How to Create Your SIMCODES Student Profile

🧑‍🎓 How to create your SIMCODES Student Profile (With Picture and Bio)

Welcome to SIMCODES! This guide will help you create your personal student profile that will be listed on the Students Page. Your profile will include:

  • ✅ Your name and a short introduction
  • ✅ A clear profile photo
  • ✅ A dedicated profile page linked from the main list

📁 Step 1: Prepare Your Profile Picture

  1. Save a photo of yourself with a square aspect ratio.
  2. Resize it to around 300x300px (optional).
  3. Name the file like yourname.png (e.g., student.png)
  4. Place it inside the folder:
    /_students/images/

📝 ✍️ Step 2: Create Your Profile File and fill the details

Inside the project folder, go to _students/ and create a new Markdown file named like this:

_students/your-name.md

You can also copy the sampleStudent.md file and rename it and make your changes in it

🧪 Step 3: Preview Your Profile (Locally)

Since we are running the site locally with Jekyll:

bundle exec jekyll serve

Visit:

http://localhost:4000/students/

You’ll see your photo and name listed. Click on it to go to your full profile!

🧪 Step 4: Push your changes to SIMCODES Github repo and create a PR

Refer - Github Basics for the Github setup and commands

✅ Profile Guidelines

  • Keep your intro short (2–4 sentences).
  • Use a clear profile photo and banner image.
  • If you’re stuck, look at an example file: /_students/sample_student.md

That’s it! 🚀
You’re now part of the SIMCODES community site. Let us know if you need help or want to update your profile later.