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# Poole
*The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* tells the story of a lawyer investigating the connection of two persons, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde. Chief among the novel's supporting cast is a man by the name of Mr. Poole, Dr. Jekyll's loyal butler.
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Poole is the butler for [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com), the static site generator. It's designed and developed by [@mdo](https://twitter.com/mdo) to provide a clear and concise foundational setup for any Jekyll site. It does so by furnishing a full vanilla Jekyll install with example templates, pages, posts, and styles.
![Poole](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/98681/1834359/71ae4048-73db-11e3-9a3c-df38eb170537.png)
See Poole in action with [the demo site](http://demo.getpoole.com).
There are currently two official themes built on Poole:
* [Hyde](http://hyde.getpoole.com)
* [Lanyon](http://lanyon.getpoole.com)
Individual theme feedback and bug reports should be submitted to the theme's individual repository.
## Contents
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Options](#options)
- [Rems, `font-size`, and scaling](#rems-font-size-and-scaling)
- [Development](#development)
- [Author](#author)
- [License](#license)
## Usage
### 1. Install dependencies
Poole is built on Jekyll and uses its built-in SCSS compiler to generate our CSS. Before getting started, you'll need to install the Jekyll gem:
```bash
$ gem install jekyll
```
**Windows users:** Windows users have a bit more work to do, but luckily [@juthilo](https://github.com/juthilo) has your back with his [Run Jekyll on Windows](https://github.com/juthilo/run-jekyll-on-windows) guide.
**Need syntax highlighting?** Poole includes support for Pygments or Rouge, so install your gem of choice to make use of the built-in styling. Read more about this [in the Jekyll docs](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/templates/#code_snippet_highlighting).
### 2a. Quick start
To help anyone with any level of familiarity with Jekyll quickly get started, Poole includes everything you need for a basic Jekyll site. To that end, just download Poole and start up Jekyll.
### 2b. Roll your own Jekyll site
Folks wishing to use Jekyll's templates and styles can do so with a little bit of manual labor. Download Poole and then copy what you need (likely `_layouts/`, `*.html` files, `atom.xml` for RSS, and `public/` for CSS, JS, etc.).
### 3. Running locally
To see your Jekyll site with Poole applied, start a Jekyll server. In Terminal, from `/poole` (or whatever your Jekyll site's root directory is named):
```bash
$ jekyll serve
```
Open <http://localhost:4000> in your browser, and voilà.
### 4. Serving it up
If you host your code on GitHub, you can use [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com) to host your project.
1. Fork this repo and switch to the `gh-pages` branch.
1. If you're [using a custom domain name](https://help.github.com/articles/setting-up-a-custom-domain-with-github-pages), modify the `CNAME` file to point to your new domain.
2. If you're not using a custom domain name, **modify the `baseurl` in `_config.yml`** to point to your GitHub Pages URL. Example: for a repo at `github.com/username/poole`, use `http://username.github.io/poole/`. **Be sure to include the trailing slash.**
3. Done! Head to your GitHub Pages URL or custom domain.
No matter your production or hosting setup, be sure to verify the `baseurl` option file and `CNAME` settings. Not applying this correctly can mean broken styles on your site.
## Options
Poole includes some customizable options, typically applied via classes on the `<body>` element.
### Rems, `font-size`, and scaling
Poole is built almost entirely with `rem`s (instead of pixels). `rem`s are like `em`s, but instead of building on the immediate parent's `font-size`, they build on the root element, `<html>`.
By default, we use the following:
```css
html {
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 1.5;
}
@media (min-width: 38em) {
html {
font-size: 20px;
}
}
```
To easily scale your site's typography and components, simply customize the base `font-size`s here.
## Development
Poole has two branches, but only one is used for active development.
- `master` for development. **All pull requests should be to submitted against `master`.**
- `gh-pages` for our hosted site, which includes our analytics tracking code. **Please avoid using this branch.**
CSS is handled via Jeykll's built-in Sass compiler. Source Sass files are located in `_sass/`, included into `styles.scss`, and compile to `styles.css`.
## Author
**Mark Otto**
- <https://github.com/mdo>
- <https://twitter.com/mdo>
## License
Open sourced under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).
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