3 In the novel, *The Strange Case of Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde*, Mr. Poole is Dr. Jekyll's virtuous and loyal butler. Similarly, Poole is the Butler for Jekyll themes by [@mdo](https://twitter.com/mdo), providing a clear and concise foundational setup for any Jekyll site.
5 There are currently two themes built on Poole:
7 * [Hyde](http://hyde.getpoole.com)
8 * [Lanyon](http://lanyon.getpoole.com)
15 Poole is built for use with Jekyll, so naturally you'll need to install that. On Macs, it's rather straightforward:
21 **Windows users:** Windows users have a bit more work to do, but luckily [@juthilo](https://github.com/juthilo) has your back with his [Run Jekyll on Windows](https://github.com/juthilo/run-jekyll-on-windows) guide.
23 You may also need to install Pygments, the Python syntax highlighter for code snippets that plays nicely with Jekyll. Read more about this [in the Jekyll docs](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/templates/#code_snippet_highlighting).
27 To help anyone with any level of familiarity with Jekyll quickly get started, Poole includes everything you need for a basic Jekyll site. To that end, just download Poole and start up Jekyll.
29 ### 2b. Roll your own Jekyll site
31 Folks wishing to use Jekyll's templates and styles can do so with a little bit of manual labor. Download Poole and then copy what you need (likely `_layouts/`, `*.html` files, `atom.xml` for RSS, and `public/` for CSS, JS, etc.).
33 ### 3. Running locally
35 To see your Jekyll site with Poole applied, start a Jekyll server. In Terminal, from `/Poole` (or whatever your Jekyll site's root directory is named):
41 Open <http://localhost:4000> in your browser, and voilĂ . You're done.
46 Poole includes some customizable options, typically applied via classes on the `<body>` element.
49 ### Rems, `font-size`, and scaling
51 Poole is built almost entirely with `rem`s (instead of pixels like Hyde 1.1.x). `rem`s are like `em`s, but instead of building on the immediate parent's `font-size`, they build on the root element, `<html>`.
53 By default, we use the following:
60 @media (min-width: 48rem) { /* ~768px */
68 To easily scale your site's typography and components, simply customize the base `font-size`s here.
74 - <https://github.com/mdo>
75 - <https://twitter.com/mdo>
80 Open sourced under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).