diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..437459cd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.5.0
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7bc287733b..30388fbfe8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (5.2.4.3)
+    activesupport (6.0.5.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-    addressable (2.8.0)
-      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
+    addressable (2.8.1)
+      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
     coffee-script (2.4.1)
       coffee-script-source
       execjs
@@ -15,86 +16,107 @@ GEM
     colorator (1.1.0)
     commonmarker (0.17.13)
       ruby-enum (~> 0.5)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.1.6)
-    dnsruby (1.61.3)
-      addressable (~> 2.5)
-    em-websocket (0.5.1)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.1.10)
+    dnsruby (1.61.9)
+      simpleidn (~> 0.1)
+    em-websocket (0.5.3)
       eventmachine (>= 0.12.9)
-      http_parser.rb (~> 0.6.0)
-    ethon (0.12.0)
-      ffi (>= 1.3.0)
+      http_parser.rb (~> 0)
+    ethon (0.15.0)
+      ffi (>= 1.15.0)
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
-    eventmachine (1.2.7-x64-mingw32)
-    execjs (2.7.0)
-    faraday (1.0.1)
-      multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
-    ffi (1.12.2)
-    ffi (1.12.2-x64-mingw32)
+    execjs (2.8.1)
+    faraday (1.10.2)
+      faraday-em_http (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-em_synchrony (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-excon (~> 1.1)
+      faraday-httpclient (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-multipart (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-net_http (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-net_http_persistent (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-patron (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-rack (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-retry (~> 1.0)
+      ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
+    faraday-em_http (1.0.0)
+    faraday-em_synchrony (1.0.0)
+    faraday-excon (1.1.0)
+    faraday-httpclient (1.0.1)
+    faraday-multipart (1.0.4)
+      multipart-post (~> 2)
+    faraday-net_http (1.0.1)
+    faraday-net_http_persistent (1.2.0)
+    faraday-patron (1.0.0)
+    faraday-rack (1.0.0)
+    faraday-retry (1.0.3)
+    ffi (1.15.5)
     forwardable-extended (2.6.0)
     gemoji (3.0.1)
-    github-pages (204)
-      github-pages-health-check (= 1.16.1)
-      jekyll (= 3.8.5)
+    github-pages (223)
+      github-pages-health-check (= 1.17.9)
+      jekyll (= 3.9.0)
       jekyll-avatar (= 0.7.0)
       jekyll-coffeescript (= 1.1.1)
       jekyll-commonmark-ghpages (= 0.1.6)
       jekyll-default-layout (= 0.1.4)
-      jekyll-feed (= 0.13.0)
+      jekyll-feed (= 0.15.1)
       jekyll-gist (= 1.5.0)
       jekyll-github-metadata (= 2.13.0)
-      jekyll-mentions (= 1.5.1)
+      jekyll-include-cache (= 0.2.1)
+      jekyll-mentions (= 1.6.0)
       jekyll-optional-front-matter (= 0.3.2)
       jekyll-paginate (= 1.1.0)
       jekyll-readme-index (= 0.3.0)
-      jekyll-redirect-from (= 0.15.0)
+      jekyll-redirect-from (= 0.16.0)
       jekyll-relative-links (= 0.6.1)
-      jekyll-remote-theme (= 0.4.1)
+      jekyll-remote-theme (= 0.4.3)
       jekyll-sass-converter (= 1.5.2)
-      jekyll-seo-tag (= 2.6.1)
+      jekyll-seo-tag (= 2.7.1)
       jekyll-sitemap (= 1.4.0)
       jekyll-swiss (= 1.0.0)
-      jekyll-theme-architect (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-cayman (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-dinky (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-hacker (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-leap-day (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-merlot (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-midnight (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-minimal (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-modernist (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-primer (= 0.5.4)
-      jekyll-theme-slate (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-tactile (= 0.1.1)
-      jekyll-theme-time-machine (= 0.1.1)
+      jekyll-theme-architect (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-cayman (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-dinky (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-hacker (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-leap-day (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-merlot (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-midnight (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-minimal (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-modernist (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-primer (= 0.6.0)
+      jekyll-theme-slate (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-tactile (= 0.2.0)
+      jekyll-theme-time-machine (= 0.2.0)
       jekyll-titles-from-headings (= 0.5.3)
-      jemoji (= 0.11.1)
-      kramdown (= 1.17.0)
+      jemoji (= 0.12.0)
+      kramdown (= 2.3.1)
+      kramdown-parser-gfm (= 1.1.0)
       liquid (= 4.0.3)
       mercenary (~> 0.3)
       minima (= 2.5.1)
-      nokogiri (>= 1.10.4, < 2.0)
-      rouge (= 3.13.0)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.12.5, < 2.0)
+      rouge (= 3.26.0)
       terminal-table (~> 1.4)
-    github-pages-health-check (1.16.1)
+    github-pages-health-check (1.17.9)
       addressable (~> 2.3)
       dnsruby (~> 1.60)
       octokit (~> 4.0)
-      public_suffix (~> 3.0)
+      public_suffix (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
       typhoeus (~> 1.3)
-    html-pipeline (2.12.3)
+    html-pipeline (2.14.2)
       activesupport (>= 2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.4)
-    http_parser.rb (0.6.0)
+    http_parser.rb (0.8.0)
     i18n (0.9.5)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    jekyll (3.8.5)
+    jekyll (3.9.0)
       addressable (~> 2.4)
       colorator (~> 1.0)
       em-websocket (~> 0.5)
       i18n (~> 0.7)
       jekyll-sass-converter (~> 1.0)
       jekyll-watch (~> 2.0)
-      kramdown (~> 1.14)
+      kramdown (>= 1.17, < 3)
       liquid (~> 4.0)
