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The Essential Website Template

A boilerplate with all the essentials.

I'm talking metadata and icons for days! Everything you need for search engines, social media sharing, and mobile web app manifestation.

(I made this so I could stop forgetting this important jazz.)

Use

Just go ahead and clone this, silly!

What you'll need to change

index.html

what to change example
__TITLE__ "My Portfolio"
__DESCRIPTION__ "The portfolio of George Washington."
__KEYWORDS__ "portfolio, george, washington"
__AUTHOR__ "George Washington"
example.com georgewashington.com
@__TWITTER_SITE__ @GeorgeWashingtonDesigns
@__TWITTER_CREATOR__ @GeorgeWashington
yourprofile georgewashington
#000000 #42A5F5

manifest.webmanifest

what to change example
__TITLE__ George Washington
__SHORTNAME__ George
#000000 #f8f8f8
#000000 #42A5F5

browserconfig.xml

Change the tile color from #000000 to your theme color (#42A5F5).

Images

Pro tip: Use the real favicon generator.

  • favicon.ico
  • icon-16x16.png
  • icon-32x32.png
  • icon-192x192.png
  • icon-512x512.png
  • apple-touch-icon.png (180x180)
  • logo.png (1200x630 per Facebook's recommended dimensions for og:image)
  • mstile-150x150.png (270x270)