Welcome to The General Ledger — a Jekyll theme built specifically for accounting professionals, finance writers, CPAs, and bookkeepers who want a blog that looks as credible as their work.
Why This Theme Exists
Most blogs look like blogs. But your audience — clients, colleagues, regulators — expects something that feels professional. The General Ledger theme takes its cues from the accounting ledger book: columnar layouts, clean typography, a palette rooted in the deep greens of traditional accounting paper.
It’s built to make your financial writing feel authoritative.
What’s Included
- Ledger-style post list — date, description, account category, and reading time in clean columns
- Beautiful table styling — accountants work with tables; your tables deserve special treatment
- Print-ready stylesheet — because some readers still print articles
- Author credentials — display your CPA, CFA, or other qualifications in the header and byline
- Dark accounting-green palette — professional, distinctive, unlike any generic theme
Sample Table
Here’s how financial data tables look in this theme:
| Account | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | 10,000 | |
| Accounts Receivable | 5,000 | |
| Revenue | 15,000 | |
| Total | 15,000 | 15,000 |
Notice how numbers align right and the double-underline signals a balance. These are built in.
Getting Started
Edit _config.yml to set your name, credentials, firm, and description. Posts go in _posts/ following the standard Jekyll naming convention: YYYY-MM-DD-title.md.
Your first journal entry is live. Welcome to the ledger.