Merge pull request #7 from varadbhogayata/varadbhogayata-update-readme

Update README.md

Author: varadbhogayata

README.md

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-# Portfolio - A one page static website using GitHub Pages
+# Personal Portfolio 🔥
+> A clean, beautiful, responsive portfolio template for Software Developers!
 
-Tools used to build this website:
+[![HitCount](http://hits.dwyl.com/varadbhogayata/varadbhogayatagithubio.svg)](http://hits.dwyl.com/varadbhogayata/varadbhogayatagithubio)
+[![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained-yes-green.svg)](https://github.com/varadbhogayata/varadbhogayata.github.io/commits/master)
+[![Website shields.io](https://img.shields.io/badge/website-up-yellow)](http://varadbhogayata.github.io/)
+[![Ask Me Anything !](https://img.shields.io/badge/ask%20me-linkedin-1abc9c.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/varadbhogayata/)
+[![License](http://img.shields.io/:license-mit-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://badges.mit-license.org)
 
-* <b>GitHub Pages</b> - To host my static website (HTML, CSS, JS) totally for free!
-* <b>Materialize</b> - A useful CSS framework to get Google's Material Design components.
+### Website Preview
+<p align="center"> 
+  <kbd>
+    <a href="https://varadbhogayata.github.io" target="_blank"><img src="readme_images/preview.JPG">
+  </a>
+  </kbd>
+</p>
 
-# How to use my template?
-* Clone the repository 
-* Change the content of <b>index.html</b> according to your need.
-* Add/Remove images from <b>root/assets/img</b> folder.
+:star: Star us on GitHub — it helps!
+
+## Installation & Deployment 📦
+- Clone the repository and modify the content of <b>index.html</b> according to your requirement.
+- Add or remove images from `varadbhogayata.github.io/assets/img/` directory as per your requirement.
+- I highly recommend to use [Github Pages](https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment/#github-pages) to deploy the website the EASIEST WAY.
+- To deploy your website, first you need to create github repository with name `<your-github-username>.github.io`. Please don't give any other name.
+- Push the generated code to the `master` branch of this repository.
+
+## Sections 📚
+✔️ About me\
+✔️ Experience\
+✔️ Projects \
+✔️ Skills \
+✔️ Education\
+✔️ Contact Info\
+✔️ Resume\
+
+To view a live example, **[click here](https://varadbhogayata.github.io/)**
+
+## Tools Used 🛠️
+* <b>GitHub Pages</b> - To host my static website (HTML, CSS, JS).
+* <b>Materialize</b> - A CSS framework to get Google's Material Design components.
+
+## Contributing 💡
+#### Step 1
+
+- **Option 1**
+    - 🍴 Fork this repo!
+
+- **Option 2**
+    - 👯 Clone this repo to your local machine.
+
+
+#### Step 2
+
+- **Build your code** 🔨🔨🔨
+
+#### Step 3
+
+- 🔃 Create a new pull request.
+
+## License 📄
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE.md](./LICENSE) file for details.