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+## Maptime Starter site
+
+Starter is a simple Jekyll theme for MapTime meetups. Hosting your own meetup? Starter is desgined to be easily forked and tweaked to suit your own needs.
+
+## Installation
+
+1. [Fork this repo](https://github.com/maptime/starter/fork/).
+2. Edit the [`_config.yml`](https://github.com/maptime/starter/blob/gh-pages/_config.yml) file. Here's a quick rundown of the configuration options.
+
+| Name | Required | Value | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| baseurl | Yes | post | This value should always be the same. |
+| permalink | No | how urls are generated | You can learn more about how they are generated [here](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/permalinks/). |
+| markdown | No | Determines which markdown engine is used | Generally, you don't need to touch this field for your own needs. |
+| paginate | Yes | Number of posts on the front page | Starter supports pagintaion. Control the number of posts on a given page by changing this value |
+| repo | Yes | Name of the repo on GitHub | As an example, the name of the starter repo is `starter` |
+| github_org | Yes | Name of the organization or username on GitHub | Most of the time this will be 'maptime' |
+| maptime: chapter | Yes | Name of your MapTime meetup | |
+| maptime: twitter | No | Your MapTime Twitter username | |
+| maptime: disqus | No | Disqus account name | Starter optionally supports comments on posts with [Disqus](disqus.com). Create a new Disqus account for a site and fill this field with the account name. |
+
+### Content types
+
+There are two kinds of content in Starter: post and event. You author these types of content in the `_posts` directory. Each content type has unique configuration options that you should declare at the top of the document. This is called [Frontmatter](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/).
+
+#### Event
+Events are for actual planned meetups with RSVP information. Note that the filename of the post should match the date of the meetup date.
+
+##### Fronmatter options
+
+| Name | Required | Value | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| layout | Yes | event | This value should always be the same. |
+| category | Yes | event | This value should always be the same. |
+| title | Yes | The title of your event | |
+| rsvp | Yes | URL to rsvp | This should be a link to  an [Eventbrite](eventbrite.com) date or other service. |
+
+#### Posts
+
+Posts are like blog posts. These are great for meetup follow ups or posts that don't have a meetup event tied to it.
+
+##### Fronmatter options
+
+| Name | Required | Value | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| layout | Yes | post | This value should always be the same. |
+| title | Yes | The title of your post | |
+| author | No | Author's name | |
+| image | No | URL path to an image | Images added here will show up as a [Twitter card](https://dev.twitter.com/docs/cards) when a post is shared. |
+
+## Help resources
+
+- [Create an issue](https://github.com/maptime/starter/issues) on the Starter repo and we'll respond to it.
+- The site is powered by Jekyll. To make custom tweaks to your own site, you should read it's [documentation](http://jekyllrb.com).
+- Starter makes the assumption you will be running the site on GitHub pages. You can learn more about [GitHub Pages here](https://guides.github.com/features/pages/). 
+
+## Examples in the wild
+
+Have you used this starter to create your own meetup site? Let us know and we can add it below!
+
+- [MaptimeTO](https://maptime.github.io/toronto/)
+
+## Licence
+
+BSD

_config.yml

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+baseurl: /maptime.github.io
+permalink: pretty
+markdown: kramdown
+paginate: 5
+repo: starter
+github_org: maptime
+maptime:
+  chapter: Maptime HQ
+  twitter: maptimehq
+  #disqus: YOUR DISQUS USERNAME