Lab Website Starter (Jekyll + YAML-driven)

This starter repo builds a clean, Stanford-academic-style lab website using Jekyll and YAML data files. It is designed for easy editing by lab members (add people/pubs/projects/news via _data/*.yml).

Quick start (local)

Prereqs: Ruby + Bundler installed.

bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload

Open: http://127.0.0.1:4000

Deploy on GitHub Pages (recommended)

This repo includes a GitHub Actions workflow that:

• builds on push to main
• deploys to GitHub Pages

Steps:

1. Create a repo (public for free GitHub Pages).
2. Push this code.
3. GitHub → Settings → Pages → Source: GitHub Actions
4. After the Action finishes, visit your Pages URL.

Edit content (no code)

• People: _data/people.yml
• Publications: _data/publications.yml
• Projects: _data/projects.yml
• News: _data/news.yml

Images:

• People headshots: assets/img/people/
• Project thumbnails: assets/img/projects/
• Favicon: assets/img/lab/favicon.png (replace placeholder)

Pages

• Home: index.md
• People: people/index.md
• Publications: publications/index.md
• Projects: projects/index.md
• News: news/index.md
• Contact: contact/index.md