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The most effective way to customize Color Melt is to focus on content before style. Getting your real name, projects, and professional details into the theme first gives you something accurate to look at — then color and layout adjustments become much easier to evaluate. This guide walks you through every editable section in the order that produces the least confusion and the most visible progress.

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Recommended Editing Order

Work through the pages below in sequence. Each step builds on the previous one, so your homepage introduction is correct before you start linking to other pages.
1

Homepage introduction — index.html

Open index.html at the repository root. Replace the starter name, headline, and tagline with your own. This is the first thing every visitor sees, so getting it right early sets the tone for the rest of your edits.
2

About page biography — pages/About.html

Open pages/About.html and replace the placeholder biography with your own background, career path, interests, and anything else that helps visitors understand who you are. The About page should sound human — it does not need to be formal.
3

Projects — pages/Projects.html

Open pages/Projects.html and replace every starter project entry with a real one. Update titles, descriptions, screenshot references, and external links (live URL, GitHub repo). Add or remove project blocks to match the number of projects you want to feature.
4

Skills — pages/Skills.html

Open pages/Skills.html and replace the starter technology and tool entries with your actual skills. Group them in whatever way is most readable for your stack — by language, category, or proficiency level.
5

Work history — pages/Work.html

Open pages/Work.html and update employer names, job titles, employment dates, and role descriptions. If you are a student or freelancer, adapt the entries to reflect your actual experience — coursework, freelance clients, or independent projects all count.
6

Case studies — pages/CaseStudies.html

Open pages/CaseStudies.html and replace the starter case study content with a deeper breakdown of your best or most complex work. A good case study explains the problem, your process, your decisions, and what you shipped.
7

Articles — pages/Articles.html

Open pages/Articles.html and replace any starter article entries with links to your own writing, or remove entries you do not need. If you do not have published articles yet, consider leaving this page for later or using it for technical notes.
8

Testimonials — pages/Testimonials.html

Open pages/Testimonials.html and replace the starter testimonials with real ones. If you do not have testimonials yet, remove the placeholder entries until you have something genuine to add — an empty section is better than invented quotes.
9

Contact information — pages/Contact.html

Open pages/Contact.html and replace all placeholder contact details with your own: email address, GitHub profile URL, LinkedIn URL, and any other public links you want to include. Do not leave starter links in place — they route visitors to the wrong person.

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Editing HTML Files

Every page in Color Melt is a plain HTML file. No build step, compilation, or server restart is required to edit them — open the file in any code editor, find the text you want to change, replace it, and save. The simplest edits are straightforward text swaps. Find the starter content and type your own in its place. For links, update both the href attribute and the visible link text. For images, update the src attribute to point to your own file. Here is a basic example of replacing the homepage introduction:
Before
<h1>Your Name Here</h1>
<p>Creative developer based somewhere cool.</p>
After
<h1>Alex Rivera</h1>
<p>Full-stack developer based in Portland, OR.</p>
The structure of the surrounding HTML stays the same. You are only replacing the text between the tags — no brackets, attributes, or classes need to change for a basic content edit like this.

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Checklist Before Publishing

Go through this checklist before sharing your live URL. It covers the most common things people forget during a first customization pass.
  • Replace the homepage intro, name, headline, and tagline in index.html
  • Confirm your name appears correctly in the browser tab title
  • Update the About page biography with your real background
  • Remove or rewrite any starter text that does not apply to you
  • Add real projects with actual titles, descriptions, and screenshots
  • Replace starter project links with your live URLs and GitHub repos
  • Update the work history with real employers, roles, and dates
  • Update the Skills page to reflect your actual technologies and tools
  • Remove any placeholder skill entries that do not apply
  • Confirm .nojekyll is present at the repository root beside index.html
  • Confirm index.html is at the root, not nested inside a subfolder
A strong portfolio comes from honest, specific writing — explain your actual decisions and what you learned, not just what you built.

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