From 7143a92a2db2fb566f48adb4658c593153060676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agil Mammadov <mammadovagil@tutamail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 10:20:27 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat(menu): support external markdown files for menu
 content

---
 _data/menu.yml      | 3 +--
 _includes/about.md  | 1 +
 _includes/menu.html | 7 ++++++-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 _includes/about.md

diff --git a/_data/menu.yml b/_data/menu.yml
index 3af58d9..bf3f4b5 100644
--- a/_data/menu.yml
+++ b/_data/menu.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 entries:
   - title: about
-    content: |
-      <p> Lorem.</p>
+    content_file: about.md
 
   - title: all posts
     post_list: true
diff --git a/_includes/about.md b/_includes/about.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f006a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/about.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
diff --git a/_includes/menu.html b/_includes/menu.html
index 4ddf29a..d946f90 100644
--- a/_includes/menu.html
+++ b/_includes/menu.html
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 {%- for item in include.collection -%}
   <section>
     <h2 class="section-title">// {{ item.title }} //</h2>
-    {%- if item.content -%}{{ item.content }}{%- endif -%}
+    {%- if item.content_file -%}
+      {%- capture file_content -%}{%- include {{ item.content_file }} -%}{%- endcapture -%}
+      {{ file_content | markdownify }}
+    {%- elsif item.content -%}
+      {{ item.content }}
+    {%- endif -%}
   </section>
   {%- if item.post_list -%}{%- include post_list.html -%}{%- endif -%}
   {%- if item.entries -%}

From 9b4375b8503caf0eef77d761a4bdc34f40ed8782 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agil Mammadov <mammadovagil@tutamail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 10:30:10 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] feat(menu): load content files from root directory

---
 _includes/menu.html            | 7 +++++--
 _includes/about.md => about.md | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 rename _includes/about.md => about.md (86%)

diff --git a/_includes/menu.html b/_includes/menu.html
index d946f90..a327b2a 100644
--- a/_includes/menu.html
+++ b/_includes/menu.html
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
   <section>
     <h2 class="section-title">// {{ item.title }} //</h2>
     {%- if item.content_file -%}
-      {%- capture file_content -%}{%- include {{ item.content_file }} -%}{%- endcapture -%}
-      {{ file_content | markdownify }}
+      {%- assign _menu_page = site.pages
+        | where: 'path', item.content_file
+        | first
+      -%}
+      {{ _menu_page.content | markdownify }}
     {%- elsif item.content -%}
       {{ item.content }}
     {%- endif -%}
diff --git a/_includes/about.md b/about.md
similarity index 86%
rename from _includes/about.md
rename to about.md
index 4f006a8..25073e0 100644
--- a/_includes/about.md
+++ b/about.md
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+---
+---
+
 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

From 2def1a0889ba80b7ce83a88f822179b02855fc17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agil Mammadov <mammadovagil@tutamail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 10:39:18 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs: add theme description to about.md

---
 about.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/about.md b/about.md
index 25073e0..4a9c348 100644
--- a/about.md
+++ b/about.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
 ---
 
-Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
+a minimal, monochrome dark jekyll theme for writers and developers who prefer simplicity over noise.
+
+configure your menu in `_data/menu.yml`, write posts in `_posts/` — that's it.