Paul Glenn's Personal Website

This is my personal website built with Pelican, a static site generator written in Python. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages at pdglenn.com.

Features

• Clean, responsive design using the Clean Blog theme
• Blog articles and pages
• Custom domain (pdglenn.com)
• Automated deployment with GitHub Actions
• SEO optimization with sitemap
• Related posts and article series support

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/pauldglenn/pauldglenn.github.io.git
   cd pauldglenn.github.io

2. Set up the Python environment using uv:

   uv venv
   source .venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies:

   uv pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Build the site:

   PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:. pelican content -s publishconf.py

5. Preview locally:

   PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:. pelican --listen

Project Structure

• content/: Source content (articles, pages, images)
• output/: Generated site (not tracked in git)
• pelicanconf.py: Development settings
• publishconf.py: Production settings
• requirements.txt: Python dependencies
• .github/workflows/: GitHub Actions configuration

Dependencies

• Python 3.10+
• Pelican 4.8.0
• Markdown 3.4.1
• Typogrify 2.0.7
• Various Pelican plugins (sitemap, neighbors, related_posts, series)

Deployment

The site is automatically deployed to GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions when changes are pushed to the main branch. The workflow:

1. Checks out the repository
2. Sets up Python
3. Installs dependencies
4. Builds the site
5. Deploys to the gh-pages branch

Custom Domain

The site uses a custom domain (pdglenn.com) configured through:

1. DNS A records pointing to GitHub Pages
2. CNAME file in the gh-pages branch
3. GitHub Pages custom domain settings

Development

To add new content:

1. Create articles in content/articles/
2. Create pages in content/pages/
3. Add images to content/images/

To modify the theme or configuration:

1. Update pelicanconf.py for development settings
2. Update publishconf.py for production settings
3. Customize theme files in themes/pelican-clean-blog/

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.