Make your About page about YOU

When I first made my Quarto blog, the first thing I wanted to do was claim it! So here’s a detailed guide on how to make your About page ABOUT YOU!

Here’s a link to the Quarto About Page docs.

1️⃣ Claim it

Fill in the YAML at the top. Add your name, your picture, and anything you want to highlight. I have LinkedIn and GitHub, but you can add any Bootstrap 5 icon!

title: <name here>
about:
    image: profile.jpg
    template: jolla
    links:
    - icon: linkedin
      text: LinkedIn
      href: <link to LinkedIn profile here
    - icon: github
      text: Github
      href: <link to GitHub account page here>

You should also describe yourself! Avoid big blocks of text - use bullet points, lists, and unique formatting to make it easy to read (and don’t forget to use emojis!)

-   👀 I'm interested in
-   💗 I'm passionate about
-   🔭 I'm currently working on ...
-   🌱 I'm currently learning ...
-   💞️ I'm looking to collaborate on
-   👯 I'm looking to collaborate on ...
-   🤔 I'm looking for help with ...
-   💬 Ask me about ...
-   📫 How to reach me: ...
-   ⚡ Fun fact: ...

Tip

If you don’t want to have bullet points, have two empty spaces at the end of each line to force a line break!

And don’t forget to add your education and work experience!

2️⃣ Embeds

Quarto is the next evolution of R Markdown, meaning it’s a markdown file! Anything that can be embedded in markdown (HTML, iframes, etc.) can be embedded in Quarto.

A non-exhaustive list:

• Maps
• Videos
• Tweets
• Instagram Posts
• Spotify Playlists
• GitHub Gists

I decided on 2 Github stats apps, but you can add anything you want!

![GitHub stats](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api?username=<username>&show_icons=true)
![Top Langs](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api/top-langs/?username=<username>&layout=compact)

I also included the icons of my favorite languages and tools using Skill Icons, and some HTML to center it

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://skillicons.dev"> 
    <img src="https://skillicons.dev/icons?i=py,r,md,github,vscode"/> 
  </a>
</p>

3️⃣ Templates

Quarto has five templates you can use to make your About page look even better: jolla, trestles, solana, marquee, and broadside. You can see them all here.

I chose jolla because I liked how it was centered like my GitHub stats. To use a template, add the following to your YAML:

about:
  template: solana

If you don’t like your image being a circle or you don’t like the size, you can change it to a rectangle by adding the following to your YAML:

about:
  template: marquee
  image-width: 10em
  image-shape: rectangle

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