So… I decided to create a blog :)
I wanted to use this occasion to learn something new on the way, so I decided to use Jackyll and Github Pages. This way, I don’t have to care about the hosting, distributing the newest version, etc. . The only thing left was to find a theme…
There are many interesting themes available for free on the Internet. I found several themes I really liked, but I had choose one… So I went with Minimal Mistakes by Michael Rose.
Customization
It was really easy to customize the author information visible in the sidebar. Linking my Linkedin and Github account was simply a matter of entering my username in _config.yml file.
However, I wanted to show off my OCP badge so I had to customize the sidebar on left some more.
All I had to do was add this snippet of code to _includes/_author-bio.html:
{% if author.acclaim %}
<a href="https://www.youracclaim.com/user/{{ author.acclaim }}" class="author-social" target="_blank">
<img style="margin-top: 10px; width:90%" src="{{ site.url }}/images/oracle_professional_XL.png" alt="Oracle Certified Professional badge">
</a>
{% endif %}Then, I configured my acclaim username in the _config.yml and uploaded the badge image. And it worked!
If you’re interested in the internals of this website, feel free to have a look at the source code available on github.