Overview

Simple Blog is a blog theme/template designed for Astro. Inspired by the popular blog template by Framer, it offers a clean and modern design with a focus on SEO-friendly features. It includes various customization options and supports easy deployment to popular static hosting services like Netlify, Firebase Hosting, Vercel, and GitHub Pages.

Features

• SEO Friendly: Simple Blog is designed to be search engine friendly, helping your blog posts rank higher in search results.
• Modern Design: The theme features a modern and visually appealing design that enhances the overall user experience.
• Modern CSS Reset via Andy Bell: The theme incorporates the modern CSS reset technique by Andy Bell, ensuring consistent styling across different browsers.
• Fluid Typography Scaling via Utopia: Simple Blog utilizes Utopia to implement fluid typography scaling, providing a responsive and optimized typography experience.
• Base and Page Layouts: The theme includes pre-built base and page layouts, making it easier to create and customize different sections of your blog.
• Copy Code to Clipboard Button: All code blocks in the blog posts have a convenient “copy code to clipboard” button, allowing for easy sharing and referencing of code snippets.
• Automatic Sitemap: Simple Blog automatically generates a sitemap, making it easier for search engines to crawl and index your blog content.

Installation

To install the Simple Blog theme, follow these steps:

1. Customize the global site settings, such as the title and description, in the src/data/settings.ts file.
2. Set up the local development environment according to the Astro documentation.
3. Deploy the theme to your desired hosting service, such as Netlify, Firebase Hosting, Vercel, or GitHub Pages. You can refer to the Astro guide for detailed instructions on deploying an Astro project to each service.

Summary

Simple Blog is a blog theme/template for Astro that offers a range of features to enhance your blogging experience. From its SEO-friendly design to modern CSS techniques and convenient code copying, it provides a solid foundation for building and customizing your blog. With easy installation and deployment options, Simple Blog is a great choice for those looking to create a stylish and functional blog using Astro.