Maintenance Guide: Christoph Schult Website

Academic Portfolio for Macroeconomics, Energy Markets, and Climate Change Research.

This website is hosted via GitHub Pages at schultkr.github.io and powered by the Academic Pages Jekyll template.

Quick Content Updates

Most day-to-day updates involve editing Markdown files in specific directories:

• Biography & Sidebar: Edit _config.yml to update your role at IWH, contact info, or social links.
• Research/Publications: Add new .md files to the _publications/ folder.
• Teaching: Update course info in the _teaching/ folder.
• Talks: Add presentation details to the _talks/ folder.
• Files: Upload PDFs or CVs to the files/ directory to link them in your pages.

Triggering Website Updates

The deployment process is automated through GitHub Actions:

1. Commit your changes to the master branch.
2. Navigate to the Actions tab in this repository.
3. Monitor the "Automated update" workflow. Once it shows a green checkmark, your changes are live.

Local Development & Preview

To preview changes before they go live, you can run the site locally.

Using VS Code (Recommended)

This repository includes a Dev Container for easy setup:

1. Open the folder in VS Code.
2. When prompted, click "Reopen in Container".
3. The site will automatically host at http://localhost:4000 with live-reload enabled.

Using Docker

If you have Docker installed, run:

chmod -R 777 .
docker compose up