From c3f3f0152ed5eafc74a080ea2676c5f8651b49c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joost Agterhoek Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 21:58:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] blog post about switching themes --- ...2024-09-08-trying-out-a-different-theme.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2024-09-08-trying-out-a-different-theme.md diff --git a/content/blog/2024-09-08-trying-out-a-different-theme.md b/content/blog/2024-09-08-trying-out-a-different-theme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..071129f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024-09-08-trying-out-a-different-theme.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ ++++ +title = "trying out a different theme" +[taxonomies] + tags = ['self-hosting', 'zola', 'portfolio'] ++++ + +## Portfolio + +While the [seamless sync](./2024-09-08-sync-working.md) is working great, this immediately got me thinking whether this test website is already good enough to replace my current [main website](https://joostagterhoek.nl). + +But, I still need to something quite important: a place for my projects 🏠! The intention of this website and pretty much my entire self-hosted online presence is to showcase what I am working on, what I want to learn and what's keeping me busy 🖱️. + +I think it shouldn't be *too* hard to get a portfolio or projects page or pages running, **but** it would distract from actually working on these projects or thinking how to best showcase them. So, instead... ❓ + +## Switching themes + +I will try out some themes! 🖌️ A fresh coat of paint never hurt anyone. I have already been looking on the [Zola themes](https://www.getzola.org/themes/) page and one that immediately caught my eye was [apollo](https://www.getzola.org/themes/apollo/). + +![apollo-screenshot-from-github-repo](https://github.com/not-matthias/apollo/blob/main/screenshot-dark.png?raw=true) + +It's a nice, neat and minimal theme, with support for [blog posts](https://not-matthias.github.io/apollo/posts), [projects](https://not-matthias.github.io/apollo/projects/) and a clean [tags](https://not-matthias.github.io/apollo/tags/) overview. As I already have `zola` installed locally, I will be trying it out in the coming days to see if it would fit my needs ✔️. If so, I would be happy to get it going on this test website or maybe even immediately to my main domain (I am not the most patient person 🕰️) + +