       mercenary (~> 0.3.3)
       pathutil (~> 0.9)
@@ -114,14 +136,16 @@ GEM
       rouge (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
     jekyll-default-layout (0.1.4)
       jekyll (~> 3.0)
-    jekyll-feed (0.13.0)
+    jekyll-feed (0.15.1)
       jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
     jekyll-gist (1.5.0)
       octokit (~> 4.2)
     jekyll-github-metadata (2.13.0)
       jekyll (>= 3.4, < 5.0)
       octokit (~> 4.0, != 4.4.0)
-    jekyll-mentions (1.5.1)
+    jekyll-include-cache (0.2.1)
+      jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-mentions (1.6.0)
       html-pipeline (~> 2.3)
       jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
     jekyll-optional-front-matter (0.3.2)
@@ -129,110 +153,114 @@ GEM
     jekyll-paginate (1.1.0)
     jekyll-readme-index (0.3.0)
       jekyll (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
-    jekyll-redirect-from (0.15.0)
+    jekyll-redirect-from (0.16.0)
       jekyll (>= 3.3, < 5.0)
     jekyll-relative-links (0.6.1)
       jekyll (>= 3.3, < 5.0)
-    jekyll-remote-theme (0.4.1)
+    jekyll-remote-theme (0.4.3)
       addressable (~> 2.0)
       jekyll (>= 3.5, < 5.0)
-      rubyzip (>= 1.3.0)
+      jekyll-sass-converter (>= 1.0, <= 3.0.0, != 2.0.0)
+      rubyzip (>= 1.3.0, < 3.0)
     jekyll-sass-converter (1.5.2)
       sass (~> 3.4)
-    jekyll-seo-tag (2.6.1)
-      jekyll (>= 3.3, < 5.0)
+    jekyll-seo-tag (2.7.1)
+      jekyll (>= 3.8, < 5.0)
     jekyll-sitemap (1.4.0)
       jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
     jekyll-swiss (1.0.0)
-    jekyll-theme-architect (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-architect (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-cayman (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-cayman (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-dinky (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-dinky (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-hacker (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-hacker (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-leap-day (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-leap-day (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-merlot (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-merlot (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-midnight (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-midnight (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-minimal (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-minimal (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-modernist (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-modernist (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-primer (0.5.4)
+    jekyll-theme-primer (0.6.0)
       jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-github-metadata (~> 2.9)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-slate (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-slate (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-tactile (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-tactile (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
-    jekyll-theme-time-machine (0.1.1)
-      jekyll (~> 3.5)
+    jekyll-theme-time-machine (0.2.0)
+      jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
     jekyll-titles-from-headings (0.5.3)
       jekyll (>= 3.3, < 5.0)
     jekyll-watch (2.2.1)
       listen (~> 3.0)
-    jemoji (0.11.1)
+    jemoji (0.12.0)
       gemoji (~> 3.0)
       html-pipeline (~> 2.2)
       jekyll (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
-    kramdown (1.17.0)
+    kramdown (2.3.1)
+      rexml
+    kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0)
+      kramdown (~> 2.0)
     liquid (4.0.3)
-    listen (3.2.1)
+    listen (3.7.1)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
     mercenary (0.3.6)
-    mini_portile2 (2.8.0)
     minima (2.5.1)
       jekyll (>= 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-feed (~> 0.9)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.1)
-    minitest (5.14.1)
-    multipart-post (2.1.1)
-    nokogiri (1.13.6)
-      mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.0)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.13.6-x64-mingw32)
+    minitest (5.15.0)
+    multipart-post (2.2.3)
+    nokogiri (1.12.5-x86_64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    octokit (4.18.0)
-      faraday (>= 0.9)
-      sawyer (~> 0.8.0, >= 0.5.3)
+    octokit (4.25.1)
+      faraday (>= 1, < 3)
+      sawyer (~> 0.9)
     pathutil (0.16.2)
       forwardable-extended (~> 2.6)
-    public_suffix (3.1.1)
+    public_suffix (4.0.7)
     racc (1.6.0)
-    rb-fsevent (0.10.4)
+    rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.10.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    rouge (3.13.0)
-    ruby-enum (0.8.0)
+    rexml (3.2.5)
+    rouge (3.26.0)
+    ruby-enum (0.9.0)
       i18n
-    rubyzip (1.3.0)
+    ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
+    rubyzip (2.3.2)
     safe_yaml (1.0.5)
     sass (3.7.4)
       sass-listen (~> 4.0.0)
     sass-listen (4.0.0)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
-    sawyer (0.8.2)
+    sawyer (0.9.2)
       addressable (>= 2.3.5)
-      faraday (> 0.8, < 2.0)
+      faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 3)
+    simpleidn (0.2.1)
+      unf (~> 0.1.4)
     terminal-table (1.8.0)
       unicode-display_width (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.1)
     thread_safe (0.3.6)
@@ -240,14 +268,17 @@ GEM
       ethon (>= 0.9.0)
     tzinfo (1.2.10)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
-    unicode-display_width (1.7.0)
+    unf (0.1.4)
+      unf_ext
+    unf_ext (0.0.8.2)
+    unicode-display_width (1.8.0)
+    zeitwerk (2.6.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
-  ruby
-  x64-mingw32
+  x86_64-darwin-21
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   github-pages
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.1.4
+   2.3.21
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac8dafcce3..824d7f0673 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,29 +12,35 @@ To test locally, run the following in your terminal:
 
