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permalink: /about/
-title: "About the Theme"
-modified: 2014-08-08T20:53:07.573882-04:00
+title: "About"
+excerpt: "Minimal Mistakes is a flexible two-column Jekyll theme."
+layouts_gallery:
+ - url: mm-layout-splash.png
+ image_path: mm-layout-splash.png
+ alt: "splash layout example"
+ - url: mm-layout-single-meta.png
+ image_path: mm-layout-single-meta.png
+ alt: "single layout with comments and related posts"
+ - url: mm-layout-archive.png
+ image_path: mm-layout-archive.png
+ alt: "archive layout example"
+modified: 2016-04-14T10:26:26-04:00
---
-Minimal Mistakes is responsive Jekyll theme with large featured images and solid typography. As the name implies the styling is fairly minimal to make it easier for you to build on top of.
+{% include base_path %}
-## Minimal Mistakes is all about:
+Minimal Mistakes is a flexible two-column Jekyll theme. Perfect for hosting your personal site, blog, or portfolio on GitHub or self-hosting on your own server. As the name implies --- styling is purposely minimalistic to be enhanced and customized by you :smile:.
-* Responsive templates. Looking good on mobile, tablet, and desktop.
-* Gracefully degrading in older browsers. Compatible with Internet Explorer 8+ and all modern browsers.
-* Minimal embellishments -- content first.
-* Optional large feature images for posts and pages.
-* Simple and clear permalink structure.
-* [Custom 404 page](http://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/404.html) to get you started.
-* Support for Disqus Comments
+The theme includes responsive layouts (`single`, `archive`, and `splash` pages) that look great on mobile and desktop browsers.
-<a markdown="0" href="{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/theme-setup/" class="btn">Install Minimal Mistakes Theme</a>
+{% include gallery id="layouts_gallery" caption="Examples of included layouts `splash`, `single`, and `archive`." %}
+
+[Install the Theme]({{ base_path }}/docs/quick-start-guide/){: .btn .btn--success .btn--large}
+
+## Notable Features
+
+- Compatible with GitHub Pages
+- SEO optimized with support for [Twitter Cards](https://dev.twitter.com/cards/overview) and [Open Graph](http://ogp.me/) data
+- Optional header images, sidebars, table of contents, galleries, related posts, breadcrumb links, and more.
+- Optional comments ([Disqus](https://disqus.com/), [Facebook](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/comments), Google+, and custom)
+- Optional analytics ([Google Analytics](https://www.google.com/analytics/) and custom)
+
+## Demo Pages
+
+| Name | Description |
+| ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+| [Post with Header Image][header-image-post] | A post with a large header image. |
+| [HTML Tags and Formatting Post][html-tags-post] | A variety of common markup showing how the theme styles them. |
+| [Syntax Highlighting Post][syntax-post] | Post displaying highlighted code. |
+| [Post with a Gallery][gallery-post] | A post showing several images wrapped in `<figure>` elements. |
+| [Sample Collection Page][sample-collection] | Single page from a collection. |
+| [Categories Archive][categories-archive] | Posts grouped by category. |
+| [Tags Archive][tags-archive] | Posts grouped by tags. |
+
+For even more demo pages check the [posts archive][year-archive].
+
+[header-image-post]: {{ base_path }}{% post_url 2012-03-15-layout-header-image-text-readability %}
+[gallery-post]: {{ base_path }}{% post_url 2010-09-09-post-gallery %}
+[html-tags-post]: {{ base_path }}{% post_url 2013-01-11-markup-html-tags-and-formatting %}
+[syntax-post]: {{ base_path }}{% post_url 2013-08-16-markup-syntax-highlighting %}
+[sample-collection]: {{ base_path }}/recipes/chocolate-chip-cookies/
+[categories-archive]: {{ base_path }}/categories/
+[tags-archive]: {{ base_path }}/tags/
+[year-archive]: {{ base_path }}/year-archive/<
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