academicportfolio.github.io

academicportfolio.github.io

Github Pages template for academic portfolio websites

Academic Portfolio

A Github Pages template for academic portfolio websites.

Instructions

  1. Register a Github account and verify your email address. (If you don't have any)
  2. Fork this repository by clicking the Fork button in top-right.
  3. From repository settings, change the name of your forked repository to your-github-username.github.io.
  4. Modify site-wide configurations to match your requirements from _config.yml.
  5. Upload any files (e.g pdf, zip etc.) to files/ directory. These files will appear at https://[your-github-username].github.io/files/example.pdf.
  6. To change the site avatar/logo, add your avatar in assets/images directory. Modify _config.yml to reflect your avatar's filename in avatar-filename variable.
    avatar-filename: <yourFileName.jpg>
    
  7. Replace assets/favicon.png with your own favicon.
  8. To change site contents, add/modify files in different collection's directories.
  • Experience: Add/modify the contents from _experiences directory.
  • Education: Add/modify the contents from _education directory.
  • Skills: Add/modify the contents from _skills directory.
  • Projects: Add/modify the contents from _projects directory.
  • Publications: Add/modify the contents from _publications directory.
  • Certifications: Add/modify the contents from _certifications directory.
  • Achievements: Add/modify the contents from _achievements directory.
  1. To add/modify blog posts, modify the contents in _posts directory. Follow the given filename structure for blog post e.g. YYYY-MM-DD-my-post-title.md.
  2. After github pages deployment, your site will be available at your-github-username.github.io

Enable Disqus Comments on Posts

  • Sign up at Disqus
  • Register your github site with disqus.
  • Get Disqus shortname in admin>settings>general
  • Edit your _config.yml of github, make sure it contains following content:
    disqus:
      shortname: <your disqus short name>
    

Enable Contact Form

  • Sign up at Formspree
  • Create a new form and get the form's endpoint.
  • Edit your _config.yml of github, make sure it contains following content:
    formspree:
    endpoint: <form's endpoint> # e.g https://formspree.io/f/xxxxxxx
    

Adding Google Analytics Tracking

  • Login to Google Analytics and create a new property to receive a Tracking ID for your website.
  • Edit your _config.yml of github, make sure it contains following content:
    google_analytics: UA—XXXXXXXX-X
    

Bug Report/Feature Request

  • To report bugs or to request new features, please create a new issue and use appropriate label with the issue.