Not everything you keep track of is a book or a film. Maybe it's the side projects you've shipped, sold, or shut down. Maybe it's recipes you want to make, places you want to go, or tools you swear by. Most people keep these in a spreadsheet nobody else will ever open. On Logfolio you can give each one its own type and share it like the rest of your page.
Make a type
Your own types are part of Pro. In the sidebar, choose New type. You can start from a template and change anything:
- Projects, with a link and an About field.
- Recipes, with a link, a cuisine, and a cooking time.
- Places, with a city and a country.
- Tools, with a link, a category, and an About field.
Or start blank. Give the type a name and an emoji, then choose how it looks on your page: a List for things that are mostly text, or a Grid of tiles.
Track only what you need
Every type can switch on four things, and all of them start off:
- Status, with two steps you name yourself, like Active and Archived, or Want to go and Been.
- Rating, from half a star to five.
- Date, for when it happened.
- Year, for when it launched or was made.
A side projects list might only need Year. A list of places might want Status, Rating, and Date.
Add your own fields
Each type can have up to 12 fields of its own. Pick a kind for each: Text, Long text, Number, Rating, Date, Pick one, Tags, or Link.
Two buttons sit next to every field:
- The eye decides whether the field shows on your public page. New fields start hidden, so nothing goes public until you say so.
- Aa decides whether the label shows. Turn it off and your page says "Astro" instead of "Tech stack: Astro". Links, short descriptions, and tech stacks usually read better without labels.
On your page, each row reads top to bottom: the name and year, then the long text as a short description, then the rest of the fields on one line, with tags at the end.
Use tags as filters
A Tags field turns into filter buttons on your public page. For side projects, tag each one active, for sale, sold, or dead, and visitors can tap a tag to see just those, with a count next to each. One project can carry more than one tag, so something live and up for sale can be both.
Pull projects in from GitHub
If your projects live on GitHub, you don't have to type them in. Open Settings, then Import, and connect GitHub under Connected accounts. When you connect, you choose where your repos go: a new Projects type, or one you already have. Then you tick the repos you want. Nothing is ticked for you, and forks are left out.
Each repo brings its link, its description, its main language, and its stars. GitHub stays up to date on its own each day, and new repos wait for you to review them before anything appears on your page. Find out more on the GitHub integration page.
Put it where people will see it
Your type gets its own page at logfolio.co/yourname/your-type, and a section on your profile. With Pro you can decide where that section sits: open Settings, then Profile sections, and move it up or down, or switch off any section you'd rather not show.
Ideas for your first type
- Side projects: name, year, link, a one-line description, tech stack, and a status tag.
- Recipes: Want to make and Made, a rating, the link, and the cuisine.
- Places: Want to go and Been, a rating, the date you went, the city, and the country.
- Tools: Want to try and Use, a rating, the link, and what it's for.
- Gear, plants, coffee, board games: anything you'd otherwise keep in a spreadsheet.
You can make up to 50 types, so there's room for whatever you collect. For a finished example, see a sample side projects page.