Add a static page
Introduction
Polyglot Tech Blog comes with three pages:
- Home, the landing page
- About
- Blog, where all blog posts are listed ... as well as a 404 error page.
Add the files
In each of your language directory, create a file "portfolio.html". This name must be the same accross all your language directories. The file name determines what the page URL will be. Here, it will be something like https://<my-domain>/<language>/portofio.html.
You should get the following structure:
src
├── (all files in src)
├── en
│ ├── (all files in en)
│ └── porfolio.html
└── fr
├── (all files in fr)
└── portfolio.html
Create the content in your files with the front matter as shown below.
en > portfolio.html
:
---
title: "Portfolio"
layout: "base.html"
---
<div class="container">
<p>
Here is my content. <br>
I write it in English in the "en" directory. <br>
And of course, I write it in French in the "fr" directory.
</p>
</div>
👍 Done, you have a new page!
Optional: Add entries to the navigation bar
This step is optional. If you wish to have a link to your portfolio page in the navigation bar, you have to make the following modification.
src > _includes > components > navbar.html
:
<!-- Pages -->
<div class="tabs">
<a href="{{ '/' | locale_url | url }}">{{ home }}</a>
+ <a href="{{ '/portfolio' | locale_url | url }}">{{ portfolio }}</a>
<a href="{{ '/about' | locale_url | url }}">{{ about }}</a>
<a href="{{ '/blog' | locale_url | url }}">{{ blog }}</a>
And finally, the {{ portfolio }}
references a variable that must be added to the en.json and fr.json files.
src > fr > fr.json
:
{
"lang": "fr",
"home": "Accueil",
"blog": "Blog",
"about": "À propos",
"madeBy": "Codé par",
"seeOn": "Retrouvez-moi sur",
- "read": "Lire"
+ "read": "Lire",
+ "portfolio": "Portefeuille"
}
src > en > en.json
:
{
"lang": "en",
"home": "Home",
"blog": "Blog",
"about": "About",
"madeBy": "Made by",
"seeOn": "Check it out on",
- "read": "Read"
+ "read": "Read",
+ "portfolio": "Portfolio"
}
Now, your page is accessible from the navigation bar 🥳
Conclusion
We have added a new "Portfolio" static page to our blog. This opens up many possibilities 🤩