 1. Clone repo locally
 1. `bundle install`
-2. `bundle exec jekyll serve`
-3. Open your browser to `localhost:4000`
+1. `bundle exec jekyll serve`
+1. Open your browser to `localhost:4000`
 
 ### Running locally with Docker
 
-To test locally with docker, run the following in your terminal after installing docker into your system:
+To test locally with Docker, run the following in your terminal after installing Docker into your system:
 
 1. `docker image build -t resume-template .`
-2. `docker run --rm --name resume-template -v "$PWD":/home/app --network host resume-template`
+1. `docker run --rm --name resume-template -v "$PWD":/home/app --network host resume-template`
 
 ### Customizing
 
-First you'll want to fork the repo to your own account. Then clone it locally and customize, or use the GitHub web editor to customize.
+First, you'll want to fork the repo to your own account. Then clone it locally and customize, or use the GitHub web editor to customize.
 
-#### Options/configuration
+#### Options / configuration
 
-Most of the basic customization will take place in the `/_config.yml` file. Here is a list of customizations available via `/_config.yml`:
+Most of the basic customization will take place in the [`/_config.yml`](_config.yml) file. Here is a list of customizations available via `/_config.yml`:
 
-[...write these out...]
+* Avatar
+* Name
+* Title
+* Contact information: email, telephone, & address
+* Introduction
+* Social media links
+* Show/ hide sections: experience, education, projects, skills, recognition, links, associations, interests
 
 #### Editing content
 
-Most of the content configuration will take place in the `/_layouts/resume.html` file. Simply edit the markup there accordingly
+Most of the content configuration will take place in the [`/_layouts/resume.html`](_layouts/resume.html) file. Simply edit the markup there accordingly.
 
