How to make your own Online Portfolio / Resume in 3 SIMPLE steps using GitHub for FREE!
Before you start , I will answer some commonly asked questions.
Q. Why do I need an Online Resume / Portfolio in the first place?
- Flexibility : It allows anyone with internet to look at the work you have done at any point in time.
- Skillset : It shows your skill and creativity in making well designed Web Pages and hosting them online.
- Online Presence : When an employer Googles your name, your professional portfolio will be one of the first search results that pops up.
- Creative Freedom :The layout for your portfolio could be stylized in many different ways, and can include a bio, a picture of yourself, your resume and various links demonstrating your work on past projects, writing samples, recommendations or videos.
Q. Why I use Github?
- GitHub is used for version control and collaboration. It lets you and others work together on projects from anywhere.
- It also offers GitHub Pages which are public webpages hosted and easily publishable through GitHub.
- It allows you to serve any static website straight from your repository.
- Since GitHub pages support custom domains, you can even host a static website on GitHub pages free of charge and also have a custom domain name.
Q. I have never touched a single line of code in my entire life. Will I be able to follow ?
YES!
- This post is a step by step tutorial to HOST your online resume.
- The next post is a step by step tutorial to EDIT your online resume. *Take me there*
- Pictures to help you follow along with ease.
Let’s start to Host your very own Resume!
STEP 1 :
Create An Account on github.
Go to https://github.com/join?source=login and Sign Up , it’s completely free.
Once Sign Up , Log In .
STEP 2 :
Go to the Link containing a template for the Online Portfolio.
https://github.com/sarveshwaran1678/Online_Portfolio/tree/gh-pages
Click on the Fork button as highlighted below.
Forking Basically means Copying the contents one’s Repository to your Own Repository.
Once you do that , check if your username in place of test216 marked in red , also make sure it says “forked from sareshwaran1678/Online_Portfolio” marked in red .
STEP 3:
Click on Settings.
Scroll all the way to the way down to GitHub Pages. Change the branch from master branch to gh-pages branch.
Click on the link marked in red.
The link looks something like this.
