Blogdown
Things to Know Before You Get Started
In this short tutorial we'll go over some general information on blogdown, specifically how themes will update and evolve over time and what that means for you. We also mention which hugo versions and themes we use in our tutorials.
1. Introduction to Blogdown
In this first tutorial, we'll introduce the different platforms (i.e. RStudio, HUGO, Github, and Netlify) involved in building our blogdown website and also provide some additional resources.
2. Building Your Website
In this tutorial we'll build an academic website from scratch. Please note we use hugo version 0.83.1 and the "wowchemy/starter-academic" theme. This theme may be outdated, so if it doesn't work for you please check out our tutorial "Building your website 2.1".
2.1. Building Your Website
In this tutorial we'll build an academic website from scratch. Please note we use hugo version 0.81.0: install_hugo(version = "0.81.0", force = TRUE) and this theme: "tehillamo/academic-theme"
3. Basic Configurations
In this tutorial we'll set up some of the basic configurations, including modifying the navigation bar, selecting a color theme, and learning about the different icons on our website.
4. Editing Your Bio
In this tutorial we'll edit the bio section of our website. We'll show you how easy it is to edit the content of your biography and we'll go through how to add your own image (aka avatar) and resume.
5. Editing Your Skills
In this short tutorial, we'll show you how to modify and add new skills to your website.
6. Understanding Widgets and Setting Up Your Navigation Links
In this tutorial we'll explain the concept of "widgets" and set up the navigation links so that all of the links in the navigation bar work properly.
7. Editing Your Experience
In this tutorial we'll edit the experience section of our website and even show you how to add in logos.
8. Creating an External Blog
In this tutorial we'll show you how to edit and add external blogs/projects.
9. Creating an Internal Blog
In this tutorial we'll show you how to edit and add internal blogs/projects.
10. Editing Your Publications
In this tutorial we'll show you how to edit your publication. Specifically, we'll show you how to add a journal article, the corresponding citation, and external links and slides.
11. Wrapping Up
This is our final "official" tutorial in our building a website with R blogdown series. This video is only a couple of minutes long where we're just wrapping up!