If you want to customize the Chirpy theme, you can follow the steps below.

1. Copy css/html/js files you want to change from the Chirpy repo to your blog project.

2. Update these files.

Sidebar style

• add background image
• change font color

assets/css/jekyll-theme-chirpy.scss

/* append your custom style below */
#sidebar {
    background-image: url(https://s2.loli.net/2024/08/09/v6sS1XEWTykIlDb.jpg); /* <- change background image */
    background-size: cover; /* <- customize the image size */
    background-repeat: no-repeat; /* <- no-repeat */
    background-position: top; /* <- image position */
}
#sidebar .site-title a {
  color: #ffffff;
  text-shadow: 5px 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
#sidebar .site-subtitle {
  color: #ffffff;
  text-shadow: 2px 2px 3px rgba(0,0,0, 0.7);
}
#sidebar .sidebar-bottom .mode-toggle, #sidebar a {
  color: #ffffff;
}
#sidebar .sidebar-bottom .btn {
  color: var(--sidebar-btn-color);
}

About page

• add github commit graph

_tabs/about.md

<!-- GOES INTO HEAD -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://lengthylyova.pythonanywhere.com/static/gh-contrib-graph/gh.css">

<!-- GOES INTO BODY -->
<div id="gh" data-login="winterfx"></div>

<!-- GOES INTO THE END OF BODY -->
<script src="https://lengthylyova.pythonanywhere.com/static/gh-contrib-graph/gh.js"></script>

AI Chatbot

• prepare a dify ai agent with your blog data as knowledge base
• add script to home page

_layouts/home.html

<!-- dify-->
<script>
 window.difyChatbotConfig = {
  token: 'bRCi8WcUPiBl1Ays'
 }
</script>
<script
 src="https://udify.app/embed.min.js"
 id="bRCi8WcUPiBl1Ays"
 defer>
</script>
<style>
  #dify-chatbot-bubble-button {
    background-color: #1C64F2 !important;
  }
</style>