How to update your image

You can easily update your image using the Github portal. We store the images in assets/img/ folder. To do this, first we need to go to your Fork of the repository.

Step 1

Create a Fork of the repository in your account

If you already have a fork

Navigate to your Fork of the repository and click on Fetch Upstream to sync it to the current version.

Step 2

In your fork, navigate to assets/img/ folder.

Step 3

Click on Upload Files to add the image in this folder.

Step 4

• Prepare a profile pic, have a one word name (usually better to have it <firstname><lastname>.jpg or <your mcgill username>.jpg, but anything works as long as it doesn't conflict with an image already in the repo)
• Ensure this profile pic is within reasonable size
• Drag and drop your profile pic here.

• Click on "Commit Changes" to add it in your fork

Step 5

• Now, navigate to _data/students.yml file and Click the pencil icon to edit the file.

• Find your entry. In there, edit the image field to your the filename of the image you added.

• Click "Commit Changes" to save your edits

Step 6

Now it is time to submit your Pull Request! In your fork, you should see a "Contribute" link, click that and click on "Open Pull Request"

You should see a Pull Request page like this:

• Add a note in the field (could be same as before) and click on "Create pull request" to submit your change for review

Step 7

After this step, we will receive the Pull Request in this page: https://github.com/rllabmcgill/new_website/pulls . As soon as someone in the moderation team accepts the PR, it will be reflected in the website.