kylechard / 2021

eScience Conference Series Website Template

This is a template for the eScience conferece websites. To start using this template, please fork this repository into a new repository at the escience-conference GitHub organization in which the repository name should be the year of the conference (e.g., 2022).

Customizing the website

Once forked, there are a few steps that need to be followed to properly configure the website.

Configuration file

In config.yml, edit the line baseurl: /_template with the conference year (e.g., baseurl: /2022)

Conference information

In _data/main.yml, edit the edition, dates, location, and description keys with the current's year conference information.

Contents visibility

In _data/main.yml, the contents key controls which pages/links will be visible in the website menu. If you want to hide (resp. display) a menu option, use false (resp. true) as value for the sub-keys.

Important dates

Edit _data/important_dates.yml with the list of important events (e.g., deadlines, notifications, etc.) related to the conference:

• type and date are required keys
• If the extended key is used, it will strikethrough the original date text and display the extended date instead
• Important dates will be displayed in the order entered in the file

Organizers

Edit _data/organizers.yml with the list of organizers:

• name, role, and institution are required keys
• Possible values for role include: General Chair, Program Chair, Publication Chair, Publicity and Web Chair, Workshop Chair, Tutorial Chair, Poster Chair, Local Chair, Industry Chair, and Finance Chair
• photo is an optional key that if provided an image file must be placed into /images/organizers