.

Project page (optional)

If you prefer to have a project page on GitLab

1. go to Settings -> General -> Advanced -> Rename repository. Change the Path to <directory>, so the website is available at <your-username>.gitlab.io/<directory>, <directory> can be any name, like blog or hexo.
2. Edit _config.yml, change the root: value from "" to "/<directory/".
3. Commit and push.

Remove fork relationship (optional)

If you don't have any plan to send merge requests to the upstream, you can remove fork relationship permanently by going to Settings -> General -> Advanced -> Remove fork relationship.

Changes

The following are the major changes I made from the upstream.

Hexo

• Update .gitlab-ci.yml to use the latest version of Node.js in the Docker image.
• Update package.json to use latest version of hexo and its related packages.
• Replace the bundled Landscape theme with Typing theme.

Typing theme

• Homepage shows index of posts.
• Remove header and footer display (except for /about page).
• Use the latest version of jQuery, fancyBox and Font Awesome
• All js and css files are self-hosted.
• Remove analytic, comment system and donation links.

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Useful links: Hexo Docs GitLab Pages