portfolio-template (Boy-Offi9) — Vite Portfolio Template

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# Portfolio Template

A config-driven developer portfolio. Edit one file, get your own site — no
component code required to personalize it.

**[Live Demo](https://portfolio-template-rho-nine.vercel.app/)**

## Why this one

Most portfolio templates make you hunt through five files to change your
name. This one doesn't — everything content-wise lives in
[`src/config/site.js`](./src/config/site.js): your name, bio, projects,
skills, links, and even the accent color. Swap that file, keep the
components untouched.

No image assets are required to get a working site — projects without an
`image` field render a generated gradient block with their initials instead,
and the avatar works the same way. See "Images" below for the full fallback
chain, including automatic GitHub repo preview cards.

**Also included:** a light/dark theme toggle (persists across visits, respects
system preference on first load), glassmorphism on the nav bar and expanded
project panels, an animated liquid-blob background derived from your accent
color, and scroll-reveal animations on every section — all of it respects
`prefers-reduced-motion`.

## Quick Start

```bash
npm install
npm run dev
```

Then open `src/config/site.js` and replace the example content with yours.

### Build for Production

```bash
npm run build
```

Deploys as a static site — Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages,
all work with zero extra config.

## Customizing

### Content

Everything in `src/config/site.js`:

```js
export const site = {
  name: "Your Name",
  role: "Your Title",
  tagline: "One line about what you do.",
  bio: "A few sentences for the About section.",
  accentColor: "79 70 229", // "R G B", no commas
  email: "[email protected]",
  links: [{ label: "GitHub", url: "https://github.com/you" }],
  skills: ["TypeScript", "React", "..."],
  projects: [
    {
      title: "Project Name",
      role: "Your role on it",
      year: "2025",
      description: "What it does and what you built.",
      tags: ["Node.js", "PostgreSQL"],
      url: "https://...",
      image: "",  // local path or full URL, see "Images" below
      repo: "",   // or "yourname/project-repo" for an automatic GitHub preview
    },
  ],
};
```

### Color

Change `accentColor` — one value, reskins the whole site (buttons, hover
states, the availability dot, project placeholder gradients). It's an RGB
triplet so it can plug into Tailwind's alpha-value opacity syntax.

```js
accentColor: "79 70 229",   // indigo (default)
accentColor: "16 130 92",   // green
accentColor: "190 60 40",   // rust
accentColor: "190 24 93",   // pink
```

The liquid background blobs, avatar/project placeholder gradients, and hover
states all derive from this one value — nothing else to touch.

### Avatar

Set `avatar` in the config to an image path or URL. Leave it `null` for a
generated initials avatar (same gradient logic as the project placeholders,
so it always matches your accent color).

### Images

Each project's picture comes from a three-tier fallback, first match wins.
Set `image`/`repo` to `""` (the default) to skip a tier — no need to comment
anything out:

1. **`image`** — a local path (`/assets/projects/name.png`) or a **full
   image URL** (`https://...`), both work exactly the same way.
2. **`repo`** — a GitHub repo in `"owner/name"` form. Pulls that repo's
   social-preview card straight from GitHub (`opengraph.githubassets.com`)
   with no image file, API key, or auth needed. If the repo doesn't exist
   or the image fails to load, it falls through to tier 3 automatically.
3. **Both empty** — a generated gradient block using the project title's
   initials, tinted from your `accentColor`.

Avatars follow the same idea minus the repo tier: set `avatar` to a local
path, a full URL, or leave it `""` for a generated initials avatar. See
[`public/assets/README.md`](./public/assets/README.md) for folder
conventions and recommended image sizes.

### Theme

The toggle in the nav switches `data-theme` on `<html>` between `light` and
`dark`, persisted to `localStorage` under the key `portfolio-theme`. A small
inline script in `index.html` sets it before first paint so there's no
flash of the wrong theme on load. To change the dark-mode palette, edit the
`[data-theme="dark"]` block in `src/index.css`.

### Layout

The "numbered index" project list (`src/components/ProjectRow.jsx`) is the
signature layout choice — click a row to expand it. If you'd rather have a
card grid, that's the one component to rewrite; everything else reads from
the same `site.projects` array regardless of how you render it.

### Contact Dialog

"Get in touch" (nav) and "Send a message" (footer) both open a glass modal
(`src/components/ContactDialog.jsx`) instead of jumping straight to your
email client. Submitting it opens a `mailto:` link pre-filled with the
visitor's name, email, and message — there's no backend collecting anything.

If you'd rather capture messages without relying on the visitor's email
client being configured, swap the `handleSubmit` body in `ContactDialog.jsx`
for a `fetch` POST to a form service — [Formspree](https://formspree.io) or
[EmailJS](https://www.emailjs.com) both work with a single call and have
free tiers.

To add the dialog trigger anywhere else, wrap any label in it:

```jsx
<ContactDialog className="your-classes-here">Say hello</ContactDialog>
```

## Project Structure

```
public/
  assets/
    avatar/               your profile photo goes here
    projects/               your project screenshots go here
src/
  config/
    site.js              ← edit this
  components/
    Nav.jsx
    Hero.jsx
    ProjectsIndex.jsx      renders the list
    ProjectRow.jsx          single expandable row
    ProjectPlaceholder.jsx  image → GitHub repo preview → gradient fallback chain
    Avatar.jsx               generated fallback avatar (or your image)
    ThemeToggle.jsx           light/dark switch
    ContactDialog.jsx         glass contact modal (mailto-based)
    LiquidBackground.jsx     animated blob background
    Reveal.jsx                scroll-reveal wrapper
    About.jsx
    Footer.jsx
  hooks/
    useTheme.js            theme state + persistence
  utils/
    placeholder.js         shared initials/hue helpers
  App.jsx                 applies accentColor as a CSS variable on load
```

## Tech Stack

Vite + React + Tailwind. No backend, no database, no build step beyond
`vite build`.

## License

MIT — use it, fork it, ship it as your own. Credit is appreciated but not
required.