This is the repository for the new DDMAL website distributed via GitHub Pages. It is a static website that has been modified to run without a CMS. The entirety of the site is stored in this repository, blog contents included. The formatting was adapted from the Lanyon theme, developed by Mark Otto.
To view the old version using Forestry CMS, consult the 'old-forestry-website' branch.
Assuming you have Git installed, open a terminal and clone the repository into any known location on your computer. The documents folder is recommended, though it is up to you.
git clone https://github.com/DDMAL/ddmal.github.io.git
Enter the directory with cd ddmal.github.io, and pull from the repository to your local folder. Specifically, pull from the 'deforested' branch, the branch used by GitHub Pages to host the site.
git pull origin deforested
At this point, the site is able to be edited and run locally. Use the VSCode "Live Server" extension to view the static website in your browser and track changes automatically.
Create a new folder following the firstname_lastname convention under the appropriate subfolder (undergraduate, masters, etc.) in lab_members. Copy the template file from TEMPLATES/lab_member_template into your newly created folder (do not rename the file). Follow the TODO comments and fill in the desired information.
When adding an image for a lab member page, place it in the assets/lab_members directory. Reference the exact filename in the profile photo's src attribute in your index.html file.
You will also need to add a link to your new page in lab_members/index.html. Copy and paste a <li> item from the appropriate subsection in the appropriate alphabetical position. Make sure to update your name in the content and the path to your page. Add a thumnbail to the assets/lab_members/thumbnail folder and link it in the image src, or use the placeholder image. It should resemble this format (undergraduate used as an example here):
<li><a href="../lab_members/undergraduate/first_last/">First Last</a><a href="../lab_members/undergraduate/first_last/"><img class="member_photo_list" src="../assets/lab_members/thumbnail/placeholder.png" /></a></li>
There are two parts of this site updated from Zotero group libraries. (OMR Bibliography and DDMAL) https://www.zotero.org/groups/424851/omr_bibliography https://www.zotero.org/groups/2415821/ddmal
Inside the DDMAL folder, there are four subfolders for Media, Posters, Presentations and Publications respectively.
To create an export, right click on any desired subfolder and select the option Create Bibliography from Collection.... At this point, make sure you have installed the Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition inside the Manage Styles... popup. Then, set Output Mode to Bibliography and Output Method to Save as HTML. Select ok, and name the file one of
DDMAL_< [media, posters, presentations, publications, omr] >.html
depending on which folder you are exporting. Then, save it inside the zotero_export/ folder within this directory.
NOTE: make sure your generated HTML file contains all of the content you want displayed for the given page, old and new. Once the script is run, the existing page content will be replaced with the contents of your generated file, so include previous content you want to keep as well as any new modifications.
Next, run the html_parser.py script at the top level of this directory (works on Python 3.7, have not checked others). You will be prompted to input text based on which type of citations you would like to update, one of the three or all. The changes will be reflected in the content.json files in each of the specified folders, which are dynamically displayed in the static pages. Open any modified pages locally to ensure they display correctly before pushing to this repository.
There is another GitHub Actions script called github_html_parser.py that was used in an attempt to automatically update the citation markdown files when zotero_export/ files are updated and pushed to the repo. It is currently deprecated.
If you are having any difficulties with setup or local development, please use the issues tab found in this repository.