About
Bothy is a theme for Micro.blog that prides itself on being just having enough to get you started.
So what’s a bothy you ask? Here’s a snippet of what Wikipedia has to say about a bothy:
A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate.
Aside from the fact that it’s a basic shelter and free for everyone, I like the idea of the bothy being for the gardener of the estate. A place to cultivate and grow.
Configuring Bothy
Bothy has a few options that you can override in the config.json file.
Custom Avatar
The custom_avatar_url property in the config.json file allows you to use a different avatar from the one you have uploaded to Micro.blog. This is particularly handy if, like me, you have more than one blog on your Micro.blog account. To use it, upload your avatar to Micro.blog and copy the link from the newly uploaded image. You can then paste this into the config.json file when you edit the Bothy theme for your own blog.
Blog subtitle
The description property allows you to set a different subtitle you will for your blog.
Paginate
The paginate property allows you to change the number of posts you want to display on each page of your blog’s index.
"description": "",
"paginate": 10