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### 1. **Create a Gatsby site.**
Use `git` to clone the site and navigate into it:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/LekoArts/gatsby-starter-minimal-blog project-name
cd project-name
```
### 2. **Install dependencies.**
If you use npm 7 or above use the `--legacy-peer-deps` flag. If you use npm 6 you can use `npm install`.
```sh
npm install --legacy-peer-deps
```
### 3. **Open the code and start customizing!**
Start the site by running `npm run develop`.
Your site is now running at `http://localhost:8000`!
If you want to learn more about how you can use a Gatsby starter that is configured with a Gatsby theme, you can check out this [shorter](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/how-to/plugins-and-themes/using-a-gatsby-theme/) or [longer](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/tutorial/using-a-theme/) tutorial. The tutorials don't exactly apply to this starter however the concepts are the same.
## 📝 Using and modifying this starter
**Important Note:** Please read the guide [Shadowing in Gatsby Themes](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/how-to/plugins-and-themes/shadowing/) to understand how to customize the underlying theme!
This starter creates a new Gatsby site that installs and configures the theme [`@lekoarts/gatsby-theme-minimal-blog`](https://github.com/LekoArts/gatsby-themes/tree/main/themes/gatsby-theme-minimal-blog).
Have a look at the theme's README and files to see what options are available and how you can shadow the various components including Theme UI. Generally speaking you will want to place your files into `src/@lekoarts/gatsby-theme-minimal-blog/` to shadow/override files. The Theme UI config can be configured by shadowing its files in `src/gatsby-plugin-theme-ui/`.
### Code Highlighting
Since the underlying theme ships with [prism-react-renderer](https://github.com/FormidableLabs/prism-react-renderer) and [react-live](https://github.com/FormidableLabs/react-live) certain additional features were added to code blocks. You can find an overview / usage example in the [example repository](https://github.com/LekoArts/gatsby-themes/tree/main/examples/minimal-blog/content/posts/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them/index.mdx)! If you want to change certain code styles or add additional language tabs, you need to shadow the file `src/@lekoarts/gatsby-theme-minimal-blog/styles/code.js`.
**Language tabs:**
When you add a language (such as e.g. `js` or `javascript`) to the code block, a little tab will appear at the top left corner.
````
```js
// code goes here
```
````
**Code titles:**
You can display a title (e.g. the file path) above the code block.
````
```jsx:title=your-title
// code goes here
```
````
Or without a specific language:
````
```:title=your-title
// code goes here
```
````
**Line highlighting:**
You can highlight single or multiple (or both) lines in a code block. You need to add a language.
````
```js {2,4-5}
const test = 3
const foo = 'bar'
const harry = 'potter'
const hermione = 'granger'
const ron = 'weasley'
```
````
**Hide line numbers:**
If you want to hide line numbers you can either globally disable them (see Theme options) or on a block-by-block basis. You can also combine that with the other attributes.
````
```noLineNumbers
// code goes here
```
````
**react-live:**
Add `react-live` to the code block (and render the component) to see a preview below it.
````
```js react-live
const onClick = () => {
alert("You opened me");
};
render();
```
````
### Adding content
#### Adding a new blog post
New blog posts will be shown on the index page (the three most recent ones) of this theme and on the blog overview page. They can be added by creating MDX files inside `content/posts`. General setup:
1. Create a new folder inside `content/posts`
1. Create a new `index.mdx` file, and add the frontmatter
1. Add images to the created folder (from step 1) you want to reference in your blog post
1. Reference an image as your `banner` in the frontmatter
1. Write your content below the frontmatter
1. Add a `slug` to the frontmatter to use a custom slug, e.g. `slug: "/my-slug"` (Optional)
1. Use `defer` to opt-in into Deferred Static Generation (DSG) (optional)
**Frontmatter reference:**
```md
---
title: Introduction to "Defence against the Dark Arts"
date: 2019-11-07
description: Defence Against the Dark Arts (abbreviated as DADA) is a subject taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
defer: false
tags:
- Tutorial
- Dark Arts
banner: ./defence-against-the-dark-arts.jpg
canonicalUrl: https://random-blog-about-curses.com/curses-counter-curses-and-more
---
```
**The fields `description`, `banner`, `defer` and `canonicalUrl` are optional!** If no description is provided, an excerpt of the blog post will be used. If no banner is provided, the default `siteImage` (from `siteMetadata`) is used. If no `canonicalUrl` is provided, it will not be included in the header.
The `date` field has to be written in the format `YYYY-MM-DD`!
#### Adding a new page
Additional pages can be created by placing MDX files inside `contents/pages`, e.g. an "About" or "Contact" page. You'll manually need to link to those pages, for example by adding them to the navigation (in `siteMetadata`). General instructions:
1. Create a new folder inside `content/pages`
1. Create a new `index.mdx` file, and add the frontmatter
1. Write your content below the frontmatter
1. Optionally add files/images to the folder you want to reference from the page
1. Use `defer` to opt-in into Deferred Static Generation (DSG) (optional)
**Frontmatter reference:**
```md
---
title: About
slug: "/about"
defer: false
---
```
### Changing the "Hero" text
To edit the hero text ("Hi, I'm Lupin...), create a file at `src/@lekoarts/gatsby-theme-minimal-blog/texts/hero.mdx` to edit the text.
### Changing the "Projects" part
To edit the projects part below "Latest posts", create a file at `src/@lekoarts/gatsby-theme-minimal-blog/texts/bottom.mdx` to edit the contents.
### Extending the footer of the post
Inside the [`