Editing WilmerLab Website

1. Fork the wilmerlab.github.io repository

2. Make changes in your local repository

Add a new post (news)

  • Create a markdown (.md) file with appropriate date and name and add it to _posts folder (see the previous ones for example).
  • Add an image about the post to the assets/img/posts folder. The recommended image size is 400x200. Make sure the image has 2:1 ratio so the news grid looks nice.
  • Modify the content of the markdown file (add text, other images, links etc.) and add the link to your image to yaml front matter (header/teaser part at the top of the file separated with 3 dashes).

Add a new publication

  • Open publications.md markdown file under _pages directory.
  • Add a new entry in the yaml front header as follows:
year_lastname_journal:
  - image_path: /assets/img/publications/year_lastname_journal.png
    alt: "year_lastname_journal"
    title: "Publication Title"
    excerpt: "**No.** [Authors, Publication Title, *Journal Name*, Issue, Pages **(Year)**.](/link/to/publication)"
  • Add an image about describing the publication (e.g. TOC figure) to the assets/img/publications folder. The recommended image size is 800x400 px. Make sure the image has 2:1 ratio to be consistent.
  • Go to the end of the yaml front header and add your publication to the page under appropriate year and order.

Edit page contents

  • Go to the markdown file of the page you want to edit (for example people.md if you want to edit personal information).
  • Make changes you like.

3. See your changes locally (optional)

Install the theme. See instructions here. Run command ‘bundle exec jekyll serve –livereload’ to see the website

4. Push your changes and create a pull request

When you are done making changes commit and push those changes to your fork of the repository. Then create a pull request to the wilmerlab respository stating your changes.