Site Mode

Switch the overall site form via homepage_mode:

# blog    = default blog theme (navigation shows subpage/blog entries)
# landing = pure personal homepage mode (hides blog/subpage entries, focuses on about, timeline, and recent updates)
homepage_mode: blog

The landing mode suits the scenario of "this site has no articles; articles are hosted on a separate blog": the navigation no longer shows blog/subpage entries, and the homepage focuses on the personal intro (about block), recent updates (aggregated from an external blog RSS — see Recent Updates), and timeline (see Timeline). Best used together with About page and Recent Updates.

note

landing mode only hides navigation entries. Existing article pages are still generated (just not linked). If you want to skip generating blog pages entirely, point source to an empty directory or remove source/_posts in your blog's root _config.yml.