webs-aight

Source for derekwakefield.com, built with Quarto and deployed via GitHub Pages.

Edit and preview locally

quarto preview

The site builds at http://localhost:4444. Edit any .qmd file and the page reloads automatically.

Pages

• index.qmd — Home (About + Background)
• research.qmd — Dissertation, publications, working papers
• teaching.qmd — Awards and courses
• service.qmd — Service positions, SOCA, PRESS
• cv.qmd — CV (links to assets/cv.pdf)
• now.qmd — Now page, updated monthly
• writing.qmd — Longer-form posts, listed from posts/

Add a writing post

Create a new file in posts/, e.g. posts/2026-05-15-some-thoughts.qmd:

---
title: "Some thoughts on something"
date: "2026-05-15"
description: "One-sentence summary that shows up in the listing."
---

Body goes here.

It appears automatically on writing.qmd once you push.

Update Now

Edit now.qmd. Replace the current month with the new one. Move the previous month's content into the "Past months" section.

git add now.qmd
git commit -m "May 2026 Now"
git push

Deploy

Every push to main triggers .github/workflows/publish.yml, which builds the site with Quarto and publishes the result to the gh-pages branch. GitHub Pages serves that branch at https://derekwakefield.com.

Manual one-off publish (rarely needed):

quarto publish gh-pages

Repo layout

webs-aight/
├── _quarto.yml             # Site config (nav, theme, footer)
├── index.qmd               # Home
├── research.qmd
├── teaching.qmd
├── service.qmd
├── cv.qmd
├── now.qmd
├── writing.qmd
├── styles.css              # Light styling layered over Cosmo theme
├── README.md
├── .gitignore
├── assets/
│   ├── cv.pdf              # Drop your current CV here
│   └── headshot.jpg        # Drop a ~600x600 headshot here
├── posts/                  # Writing posts (one .qmd file per post)
└── .github/
    └── workflows/
        └── publish.yml     # Auto-deploy on push

Theme

Currently using Cosmo (light) and Darkly (dark, auto-toggled by reader preference). Change in _quarto.yml under format.html.theme.