Event Jekyll Theme

Abstract

1. Introduction

Event Jekyll Theme is a theme that is designed to be used for conference and event purposes. The index page is a modification and built on top of Agency Jekyll Theme. Unlike most Jekyll Themes, Event Jekyll Theme is not meant to be a single page theme. This theme is a package that you can use for your organization's event as it come with almost everything you need. I reorganized all the files to make sure that you can easily reuse the same template each year (or each month, depending on how you organize the path), assuming that you event is once a year.

Big thanks to the creator of Agency as this theme would not be possible without their hard work! You are always welcome to contribute to this repository to make it better!

2. Objective

Jekyll Theme package for your event

This project demonstrates how HTML, Bootstrap can be applied to a real-world Digital Marketing & SEO problem.

3. Key Features / Modules

• Google Analytics built in (replace UA-xxxxxxxx-x with your personal analytics verification key in _includes/2016_data/head.html)
• SEO (check _config.yml)
• Customized 404 Page Not Found Page
• Designed to be futureproof as you can create a subpages for each year (eg. YOUR-LINK.github.io/2015, YOUR-LINK.github.io/2016, etc)
• Header with icon logo defined, but removed from source code.
• Website logo in SVG defined, but removed from source code.
• Display PDF from Google Drive

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• A modern web browser
• VS Code or any code editor
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/melvinchng/event-jekyll-theme.git
cd event-jekyll-theme

1. For first time user, you have to install Ruby and NodeJS. You may follow my installation guide in my Jekyll tutorial or Ruby on Rails Tutorial for Windows, Linux, and MacOS (installation videos are included).
2. Install Jekyll by using the command gem install jekyll.
3. Then, install Jekyll Sitemap and Jekyll SEO gems by using the command gem install jekyll-sitemap and gem install jekyll-seo-tag.
4. Start your localhost server by using the command jekyll serve. Make sure that you are at the root directory of your folder before using this command.
5. Your site should be accessible at localhost:4000.
6. For additional information about Jekyll, refer to the official website.

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Export reports to Google Sheets or PDF
• Schedule weekly automated reports
• Add competitor comparison

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Which marketing or SEO problem does this tool solve?
2. Which data sources or APIs does it use (Search Console, Analytics, social platforms)?
3. Which metrics or KPIs does it report and how are they calculated?
4. How could the output help a business make decisions?
5. How would you schedule it to run automatically?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by melvinchng and published on GitHub under the GNU General Public License v3.0. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.