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· 2 min read
Philip Johnson

The TechFolios team is pleased to announce a new major release of TechFolios. Since its initial release almost 7 years ago, TechFolios has been used by almost 2,000 software developers to create their professional portfolio. We've taken our experience over the years into account when designing this release which we believe provides a significantly improved experience for users.

A summary of the improvements in TechFolios 2 include:

  1. Update from Jekyll 3 to Jekyll 4.
  2. Update of CSS framework from Semantic UI 2.4 to Bootstrap 5.
  3. Use of GitHub Actions to:
    • Indicate when the build fails (and whether it's due to a syntax error in bio.json)
    • Indicate when the portfolio has been deployed and is ready for viewing
  4. A refreshed, modernized default layout incorporating a single page design.
  5. Refreshed and improved documentation using Docusaurus.
  6. Open Graph meta-data to improve URL display.
  7. Simplified theming using Bootstrap CSS variables.

We believe this creates a firm foundation for the next 7 years and the next two thousand developers!

If you are new to TechFolios, you can get started following the instructions in the Quick Start.

If you already have a TechFolio using Version 1 and want to migrate to TechFolios 2, please see the Migration Guide

· One min read
Philip Johnson
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Techfolio Designer has not been updated to work with Techfolios Version 2

We are delighted to announce the initial release of TechFolio Designer: a cross-platform, desktop application designed exclusively for the development of TechFolio professional portfolios.

If you have problems, questions, or want to get involved, please contact Philip Johnson (johnson@hawaii.edu).

If you are a student at the University of Hawaii and want to get course credits during Fall of 2018 to work (in part) on TechFolio Designer, please check out the ICS 491, Fall 2018 Class Description.

· One min read
Philip Johnson

There has been a longstanding bug in Techfolios which prevented fenced code blocks from being highlighted.

We finally figured out the problem: Techfolios need to load a rouge style file, and they weren't. With today's commit, the Techfolio header will load a rouge style sheet from the css/rouge directory. There are a selection of rouge style files stored in there; you can change the default selected file by editing _config.yml.

· One min read
Philip Johnson

The Department of Information and Computer Sciences is delighted to announce a three part workshop on developing a professional portfolio. These workshops will be held on Wednesday, November 2, 9, and 16, from 4:30 to 5:30pm.

· One min read
Philip Johnson

Release 1.1 of TechFolio is now available. Enhancements include:

  • Semantic UI updated from 2.2.2 to 2.2.4. Among other things, this means more icons (such as GitLab).
  • Your email address now appears on your resume page (bio-network-links.html).

· One min read
Philip Johnson

The TechFolio team is happy to announce the initial release of ICS Portfolios, a site providing a portal to dozens of TechFolios created by students and faculty in the Department of Information and Computer Science at the University of Hawaii.

ICS Portfolios leverages the use of JSON Resume format to build a directory of the ICS community with a summary of each member along with a link to their professional portfolios for details.

If you are a member of the ICS community (student, faculty, or alumni) and would like to be included, please let us know.

· One min read
Philip Johnson

After review and lots of minor bug fixes, the TechFolio team is delighted to announce release 1.0 of TechFolio.

· One min read
Philip Johnson

After just two weeks of development, the TechFolio team is delighted to announce a preview release. Please take a look and let us know what you think.