I Have a Blog!
I’ve wanted to create a blog for a long time, but I never felt like I had anything to write about. Lately, I’ve been working on more projects to showcase and strengthen my web development portfolio. Recently, I came across a cool static site generator written in Ruby called Jekyll, and I wanted to get familiar with it. I also want to start hosting more projects on GitHub Pages. With all these goals in progress or on the horizon, I thought why not create a blog using Jekyll, host it on GitHub, and use it to document my future projects as I complete them? And that, my friends, is exactly what we have here.
Why Jekyll and GitHub Pages?
It turns out Jekyll is perfect for this because GitHub Pages are powered by Jekyll, and your site is automatically generated by GitHub Pages when you push your source files. This makes it incredibly easy to manage a static website without dealing with complex deployment processes.
Customizing My Blog Theme
When you generate your first static webpage with Jekyll, it comes with a default theme called Minima. I decided to stick with this theme because I love how easily you can create new blog posts just by adding Markdown files. However, I heavily modified it and made significant changes to its functionality to better fit my needs.
Designing My Personal Logo
I spent a lot of time trying to design a logo I truly liked. I wanted something simple and flat that reflected my personality, but I’ve struggled with this in the past as well. If you check my old portfolio website, you’ll see that this wasn’t my first attempt at creating a logo for my personal brand.
Summary
Building this blog has been a great learning experience. Not only have I explored Jekyll and GitHub Pages, but I’ve also taken the opportunity to refine my personal branding and web development skills. Moving forward, I plan to use this space to share my projects, insights, and the lessons I learn along the way. Stay tuned for more updates!