Theme updates: dark mode, new social icons and more

We just released version 2.0 of all seven of our premium Jekyll themes. The biggest addition is a dark color scheme, along with new social networks and a round of improvements under the hood.

Here’s what’s new:

Dark color scheme – switch between light, dark and auto with a single setting. In auto mode, your site follows the visitor’s system preference. The dark colors have their own settings, so you can fine-tune each color scheme separately.
Dark logo – add a separate logo for the dark color scheme.
New social networks – 16 more networks to choose from, and adding your own takes just one line in the settings and an SVG icon.
Faster loading – icons are now built into the theme instead of loading from an external library, so every page makes fewer requests and runs less JavaScript.
Latest Jekyll – fully compatible with Jekyll 4.4, with no warnings during the build, and a ready-to-use GitHub Actions workflow for publishing on GitHub Pages.
Up to date with modern browsers – the themes are updated for the latest Chrome, which no longer allows the unload event. This removes the console warnings and lets the browser restore pages instantly when visitors use the back and forward buttons.