KJ4DIA - Amateur Radio Website

Personal amateur radio website built with Jekyll and the Just the Docs theme.

Live Site: kj4dia.me Author: Michal Ferber, aka TechGuyWithABeard

🛠️ Local Development

Prerequisites

• Ruby 3.0+
• Bundler (gem install bundler)

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/MichalAFerber/kj4dia.me.git
   cd kj4dia.me

2. Install dependencies:

   bundle install

Site Structure

• index.md - Home page with introduction
• documents.md - Certifications and licenses
• links.md - Amateur radio and emergency communications resources
• _config.yml - Jekyll configuration settings
• _includes/ - Custom HTML includes (footer, header)
• assets/ - Static assets (CSS, images, icons)

Configuration

The site is configured via _config.yml with the following key settings:

• Theme: just-the-docs (via jekyll-remote-theme)
• Color Scheme: Dark mode enabled
• Plugins:
  • jekyll-seo-tag
  • jekyll-sitemap
  • jekyll-include-cache

Running Locally

To run this site locally:

# Install dependencies
bundle install

# Serve the site locally
bundle exec jekyll serve

# The site will be available at http://localhost:4000

📦 Deployment

This site is deployed to GitHub Pages automatically whenever changes are pushed to the main branch.

• Workflow: .github/workflows/jekyll.yml
• Source: Static files built from this repo.

Theme

Built with Just the Docs - A modern, high-performance Jekyll theme for documentation.

📝 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.