add-content-long-version.md

Table of Contents

• Academic Website Template
  • Adding content to your website
  • Further customization
  • Other useful resources

Academic Website Template

Adding content to your website

This is a detailed version of how to add content to your site. It has all the details about managing your website and should get you through, even if you don't know anything about programming.

• Add content to existing pages

  • Regular content

    You can find the current pages in the _pages directory. To add new content, just write it in the file and save it. Also modify the page's metadata at the top of the page if you need to.

    If you would like to change the name of the page in the menu bar, you have to modify it in the navigation.yml file that is in the _data directory.

  • Yaml content

    The Research, Publications, Talks, and Software pages list the relevant information by collecting it from its associated yaml file. These files are located in the _data directory and have the same name as the page (e.g., Research).

    To modify its content, just substitute the current information with your information. Keep the "" if there are any. Optional fields are identified with comments.

  • Featured rows

    The home and research pages contain a feature row to highlight your interests. To modify these rows, you have to provide the required information in each page. You can check the theme's webpage for more details.

• Add new pages

  • Create a markdown file in the _pages directory and add the content.
  • Add metadata at the top of the file Hint: create a copy of an existing page and add the new content
  • Add the page to the menu bar, by adding it to the navigation.yml file. Follow the format of other entries and add the name of the tab and add where the file will be saved to (permalink). If no permalink is specified then it should just be the name of the file.

• Remove existing pages

  • Delete the page from the _pages directory
  • Delete the entry from the navigation.yml

• Adding files for download

  Add the files you need to be available in the website (e.g., CV, pdf for downloading) in the downloads directory.

• Creating blog posts

  • Blog's home page

    To modify the blog's home page, just add your content to the blog.md file in _pages.

    Hint: If you only want the blog and are not interested in the complete website, you will have to remove all other pages and set the blog's home as the website's homepage.

  • Blog posts

    Blog posts are in the _posts directory. You can remove the ones that are there for illustration purposes. They are all from the minimal mistakes theme project template.

    To add new blog posts, just create a new markdown file that meets the name and metadata requirements and add your content. See the Jekyll's webpage for more details.

Further customization

The website has many more features. Please read Jekyll's and minimal mistakes theme documentation for learning how to modify how the website looks and how it's structured.

Other useful resources

• Create your Academic Website in Jekyll and Host it on Github
• Jekyll Academic Quickstart