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Shreyas Prakash

I recently open-sourced my astro-blog-ghost GitHub repository - a modern blog template built with AstroJS and Ghost CMS integration. This project serves as an excellent starting point for developers looking to create a portfolio website with:

  • 📦 Zero-client JavaScript by default (with opt-in hydration)
  • 🚀 Built-in Ghost CMS integration for content management
  • 🌓 Dark/light mode toggle with system preference detection
  • 📱 Mobile-optimized responsive layouts
  • 🎨 CSS custom properties for easy theming
  • 🔍 SEO optimization with automatic sitemap generation
  • 📄 MDX support for interactive components in posts

To create your own portfolio:

  1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/shreyas-makes/astro-blog-ghost
  2. Install dependencies: npm install
  3. Connect to Ghost CMS via .env file
  4. Customize the src/config.ts with your personal details
  5. Modify components in src/components/ to match your style

Key customization points:

  • Update color schemes in src/styles/global.css
  • Add portfolio sections in src/pages/
  • Create custom page layouts in src/layouts/
  • Implement your preferred analytics in src/components/scripts/

The template supports: ✅ Blog posts with code syntax highlighting ✅ Project showcases with responsive images ✅ About page with Markdown/MDX content ✅ RSS feed generation ✅ Open Graph protocol implementation

Deploy to any static host (Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages) with built-in CI/CD pipelines.

[Read this essay]([[How I blog blog with Obsidian, Cloudflare, AstroJS, Github]]) to know more about how I use Obsidian for publishing my blog posts on AstroJS.

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