Jekyll-based Conference Template

An academic conference website template built using Jekyll.

Configuration

Data Files under _data to configure all conference related information.

• conference.yml

  • full_title: conference fullname e.g., First xxx conference on xxxx, 2017.
  • short_title: conference shortname e.g., xxxx2017
  • description: short description about the conference (< 160 char)
  • location: conference location
  • logo_path: conference logo
  • slideshow: images slideshow
  • navbar: navigation menu.
  • sponsors: sponsor section.
  • deadlines: important dates of deadlines, pass-due date will be automatically printed with del line.
  • social_media: social media on the navbar. (current support facebook and twitter.)

• news.yml: news section

• organization.yml: committees

  • programm_chair: program chair
  • organizing_committees: organizing committees
  • steering_committees: steering committees
  • technical_program_committees: technical program committees

• venue.yml: information about venue

  • address: full address
  • accommodation: accommodation details
  • direction: path to image containing directions

• submission.yml: submission instructions

• registration.yml: registration information

• Google Analytics: in _config.yml

Deployment

Manual

• Setup Ruby, RVM, Jeykyll, Bundler.
  • Check installation instructions at INSTALL.md.
• Remove .github/workflows/
• Change target of the symbolic Gemfile to Gemfile.local

  rm Gemfile
  ln -s Gemfile.local Gemfile
  

• Adjust release path in Makefile
• Test locally, make serve
• Build and copy to publish location, make publish
• Commit changes to the publish location

GitHub Pages

• Ensure that the repository is public and GitHub Pages are enabled and set to use GitHub Actions.
• Create .github/workflows
• Copy workflows/release.yml to .github/workflows/release.yml
• Change target of the symbolic Gemfile to Gemfile.github

  rm Gemfile
  ln -s Gemfile.github Gemfile