Made sidebar configurable based on product, platform, version properties in configuration file. Also added ability to add series that link together pages.

_includes/custom/acme_series.html

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<div class="seriesContext">
+<div class="btn-group">
+    <button type="button" data-toggle="dropdown" class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle">Acme Process <span class="caret"></span></button>
+    <ol class="dropdown-menu">
+        {% assign pages = site.pages | sort:"weight"  %}
+        {% for p in pages %}
+        {% if p.series == "acme_series" %}
+        {% if p.url == page.url %}
+        <li class="active"> → {{p.weight}}. {{p.title}}</li>
+        {% else %}
+        <li>
+            <a href="{{p.url | prepend: site.baseurl | append: site.suffix}}">{{p.weight}}. {{p.title}}</a>
+        </li>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
+    </ol>
+</div>
+</div>

_includes/custom/conditions.html

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-{% if site.audience == "writer" %}
-	{% assign buildAudience = "writer" %}
-	{% assign sidebar = site.data.sidebar.entries %}
-	{% assign topnav = site.data.topnav.topnav %}
-	{% assign topnav_dropdowns = site.data.topnav.topnav_dropdowns %}
-	 {% assign fileName = "writer_guide" %}
-
-{% elsif site.audience == "designer" %}
-	{% assign buildAudience = "designer" %}
-	{% assign sidebar = site.data.sidebar.entries %}
- 	{% assign topnav = site.data.topnav.topnav %}
- 	{% assign topnav_dropdowns = site.data.topnav.topnav_dropdowns %}
- 	 {% assign fileName = "designer_guide" %}
-
+{% if site.project == "documentation-theme-jekyll-writer" %}
+{% assign audience = "writer" %}
+{% assign sidebar = site.data.sidebar.entries %}
+{% assign topnav = site.data.topnav.topnav %}
+{% assign topnav_dropdowns = site.data.topnav.topnav_dropdowns %}
+{% assign version = "all" %}
+{% assign product = "all" %}
+{% assign platform = "all" %}
 {% endif %}
+
+{% if site.project == "documentation-theme-jekyll-designer" %}
+{% assign audience = "designer" %}
+{% assign sidebar = site.data.sidebar.entries %}
+{% assign topnav = site.data.topnav.topnav %}
+{% assign topnav_dropdowns = site.data.topnav.topnav_dropdowns %}
+{% assign version = "all" %}
+{% assign product = "all" %}
+{% assign platform = "all" %}
+{% endif %}

_includes/custom/homepage.md

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+{% include linkrefs.html %}
+
+This is a Jekyll theme intended for documentation projects. What makes this theme unique is the approach in using Jekyll for single sourcing, that is, producing multiple outputs from the same theme. For example, you might have 3 different help systems that you're generating from the same Jekyll files. More than anything, this Jekyll theme shows you how to use Jekyll for documentation projects from the perspective of a technical writer. 
+
+Note that I'm using this theme for my own technical writing projects, so this is an evolving project.
+
+## Intended audience
+
+Although this theme could be used for any website, I'm assuming that my main audience involves technical writers. Very few technical writers are even aware of Jekyll as a platform, let alone how to use it for tech comm scenarios. The instructions for this theme, therefore, are extensive because they discuss a lot of Jekyll basics as well. I'm not going to assume that you're already familiar with Jekyll, or that you're a UX guru, or that you know how to do backflips in Liquid. I'll try to hold your hand as much as possible.
+
+## Supported features
+
+As far as I can tell, Jekyll supports most of the features a technical writer needs to author and publish content. Most importantly, using Jekyll allows you to take full advantage of a modern web development platform. 
+
+As a quick overview, this theme specifically provides the following:
+
+* Bootstrap framework with responsive design
+* Integrated search
+* Navigation sidebar and top navigation
+* Font Awesome
+* Options for creating multiple builds for different audiences
+
+See {{supported_features}} for an extensive list.
+
+## Getting started
+
+To get started, see {{getting_started}}. It explains how to create a new project.
+
+## Questions
+
+Feel free to ask me a question if there's something I haven't addressed here. 
+
+Tom Johnson <br /><a href="mailto:">tomjohnson1492@gmail.com</a>

_includes/custom/links.html

@@ -47,3 +47,14 @@
 
 {% capture navigation %}<a href="{{"/navigation" | prepend: site.baseurl}}">Creating navigation</a>{% endcapture %}
 {% capture tags %}<a href="{{"/tags" | prepend: site.baseurl}}">Creating tags</a>{% endcapture %}
+
+
+{% comment %} <!-- SPECIAL LAYOUTS --> {% endcomment %}
+
+{% capture special_layouts %}<a href="{{"/special_layouts" | prepend: site.baseurl}}">Special layouts</a>{% endcapture %}
+{% capture series %}<a href="{{"/series" | prepend: site.baseurl}}">Series widget</a>{% endcapture %}
+{% capture shuffle %}<a href="{{"/shuffle" | prepend: site.baseurl}}">Shuffle layout</a>{% endcapture %}
+{% capture scroll %}<a href="{{"/scroll" | prepend: site.baseurl}}">Scroll layout</a>{% endcapture %}
+{% capture kb-layout %}<a href="{{"/kb-layout" | prepend: site.baseurl}}">Knowledgebase layout</a>{% endcapture %}
+{% capture faq %}<a href="{{"/faq" | prepend: site.baseurl}}">FAQ layout</a>{% endcapture %}
+