This template is based on WhatATheme, a customizable Jekyll portfolio theme.

• Simplified navigation - includes only HOME, ABOUT, PROJECTS
• Projects section included as part of a single scrolling page
• Contact section removed, social icons appended directly under site name and description, switched to new X twitter icon.
• About section focused on info about the author, removed all buttons
• Simplified footer - removed quick links, updated credits and copyright statement to include site owner name, credits for images, graphics, etc.
• Changed text alignment of the project pages from center to left.
• Replaced lorem ipsum dummy text with office ipsum.
• Adjusted opacity and blur settings of the hero image.
• Unified background image of the 404 page and the homepage.
• Added a GitHub action for link validation: Lychee Broken Link Checker.
• Added a linter GitHub action: Vale Linter.

The contents of this repo represent the expected end result from a workshop entitled Creating a Tech Writing Portfolio with Docs as Code Tooling by slavipande.

You’ll need a few things so you can follow along the steps of the workshop. Here’s a list of them and more info how to install them.

• Text editor
• Git –> Open a command prompt on Windows or a terminal on macOS and run git version to check if you already have it installed. You should get a version number in response.
• GitHub profile
• Jekyll –> Open a command prompt on Windows or a terminal on macOS and run jekyll -v to check if you already have it installed. You should get a version number in response.

See Creating a Tech Writing Portfolio with Docs as Code Tooling - Preliminary Setup for detailed instructions how to install everything you'll need.

1. Fork this repo.

2. Clone your fork locally.

   git clone https://github.com/<your-github-username>/Workshop-TechWritingPortfolio.git

3. Run bundle install in your local project folder.

   You must have Jekyll installed before running this command --> Go back to Preliminary Setup.

4. Run bundle exec jekyll serve in your local project folder.

   You should see your local Jekyll server running at http://127.0.0.1:4000.

5. Play around with the site settings to get a feeling which setting controls what. Don't forget to push your local changes to your GitHub repo when done.