resolves #8 add JSON feed

README.md

@@ -136,6 +136,20 @@ To use the post layout, add the following to your post's [front matter](https://
 layout: post
 ```
 
+### Icons
+
+
+
+The [JSON Feed spec](https://jsonfeed.org/version/1) states that feeds should include an icon. To add your icon, add the following line in your site's `_config.yml` file:
+
+```
+feed_icon: /assets/images/icon-512.png
+```
+
+Then, replace the `/assets/images/icon-512.png` file with your own image.
+
+
+
 ### Credits
 
 The theme credits that appear at the bottom of each page can be turned off by including the following line in your site's `_config.yml` file:
@@ -154,7 +168,7 @@ A [copy of the license](https://github.com/patdryburgh/hitchens/blob/master/asse
 
 ## Contributing & Requesting Features
 
-Bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/patdryburgh/hitchens.
+Bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at [https://github.com/patdryburgh/hitchens](https://github.com/patdryburgh/hitchens).
 
 This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org) code of conduct.
 
@@ -166,5 +180,4 @@ The theme is setup just like a normal Jekyll site. To test the theme, run `bundl
 
 ## License
 
-The theme is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
-
+The code for this theme is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

_config.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ description: >- # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:"
   An inarguably well-designed Jekyll theme.
 baseurl: "/hitchens" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
 url: "https://patdryburgh.github.io" # the base hostname & protocol for your site, e.g. http://example.com
+icon: /assets/images/icon-512.png
 twitter_username: patdryburgh
 github_username:  patdryburgh
 

_layouts/default.html

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ '/assets/css/main.css' | absolute_url }}?{{ site.time | date: '%s%N' }}">
 
+    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="{{ site.icon }}">
+
     {%- if jekyll.environment == 'production' and site.google_analytics -%}
       {%- include google-analytics.html -%}
     {%- endif -%}

feed.json

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+layout: null
+---
+{
+    "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1",
+    "title": "{{ site.title | xml_escape }}",
+    "home_page_url": "{{ site.baseurl | absolute_url }}",
+    "feed_url": "{{ "/feed/index.json" | absolute_url }}",
+    "description": {{ site.description | jsonify }},
+    "icon": "{{ site.icon | absolute_url }}",
+    "favicon": "{{ "/favicon.ico" | absolute_url }}",
+    "expired": false,
+    "items": [
+    {% for post in site.posts limit: 15 %}
+      {% unless post.draft %}
+        {% capture content_text %}{{ post.content | strip_html }}{% endcapture %}
+        {% capture content_html %}{{ post.content | markdownify }}{% endcapture %}
+        {
+            "id": "{{ post.url | absolute_url | sha1 }}",
+            {% if post.title != "" %}"title": {{ post.title | jsonify }},{% endif %}
+            "content_text": {{ content_text | jsonify }},
+            "content_html": {{ content_html | jsonify }},
+            "url": "{{ post.url | absolute_url}}",
+            "date_published": "{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}",
+            "date_modified": "{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}",
+            "author": {
+                "name": "{{ post.author }}"
+            }
+        {% endunless %}
+    {% endfor %}
+    ]
+}