Personal Website Template: Setup & Customization Guide

Hi there!

This is a modified version of the minimal mistake template I use to build my personal website.

1. Setup

   • Clone the repository through VS code to your local machine.

2. Configuration

   • Navigate to the root directory of the project.

   • Open the _config.yml file. This is the main configuration file and is essential for setting up your site.

   • Editing the _config.yml file:

     • title: Replace the existing title with the title of your website.
     • email: Update it with your email address.
     • description: Add a brief description of your website or a tagline.
     • url: Set the base URL of your website.
     • repository: Update the repository field with the path to your GitHub repository.
     • author: Replace the existing author name with your name and the associated social media profiles.

3. Posts

   • Navigate to the _posts directory where all the blog posts are stored.
   • You can find a sample post, referring to which you can write your new posts.
   • Ensure that the URLs and usernames for each platform are correctly updated.
   • Images are stored in the assets directory.

4. Deployment

   • The deployment is done by pushing the local repository to Github, which will do the publishing automatically.