a new theme based on minima with support for posts with external links

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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# minima
+# minima-with-external-links
 
 *Minima is a one-size-fits-all Jekyll theme for writers*. It's Jekyll's default (and first) theme. It's what you get when you run `jekyll new`.
 
-[Theme preview](https://jekyll.github.io/minima/)
-
-![minima theme preview](/screenshot.png)
+This theme is based on minima. It adds support for posts with external urls.
 
 ## Installation
 
 Add this line to your Jekyll site's Gemfile:
 
 ```ruby
-gem "minima"
+gem "minima-with-external-links"
 ```
 
 And add this line to your Jekyll site:
 
 ```yaml
-theme: minima
+theme: minima-with-external-links
 ```
 
 And then execute:
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@ Refers to files within the `_layouts` directory, that define the markup for your
   - `home.html` &mdash; The layout for your landing-page / home-page / index-page. [[More Info.](#home-layout)]
   - `page.html` &mdash; The layout for your documents that contain FrontMatter, but are not posts.
   - `post.html` &mdash; The layout for your posts.
+  - `external.html` &mdash; The layout for posts with external urls.
 
 ### Includes
 
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ Google Analytics will only appear in production, i.e., `JEKYLL_ENV=production`
 
 ## Contributing
 
-Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jekyll/minima. 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.
+Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/heiderich/minima-with-external-links. 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.
 
 ## Development
 

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ minima:
 
 # Build settings
 markdown: kramdown
-theme: minima
+theme: minima-with-external-links
 exclude:
   - Gemfile
   - Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/_layouts/external.html b/_layouts/external.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>{{ page.title }}</title>
+
+    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url={{ page.external_url }}">
+  </head>
+  <body><!-- Google Analytics JavaScript --></body>
+</html>
diff --git a/_layouts/home.html b/_layouts/home.html
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ <h2 class="post-list-heading">{{ page.list_title | default: "Posts" }}</h2>
           <span class="post-meta">{{ post.date | date: date_format }}</span>
 
           <h3>
-            <a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}">{{ post.title | escape }}</a>
+            {% if post.external_url %}
+              <a href="{{ post.external_url }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
+            {% else %}
+              <a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}">{{ post.title | escape }}</a>
+            {% endif %}
           </h3>
         </li>
       {% endfor %}

diff --git a/about.md b/about.md
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ title: About
 permalink: /about/
 ---
 
-This is the base Jekyll theme. You can find out more info about customizing your Jekyll theme, as well as basic Jekyll usage documentation at [jekyllrb.com](http://jekyllrb.com/)
+This is an extension of the base Jekyll theme [minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima).
+It allows urls of extenal posts, [as described by Caleb Thompson](https://calebthompson.io/external-posts-in-jekyll).
 
-You can find the source code for the Jekyll new theme at:
-{% include icon-github.html username="jekyll" %} /
-[minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima)
-
-You can find the source code for Jekyll at
-{% include icon-github.html username="jekyll" %} /
-[jekyll](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll)
diff --git a/minima.gemspec → minima-with-external-links.gemspec b/minima.gemspec → minima-with-external-links.gemspec
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
-  spec.name          = "minima"
+  spec.name          = "minima-with-external-links"
   spec.version       = "2.1.1"
-  spec.authors       = ["Joel Glovier"]
-  spec.email         = ["[email protected]"]
+  spec.authors       = ["Joel Glovier", "Florian Heiderich"]
+  spec.email         = ["[email protected]", "[email protected]"]
 
-  spec.summary       = %q{A beautiful, minimal theme for Jekyll.}
-  spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/jekyll/minima"
+  spec.summary       = %q{A beautiful, minimal theme for Jekyll with support for external links.}
+  spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/heiderich/minima-with-external-links"
   spec.license       = "MIT"
 
   spec.metadata["plugin_type"] = "theme"