How I Built My Portfolio

🧱 Why Jekyll?

• Native support by GitHub Pages
• Markdown-based content writing
• Simple templating system with Liquid

🐳 Why Docker?

• No need to install Ruby or Jekyll locally
• Isolated environment for development
• Easy to replicate on any machine

🚀 Deployment with GitHub Pages

• Just push to main or gh-pages branch
• GitHub builds and hosts the site for free

🧪 Bonus Tips

• Use _config.yml to define global settings
• Keep your assets/ organized for images and styles
• Use custom layouts for different sections (e.g. blog, project, privacy)

📚 Want to Build Your Own?

You can clone this template repo and get started in minutes:

git clone https://github.com/taj54/jekyll-docker-portfolio.git
cd jekyll-docker-portfolio
docker-compose up

Happy building! 🚀