This repository contains the source code for the personal portfolio website hosted at mayur.bhopal.dev. The site is a modern, single-page application (SPA) with an integrated Markdown-based blog.

The application is built using standard HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript with a custom-engineered markdown blog parser.

• index.html: The main landing page. Contains all the primary sections including Hero, About, Experience, Community, Projects, Publications, In the News, Talks, and Skills.
• styles.css: The global stylesheet containing the design system tokens, responsive grid layouts, animations, dark/light mode (data-theme), and the new side-panel navigation styles.
• script.js: Handles interactivity, including the slide-in side panel menu side-panel, scroll-spy for the floating navigation, custom cursor, theme toggling, and intersection observers for scroll animations.
• sitemap.xml: XML sitemap for search engine crawlers, linking the homepage and all blog posts.

The blog system is statically hosted on GitHub Pages but dynamically renders .md files in the browser using JavaScript.

• blog/index.html: The main blog listing page with topic filters.
• blog/post.html: The template page that loads requested blog content based on the ?slug= URL parameter.
• blog/blog.css & blog/blog.js: Specific styling and logic for the blog interface.
• blog/fetchPosts.js: Global utility logic that parses the JSON post list.
• blog/posts/: Directory containing all the actual raw Markdown (.md) files.
• blog/posts/posts.json: The central registry mapping slugs to metadata (date, title, tags, read time).

As of the recent overhaul, the site features:

1. Floating Bottom Nav (.floating-nav): A context-aware sticky bar containing quick shortcuts to Home, About, Experience, Community, Blog, and Contact.
2. Slide-In Side Panel (.side-panel): A glassmorphism menu sliding in from the right, organized into "Navigate", "Content", and "Connect" sections.
3. Social Icon Rows (.social-row): Consistent circular icons pointing to external networks (LinkedIn, Twitter, GitHub, etc.) located in the hero section, the side panel, and the footer.

The recent structural overhaul established the framework for several new content areas. The following tasks are pending final implementation:

Three new sections were added to index.html with placeholder text and structural cards. You must update these with your real achievements:

• Projects Section (#projects): Update the title, description, and link (href="#") for your side-projects, apps, or tools.
• Publications Section (#publications): Replace the placeholder title, journal names, and dates for your featured articles or papers.
• In the News Section (#news): Update media mentions, outlet names, and feature dates.

• Verified and updated all social row links to point to the correct handles (mayur_lyf, techunfiltered, Befikarraahi).

• Currently, the blog system only renders internal Markdown files via posts.json. Future enhancements involve implementing a hybrid fetching strategy to pull posts concurrently from a Medium RSS feed and a LinkedIn JSON export into fetchPosts.js.

• Consider adding a GitHub Action to automatically optimize/compress images placed in blog/images/ and convert them to .webp for ideal mobile performance, as recommended during the SEO audit.

Crafted for high performance, accessibility, and modern aesthetics.