My portfolio is live! 🎉
Today I finally bought a domain at andreizgirvaci.com 🎉
I am not sure if I am the only one, but I feel like I am finally an adult because now I own my own domain and have a personal portfolio on it. 💪
I used namecheap.com to buy my domain which came up pretty cheap: ~$9 and I used a coupon that dropped the price even more, to: ~$7. I always like to get things cheaper 🤷♂️. P.s here is the coupon if you would like to use it: COUPONFCNC
It was super easy to connect my present website which is hosted on vercel.com to my domain.
Next step was to add some SEO meta tags, here is a list if you would like to use them:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> <link rel="canonical" href={META.siteUrl}></link>
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
<meta name="theme-color" content="#7f5af0" /> <title>{META.title}</title>
<meta name="description" content={META.description} key="description" /> {}
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" key="twitter_card"
/>
<meta name="twitter:title" content={META.title} key="twitter_title" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content={META.description} key="twitter_description"
/>
<meta name="twitter:image:src" content={META.image} key="twitter_image"
/>
<meta name="twitter:image:alt" content={META.imageAlt} key="twitter_image_alt"
/>
<meta name="twitter:site" content={META.twitterHandle} key="twitter_site"
/>
<meta name="twitter:creator" content={META.twitterHandle} key="twitter_creator"
/> {}
<meta property="og:type" content="website" key="og_type" />
<meta property="og:title" content={META.title} key="og_title" />
<meta property="og:description" content={META.description} key="og_description"
/>
<meta property="og:image" content={META.image} key="og_image"
/>
<meta property="og:image:alt" content={META.imageAlt} key="og_image_alt"
/>
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Andrei.Zgirvaci" key="og_site_name"
/>
<meta property="og:url" content={META.siteUrl} key="og_url" />
You can see that I use key, this ensures there will be no duplicates in the <head> if similar metas appear later in other pages. I am using next.js btw... Also, you might see that I use a const META which is basically a JSON file where I store all my meta content.
Also, it's a good idea to verify your domain on google search which will also benefit your SEO!
Another cool thing I managed to do today was to link my current blog to my domain. Now you can find my blog at blog.andreizgirvaci.com 😊
And just as a side note, when you move your blog from hashnode to your domain, all the SEO will be transferred which is super cool! This is a tweet where Sandeep Panda (Founder of Hashnode) confirmed my assumption!
https://twitter.com/sandeepg33k/status/1365296725053767683
That's it for today folks! It was quite a busy week for me trying to get this portfolio done. 🏋️♀️ Next week I will add my new website to my email signature and also will share it with you so you can see the process of how I built it. 😊 Till next time! 👋
p.s 🤫 I recently started a podcast called The Anxious Developer where I share my knowledge on how to reduce your stress, become more present and productive as a Developer. I would love to hear your thoughts on it! 😊
Remember, you are worthy, you are loved and you matter! Have a great day! ❤️
Congrats, just for your info McAfee marks your site as suspicious because it contains PUPs.
Thank you for the insight. I don’t believe I have pop ups on the website so that’s weird. I will take a look at it! Thanks! 🙏