I’m testing some core changes to the Cards Theme on my site. I’ve updated the theme to support Hugo 0.117 and incorporated the changes to the default Micro.blog themes (thanks to @sod.) Things look good on my test site. Next, I’m testing on my live site to see if I have any issues … read more

I updated my Cards Theme to v1.2.1 with support for Tinylytics Kudos (by @Vincent). I recommend using the Tinylytics for Micro.blog plugin by @jimmitchell to add Tinylytics and enable the Kudos feature. Then in your Cards Theme settings, check the box to Enable Tinylytics Kudos.

See example below.

The Micro.blog Cards Theme has been updated to v1.1.9. This version adds a setting to hide the categories from the post. After updating, you can go to your Card Theme settings and click the checkbox to hide the Categories from the post. If you wish to keep the categories on the page but prefer to … read more

The Micro.blog Cards Theme has been updated to v1.1.6.

• The categories (if any) will now appear on the post page.
• Added an option in theme settings to show a summary rather than the full post on the home page and category pages.

The Cards Theme has been updated to support “Reading Time” on posts that take longer than 1 minute to read. This option will appear when you upgrade to v1.1.5 in the Micro.blog Plugins. There is a known issue with Micro.blog where your plugin settings will be overwritten when you update the plugin. … read more

Update! The Cards Theme v1.1.4 has been updated to automatically show the Conversation and Reply By Email plugins if they are installed. You no longer need to update the theme as per the instructions below. Suppose you are using the Micro.blog Cards Theme and want also to use the Conversations or … read more

The Cards Theme has been updated with Dark Mode support! Thanks to inspiration and help from @danielsantos, the Cards Theme for Micro.blog now has an option in the plugin settings to enable a dark mode toggle. When toggled on, your site visitors will see a theme toggle in the top-right corner. When … read more

I made some minor updates to the Cards Theme for Micro.blog. Removed some unused CSS from the main.css file. Added some additional padding above the footer. Added some additional padding around the text with the cards. Removed the custom 404.html page. I had problems loading the page content because … read more

I finally published my new Cards theme for Micro.blog. It is a simple theme, and you can easily customize all colors, providing endless options. It’s also optimized for performance and SEO.

I’ve been making some final tweaks on my new Micro.blog theme. I have a few more fixes before I publish (maybe this weekend?). You’ll be able to set your colors through the plugin settings. Here are some samples.