IPGP generic web site

This repo can be used to construct a simple static web site for use with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. It is based on Jekyll that converts markdown/yml formatted files into a static html web site. The static html web site can then be hosted on any web server, or alternatively, you can easily host your web site automatically on github. The web site uses the al-folio theme with a few minor changes.

How to modify this repo as quickly as possible

Full instructions on how to use this theme can be found on the al-folio github repo. Nevertheless, if you kind of know what you are doing, here is the list of files that you will need to change:

• Edit _config.yml to set up some of the system variables.
• Replace the _bibliography/papers.bib file with a bibtex file that contains all of your publications.
• Add the field selected = {true}, to those bibtex entries that you want to appear on your home page. Also, please think of adding an abstract field so that this can be clicked on your web site. If you want to include a preview image, add the field preview = {image.png} and then add the image to the folder assets/img/publication_preview/.
• All of the main content for the web pages is found in the _pages directory. You can enable or disable each of these pages by setting the variable nav: to true or false.
• Edit your project pages in the folder _projects.
• The data for the CV page is located in the file _data/cv.yml.
• Change the web site images that are located in the folder assets.

Then, after installing all the dependencies, run this command in the root directory of your project

bundle exec jekyll serve

This will allow you to inspect your web page locally at http://127.0.0.1:4000 and will also generate the static web site in the directory _site.

To serve your website on github, after you make your first commit, a branch gh-pages will be created with the static web pages. Under the settings for Pages, choose the Build and deployment branch to be gh-pages/root.

For experts

There are lots of features in the al-folio theme that are not used here, like a news feed, a blog, dropdown menus, highly customizable publication formatting, etc. Please see the example web pages for inspiration on what else can be done!