A slimmed down fork - sending mainly as FYI :-)

Gemfile

@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 # If you have any plugins, put them here!
 gem 'wdm', '>= 0.1.0' if Gem.win_platform?
-group :jekyll_plugins do
-    gem 'jekyll-feed'
-    gem 'jekyll-sitemap'
-    gem 'jekyll-paginate'
-    gem 'jekyll-seo-tag'
-    gem 'jekyll-archives'
-    gem 'kramdown'
-    gem 'rouge'
-end
+
+# If you want to use GitHub Pages, remove the "gem "jekyll"" above and
+# uncomment the line below. To upgrade, run `bundle update github-pages`.
+gem "github-pages", "~> 206", group: :jekyll_plugins

Gemfile.lock

@@ -1,22 +1,94 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    addressable (2.6.0)
-      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 4.0)
+    activesupport (6.0.3.2)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+      i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
+      minitest (~> 5.1)
+      tzinfo (~> 1.1)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
+    addressable (2.7.0)
+      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
+    coffee-script (2.4.1)
+      coffee-script-source
+      execjs
+    coffee-script-source (1.11.1)
     colorator (1.1.0)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.1.4)
+    commonmarker (0.17.13)
+      ruby-enum (~> 0.5)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.1.6)
+    dnsruby (1.61.3)
+      addressable (~> 2.5)
     em-websocket (0.5.1)
       eventmachine (>= 0.12.9)
       http_parser.rb (~> 0.6.0)
+    ethon (0.12.0)
+      ffi (>= 1.3.0)
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
     eventmachine (1.2.7-x64-mingw32)
-    ffi (1.10.0)
-    ffi (1.10.0-x64-mingw32)
+    execjs (2.7.0)
+    faraday (1.0.1)
+      multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
+    ffi (1.13.1)
+    ffi (1.13.1-x64-mingw32)
     forwardable-extended (2.6.0)
+    gemoji (3.0.1)
+    github-pages (206)
+      github-pages-health-check (= 1.16.1)
+      jekyll (= 3.8.7)
+      jekyll-avatar (= 0.7.0)
+      jekyll-coffeescript (= 1.1.1)
+      jekyll-commonmark-ghpages (= 0.1.6)
+      jekyll-default-layout (= 0.1.4)
+      jekyll-feed (= 0.13.0)
+      jekyll-gist (= 1.5.0)
+      jekyll-github-metadata (= 2.13.0)
+      jekyll-mentions (= 1.5.1)
+      jekyll-optional-front-matter (= 0.3.2)
+      jekyll-paginate (= 1.1.0)
+      jekyll-readme-index (= 0.3.0)
+      jekyll-redirect-from (= 0.15.0)
+      jekyll-relative-links (= 0.6.1)
+      jekyll-remote-theme (= 0.4.1)
+      jekyll-sass-converter (= 1.5.2)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (= 2.6.1)
+      jekyll-sitemap (= 1.4.0)
+      jekyll-swiss (= 1.0.0)
+      jekyll-theme-architect (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-cayman (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-dinky (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-hacker (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-leap-day (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-merlot (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-midnight (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-minimal (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-modernist (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-primer (= 0.5.4)
+      jekyll-theme-slate (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-tactile (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-time-machine (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-titles-from-headings (= 0.5.3)
+      jemoji (= 0.11.1)
+      kramdown (= 1.17.0)
+      liquid (= 4.0.3)
+      mercenary (~> 0.3)
+      minima (= 2.5.1)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.10.4, < 2.0)
+      rouge (= 3.19.0)
+      terminal-table (~> 1.4)
+    github-pages-health-check (1.16.1)
+      addressable (~> 2.3)
+      dnsruby (~> 1.60)
+      octokit (~> 4.0)
+      public_suffix (~> 3.0)
+      typhoeus (~> 1.3)
+    html-pipeline (2.13.0)
+      activesupport (>= 2)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.4)
     http_parser.rb (0.6.0)
     i18n (0.9.5)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    jekyll (3.8.5)
+    jekyll (3.8.7)
       addressable (~> 2.4)
       colorator (~> 1.0)
       em-websocket (~> 0.5)
@@ -29,53 +101,153 @@ GEM
       pathutil (~> 0.9)
       rouge (>= 1.7, < 4)
       safe_yaml (~> 1.0)
-    jekyll-archives (2.1.1)
-      jekyll (>= 2.4)
-    jekyll-feed (0.11.0)
-      jekyll (~> 3.3)
+    jekyll-avatar (0.7.0)
+      jekyll (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-coffeescript (1.1.1)
+      coffee-script (~> 2.2)
+      coffee-script-source (~> 1.11.1)
+    jekyll-commonmark (1.3.1)
+      commonmarker (~> 0.14)
+      jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-commonmark-ghpages (0.1.6)
+      commonmarker (~> 0.17.6)
+      jekyll-commonmark (~> 1.2)
+      rouge (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
+    jekyll-default-layout (0.1.4)
+      jekyll (~> 3.0)
+    jekyll-feed (0.13.0)
+      jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-gist (1.5.0)
+      octokit (~> 4.2)
+    jekyll-github-metadata (2.13.0)
+      jekyll (>= 3.4, < 5.0)
+      octokit (~> 4.0, != 4.4.0)
+    jekyll-mentions (1.5.1)
+      html-pipeline (~> 2.3)
+      jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-optional-front-matter (0.3.2)
+      jekyll (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
     jekyll-paginate (1.1.0)
+    jekyll-readme-index (0.3.0)
+      jekyll (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-redirect-from (0.15.0)
+      jekyll (>= 3.3, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-relative-links (0.6.1)
+      jekyll (>= 3.3, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-remote-theme (0.4.1)
+      addressable (~> 2.0)
+      jekyll (>= 3.5, < 5.0)
+      rubyzip (>= 1.3.0)
     jekyll-sass-converter (1.5.2)
       sass (~> 3.4)
-    jekyll-seo-tag (2.5.0)
-      jekyll (~> 3.3)
-    jekyll-sitemap (1.2.0)
-      jekyll (~> 3.3)
-    jekyll-watch (2.1.2)
+    jekyll-seo-tag (2.6.1)
+      jekyll (>= 3.3, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-sitemap (1.4.0)
+      jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-swiss (1.0.0)
+    jekyll-theme-architect (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-cayman (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-dinky (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-hacker (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-leap-day (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-merlot (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-midnight (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-minimal (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-modernist (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-primer (0.5.4)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
+      jekyll-github-metadata (~> 2.9)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-slate (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-tactile (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-theme-time-machine (0.1.1)
+      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-titles-from-headings (0.5.3)
+      jekyll (>= 3.3, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-watch (2.2.1)
       listen (~> 3.0)
+    jemoji (0.11.1)
+      gemoji (~> 3.0)
+      html-pipeline (~> 2.2)
+      jekyll (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
     kramdown (1.17.0)
-    liquid (4.0.1)
-    listen (3.1.5)
-      rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
-      rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
-      ruby_dep (~> 1.2)
+    liquid (4.0.3)
+    listen (3.2.1)
+      rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
+      rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     mercenary (0.3.6)
+    mini_portile2 (2.4.0)
+    minima (2.5.1)
+      jekyll (>= 3.5, < 5.0)
+      jekyll-feed (~> 0.9)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.1)
+    minitest (5.14.1)
+    multipart-post (2.1.1)
+    nokogiri (1.10.10)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
+    nokogiri (1.10.10-x64-mingw32)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
+    octokit (4.18.0)
+      faraday (>= 0.9)
+      sawyer (~> 0.8.0, >= 0.5.3)
     pathutil (0.16.2)
       forwardable-extended (~> 2.6)
-    public_suffix (3.0.3)
-    rb-fsevent (0.10.3)
-    rb-inotify (0.10.0)
+    public_suffix (3.1.1)
+    rb-fsevent (0.10.4)
+    rb-inotify (0.10.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    rouge (3.3.0)
-    ruby_dep (1.5.0)
+    rouge (3.19.0)
+    ruby-enum (0.8.0)
+      i18n
+    rubyzip (2.3.0)
     safe_yaml (1.0.5)
-    sass (3.7.3)
+    sass (3.7.4)
       sass-listen (~> 4.0.0)
     sass-listen (4.0.0)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
+    sawyer (0.8.2)
+      addressable (>= 2.3.5)
+      faraday (> 0.8, < 2.0)
+    terminal-table (1.8.0)
+      unicode-display_width (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.1)
+    thread_safe (0.3.6)
+    typhoeus (1.4.0)
+      ethon (>= 0.9.0)
+    tzinfo (1.2.7)
+      thread_safe (~> 0.1)
+    unicode-display_width (1.7.0)
+    zeitwerk (2.3.1)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
   x64-mingw32
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  jekyll-archives
-  jekyll-feed
-  jekyll-paginate
-  jekyll-seo-tag
-  jekyll-sitemap
-  kramdown
-  rouge
+  github-pages (~> 206)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.0.1
+   2.1.4

