How to edit a Student Profile page ?

1. Update using the Google Form
• Easier if you are making a lot of changes.
• If you want to just change one variable. You will have to copy the rest of the existing values to the Google Form.
• View Google Form.
Notes:
• Cannot add custom HTML to the page, if you are using the Google Form option
• Do not update using Pull Requests if you already filled the Google Form .


2. Update using GitHub Pull Request
• Easier if you are familiar with GitHub Pull Requests and/or you want to make a small change.
• To add custom HTML to the page, use this method.
• Follow the steps below to update using a Pull Request

Update using GitHub Pull Request

1. Go to the student profile page that needs to be edited
• Manually navigate to the page
• Or, use the search page to find it (On the search page your registration number)
• If your profile page is missing, please click here , and upload it


2. Click the "Edit this page on GitHub" link at the bottom of the page.


3. Click on the "Edit" icon .


4. Make your changes to the file
   
   Listed below are the variables that are used to edit your profile page.
   Note: If you want to keep a value as empty, type # next to the variable
   Click here to view the locations of those variables on the page
   

   Variable	Description
   layout	Used internally. Do not change.
   permalink	The link to your profile page. Do not change
   title	The title of your profile page. Write your name with initials here. This might be changed by the admin later.
   reg_no	Your registration number
   batch	Your batch number. Used internally. Do not change
   department	Your department. It should be either "Computer" or "Mechanical"
   current_affiliation	Change this if you're working for a company
   full_name	Your full name that is displayed in the page
   name_with_initials	This is displayed in the batch page.
   preferred_short_name	Displayed under the photo
   preferred_long_name	Displayed in the page
   honorific	Mr. / Miss. ... etc
   email_faculty	@eng.pdn.ac.lk email address
   email_personal	Your personal email address. This is optional.
   location	Where you are from
   url_cv	Link to your CV
   url_website	Link to your website
   url_linkedin	Link to your LinkedIn profile
   url_github	Link to your GitHub profile
   url_researchgate	Link to your ResearchGate profile
   url_twitter	Link to your Twitter profile
   interests	List your interests in comma separated format. Eg: IoT, Machine Learning, Embedded Systems
   projects_done	This will be filed automatically. Do not change
   image_url	This is the image on your profile page. Do not change for now. If you want to change the profile picture. Follow these instructions separately.

   Example:

               
   ---
   layout: studentDetails
   permalink: "/students/e18/098/"
   title: K.A.I. Fernando
   
   reg_no: E/18/098
   batch: E18
   
   department: Computer Engineering
   current_affiliation: Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya
   
   full_name: Kurukulasuriya Anton Ishan Fernando
   name_with_initials: K.A.I. Fernando
   preferred_short_name: Ishan
   preferred_long_name: Ishan Fernando
   honorific: Mr.
   
   email_faculty: e18098@eng.pdn.ac.lk
   email_personal: #
   
   location: Negombo
   
   url_cv: #
   url_website: #
   url_linkedin: #
   url_github: https://github.com/ishanfdo18098
   url_facebook: https://facebook.com/ishanfdo
   url_researchgate: #
   url_twitter: #
   
   interests: interest1, interest2
   projects_done: []
   image_url: "images/students/e18/e18098.jpg"
   ---
               
           



5. To add custom HTML to the page. Write the HTML content below the triple dashes ("---") at the bottom.


6. Scroll down then click the "Propose Changes" button .


7. Click the "Create Pull Request" button .


8. Click the "Create Pull Request" button again.


9. Now an admin/a maintainer will approve these changes within 48hrs.