Gitfolio

about.me + medium but for every github user

Gitfolio will help get started with a portfolio website where you could showcase your work + a blog that will help you spread your ideas into real world.

Getting Started

Let's build

a. Clone this repository using git clone https://github.com/imfunniee/gitfolio.git or just simply download it.

b. Now cd into the repository you just cloned cd gitfolio and run the below command

$ npm i

This will install all the dependencies you will need to build your website.

c. After its done installing the dependencies run this command where username is your username on github

$ node build --name username

This will create index.css and index.html files in your working directory.

d. Congrats, you just made yourself a personal website.

e. To run your website open index.html or simply type index.html and hit enter in your terminal.

if you get stuck somewhere or get an error, please create an issue

Let's customize

Enabling Dark theme

To enable dark theme just provide --dark as an argument while building

$ node build --name username --dark

Customize background image

To customize the background image just provide --background [url] argument while building

$ node build --name username --background https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1557277770-baf0ca74f908?w=1634

You could also add in your custom CSS inside index.css to give it a more personal feel.

Let's Publish

Push the files to github. You can host your website using github pages by naming your repo username.github.io. You can also your cutsom domain.

Updating

To update your info, simply run

$ node update

This will update your info and your repository info.

To Update background or theme you need to run build command again.

Add a Blog

To add your first blog run this command, make sure the title don't have spaces instead use "-".

$ node blog --title my-first-blog

This will create a my-first-blog folder inside blog. Inside my-first-blog you will find an index.html file which contains all the necessary elements for writing a blog. Customize the content of the file to write your first blog.

This also adds content to blog.json file. This file helps in showcasing your blogs on your personal website as cards. You could customize the JSON object that corresponds your current blog.

Default JSON Format

{
  "url_title": "my-first-blog", // the title you provide while creating a new blog, this appears in url
  "title": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", // main title of blog
  "sub_title": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.", // sub-title of blog
  "top_image": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1553748024-d1b27fb3f960?w=1450", // main image of blog
  "visible": true // don't worry about this
}

More Arguments for Blog

--subtitle [subtitle] : gives blog a subtitle (Deafult : 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.')
--pagetitle [pagetitle] : gives blog page a title
--folder [folder] : give folder a title

(use "-" instead of spaces)

Card view of blog

Enable Blogs

Blog are disabled by default. To enable them head over to assets/index.html and find <div id="blog_section" style="display:none;">. Remove the style attribute to show your blogs on your personal website.

If you have run build command before adding a blog you need have to remove the style attribute from index.html file aswell.

License