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# jekyll-simple
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# MyDemocracy.ca / MaDem0cratie.ca
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## simple
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simple is a theme designed for blogger using static site generator like jekyll, Hexo etc.
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This citizen-led project aspires to create a participatory consultation
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experience around Canadian electoral reform. I was inspired by the
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[official Government of Canada citizen survey
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tool](http://mydemocracy.ca/).
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Especially for those who writes in both Chinese and English. The font-type setting looks really good when writers use Chinese mixed with English.
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**Note:** This is an independent effort by citizens. It is in no way
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endorsed or supported by the Government of Canada.
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Supposedly, this could work with Japanese as well but never had a chance to try.
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## Story behind this theme
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### Organization of Repo
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It has been long that using font with Chinese in web was a tedious and time-consuming work. It would be almost impossible to make different OS or devices to look the same.
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We are serving the site from GitHub Pages, a free hosting service of
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GitHub.
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iOS 9 has pulished some new fonts in Chinese and I decided to make one theme that looks good on iOS devices, at the same time, making it acceptable on computers using other fonts.
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There are two sites, to serve both official languages. Having said that,
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we strive for a single codebase. GitHub Pages has the limitation where
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it only allows hosting one website per project repository. Since we need
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two sites, we simple host the same code in two repos. Each language
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lives on its own Git branch. We are working to keep these branches as
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similar as possible.
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So mobile goes first, then the macOS.
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| Website | Git repository | Git branch |
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|:-------------------:|:---------------------------------------------------:|:----------:|
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| [MyDem0cracy.ca][] | http://github.com/CivicTechTO/MyDem0cracy.ca-site/ | `master` |
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| [MaDem0cratie.ca][] | http://github.com/CivicTechTO/MaDem0cratie.ca-site/ | `gh-pages` |
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<!-- Links -->
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[MyDem0cracy.ca]: https://mydem0cracy.ca/
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[MaDem0cratie.ca]: https://madem0cratie.ca/

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