📅 2024-08-26 — Session: Implemented Webpage Hosting and Synchronization
🕒 18:50–19:25
🏷️ Labels: Web Hosting, Automation, CSS, Github, HTML
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The objective of this session was to set up a personal webpage hosting environment and automate the synchronization of HTML files.
Key Activities
- Server Configuration: Detailed the server setup for hosting the personal webpage, including security measures and data transfer methods using SSH and rsync.
- Automation with rsync and crontab: Provided a guide for automating HTML file synchronization to the server using rsync and scheduling daily updates with crontab.
- HTML Structure for Academic Content: Organized HTML templates for a PhD thesis, publications, and course notes.
- CSS Enhancements: Improved webpage readability and layout through CSS modifications, focusing on font sizes, line heights, and contact section layout.
- GitHub Profile Update: Updated GitHub profile to include research papers and course notes, enhancing the presentation of academic work.
Achievements
- Successfully set up and secured a server for personal webpage hosting.
- Automated the synchronization of HTML files using rsync and crontab.
- Improved webpage design and readability with targeted CSS changes.
- Updated GitHub profile to reflect latest academic contributions.
Pending Tasks
- Monitor the automation process to ensure daily updates occur without issues.
- Continue refining CSS for other sections of the webpage as needed.