 ### Publishing to GitHub Pages for free
 
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ Most of the content configuration will take place in the `/_layouts/resume.html`
 
 ### Configuring with your own domain name
 
-To setup your GH Pages site with a custom domain, [follow the instructions](https://help.github.com/articles/setting-up-a-custom-domain-with-github-pages/) on the GitHub Help site for that topic.
+To set up your GH Pages site with a custom domain, [follow the instructions](https://help.github.com/articles/setting-up-a-custom-domain-with-github-pages/) on the GitHub Help site for that topic.
 
 ### Themes
 
@@ -50,17 +56,17 @@ Right now resume-template only has one theme. More are coming :soon: though. :he
 
 ## Roadmap
 
-A feature roadmap is [available here](https://github.com/jglovier/resume-template/projects/1). If you features suggestions, please [open a new issue](https://github.com/jglovier/resume-template/issues/new).
+A feature roadmap is [available here](https://github.com/jglovier/resume-template/projects/1). If you have feature suggestions, please [open a new issue](https://github.com/jglovier/resume-template/issues/new).
 
 ## Contributing
 
-If you spot a bug, or want to improve the code, or even make the dummy content better, you can do the following:
+If you spot a bug, want to improve the code, or even make the dummy content better, you can do the following:
 
 1. [Open an issue](https://github.com/jglovier/resume-template/issues/new) describing the bug or feature idea
 2. Fork the project, make changes, and submit a pull request
 
 ## License
 
-The code and styles are licensed under the MIT license. [See project license.](LICENSE) Obviously you should not use the content of this demo repo in your own resume. :wink:
+The code and styles are licensed under the MIT license. [See project license.](LICENSE) Obviously, you should not use the content of this demo repo in your own resume. :wink:
 
-Disclaimer: Use of Homer J. Simpson image and name used under [Fair Use](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use) for educational purposes. Project license does not apply to use of this material.
+Disclaimer: Use of Homer J. Simpson image and name used under [Fair Use](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use) for educational purposes. The project license does not apply to the use of this material.
diff --git a/_sass/_base.scss b/_sass/_base.scss
index bb424d2596..4b615a4b48 100644
--- a/_sass/_base.scss
+++ b/_sass/_base.scss
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }
 
 html {
-  background: $white;
+  background: $background-white;
 }
 
 body{
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ body{
 
 ::-moz-selection {
     background: rgba(51,51,51,.8);
-    color: #fff;
+    color: $white;
     text-shadow: none;
 }
 ::selection {
     background: rgba(51,51,51,.8);
-    color: #fff;
+    color: $white;
     text-shadow: none;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_sass/_resume.scss b/_sass/_resume.scss
index c93dc835b4..6934cac3b3 100644
--- a/_sass/_resume.scss
+++ b/_sass/_resume.scss
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   .icon-link { display: inline-block;
 
     &:hover .icon path {
-      fill: #333;
+      fill: $black;
       @include transition(all .2s ease);
     }
   }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 .contact-button {
   @include border-radius(3px);
-  background-color: #efefef;
+  background-color: $button;
   text-decoration: none;
   text-align: center;
   display: block;
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@
   width: 220px;
   font-size: 1.375rem;
   @include sans_light;
-  color: #333;
+  color: $black;
   line-height: 55px;
   @include transition(all .2s ease);
 
   &:hover {
-    background-color: #333;
-    color: #fff;
+    background-color: $black;
+    color: $white
   }
 
   &.not-looking { width: 400px; }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
   .resume-item-copy,
   .resume-item-list {
     a {
-      color: #333;
+      color: $black;
       text-decoration: none;
       border-bottom: 1px solid;
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 
     > a {
       font-weight: 700;
-      color: #333;
+      color: $black;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/_sass/_variables.scss b/_sass/_variables.scss
index 9bff935d69..c4193794ce 100644
--- a/_sass/_variables.scss
+++ b/_sass/_variables.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ $grid-gutter:     10px !default;
 // Colors
 $white:             #fff;
 $black:             #333;
+$background-white:  #fcfaf6; // off white
+$button:            darken($background-white, 20%);
 
 // Styles
 $text_color:        $black;