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,40 @@
 # Mediumish - Jekyll Theme
 
+This site forks the [Mediumish Jekyll theme](https://www.wowthemes.net/mediumish-free-jekyll-template/)
+and makes it suitable for a simple static blog by removing some third party dependencies, 
+plugins & features.
+
+While the original theme released by released by [Sal](https://www.wowthemes.net/) 
+is a fantastic full featured website theme, it has a number of dependencies on 
+third party services that could be liabilities in today's legal environment
+or are in my opinion not suitable for simple static blogs that can be hosted
+on Github pages. In this fork, I have stripped out those components and made
+some fixes for better scalability.
+
+Huge props and many thanks to the original author for releasing such a beautiful and
+functional theme with a permissive license.
+
+## Key Changes
+
+### Third Party Dependencies removed
+- Ad Sense
+- Disqus
+- Gravataar
+
+### Jekyll Plugins un-supportd by Github Pages removed
+- jekyll-toc
+- jekyll-archive
+
+### Other Changes
+- Loading JQuery from offical CDN vs. serving loacally
+- Removed lazy loading of styles & font
+- Removed Lunr search - client side search acoss lots of posts inefficient
+- Removed Star Rating - not very useful for a simple blog
+- Fixed Outdated social sharing URLs, added Reddit sharing
+- Added an Email button & added conditional check for Follow
+
+# Original Readme Content
+
 [Live Demo](https://wowthemesnet.github.io/mediumish-theme-jekyll/)   |   [Download](https://github.com/wowthemesnet/mediumish-theme-jekyll/archive/master.zip)   |   [Documentation](https://bootstrapstarter.com/bootstrap-templates/template-mediumish-bootstrap-jekyll/)   |   [Buy me a coffee](https://www.wowthemes.net/donate/)
 
 ![mediumish](assets/images/mediumish-jekyll-template.png)