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Lauren Burke: Setting up a Personal Website with Jekyll & GitHub Pages
## Key Links
- Transcript: https://github.com/data-umbrella/event-transcripts/blob/main/2022/49-lauren-jekyll.md
- Meetup Event: https://www.meetup.com/data-umbrella/events/284042132/
- Video: https://youtu.be/7SBXl94xNl8
- GitHub repo: https://github.com/laurburke2/laurburke2.github.io
## Resources
- Lauren's slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1V3GeePgAsaDH3CP10u4Kzz4xn0_7komA/edit#slide=id.p6
- IWD 1-minute video: https://youtu.be/Z81fx_Fa34o
- scikit-learn blog: https://blog.scikit-learn.org
- Reshama's blog: https://reshamas.github.io
- Lauren's blog: https://laurburke.github.io
## Outline
- Section 1: Jekyll / GitHub Pages Background
- Section 2: Creating Your Site
- Section 3: Hosting on GitHub Pages
- Section 4: Customization Options
## Agenda
00:00:00 -- Data Umbrella Introduction by Reshama --
00:03:50 Reshama introduces Lauren
00:05:15 -- Jekyll blog Presentation by Lauren --
00:05:48 Intro & Agenda
00:06:12 * Section 1: Background
00:06:15 Why create a personal website/blog?
00:07:24 What are Jekyll & GitHub Pages?
00:08:05 Why use Jekyll / GitHub Pages?
00:08:50 * Section 2: Creating Your Site
00:08:53 Prerequisites
00:09:30 Install Jekyll
00:10:05 Create a New Jekyll Project
00:10:45 Run your site locally
00:11:16 What's inside the project?
00:12:44 Updating Site Configuration
00:13:32 * Section 3: Hosting on GitHub Pages
00:13:39 Initialize the Repository
00:14:15 Add the GitHub Pages Gem
00:14:48 Personal Access Tokens (PAT)
00:16:16 Push to GitHub
00:18:05 * Section 4: Customization Options
00:18:13 1. Theme
00:21:04 2. Posts & Pages
00:28:46 3. Blog Settings
00:32:33 4. Other Customizations
00:34:46 -- Q & A --
## Event
Jekyll is a static site generator that can be used to create a custom website simply, efficiently, and for free of charge. In this session, you will learn to set up a Jekyll-based website and blog, install a basic theme, add customizations, and host it via GitHub Pages.
## Speaker
Lauren Burke is a Data Scientist in the healthcare technology space. She began her data science career in the retail space, where she developed solutions across several areas, including supply chain, inventory management, and enterprise business. She recently transitioned into product data science after spending some time implementing forecasting solutions to support new and renewal business opportunities. Lauren is an active member of her local and larger tech communities. She is the Director of Operations of Women in Analytics, a member of TECH CORPS' Regional Steering Committee, Vice-Chair of COSI's Kinetic Emerging Leaders Board, and a member of the scikit-learn Communication Team.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-e-burke
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lauren_e_burke
GitHub: https://github.com/laurburke