tutorial for making websites with Rmarkdown including git and github
website of MattCrump and his ghithub repository used for his website
book on Rmarkdown used for this website
How to make a beautiful publication list
You can use icons on the navigation bar. Icons from three different icon sets are available. Font Awesome Ionicons Bootstrap Glyphicons When referring to an icon, you should use its full name including the icon set prefix (e.g., fa-github, ion-social-twitter, and glyphicon-time).
Name your folder on github with the name username.github.io in order to have this as website address. If your folder has another name, then, your address will be username.github.io/that_other_name