blog

Author: carloabate

Gemfile

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ gem "minima", "~> 2.5"
 # If you have any plugins, put them here!
 group :jekyll_plugins do
   gem "jekyll-feed", "~> 0.12"
+  gem "jekyll-paginate", "~> 1.1"
 end
 
 # Windows and JRuby does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem

_config.yml

@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ description: >
 theme: minima
 
 plugins:
-#   - jekyll-feed
+  - jekyll-feed
   - jekyll-seo-tag
+  - jekyll-paginate
 
 # Theme-specific settings
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ header_pages:
   - publications.html
   - theses.md
   - news.md
+  - blog.html
 
 collections:
   events:
@@ -67,4 +69,8 @@ collections:
 show_excerpts: true
 
 # display posts with dates in the future
-future: true
+future: true
+
+# Pagination settings
+paginate: 5
+paginate_path: "/blog/page:num/"

_layouts/home.html

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ <h3>
             {{ post.title | escape }}
           </a>
         </h3>
-        {%- if site.show_excerpts -%}
+        {%- if site.minima.show_excerpts -%}
           {{ post.excerpt }}
         {%- endif -%}
       </li>
@@ -42,20 +42,26 @@ <h3>
       <div class="pager">
         <ul class="pagination">
         {%- if paginator.previous_page %}
-          <li><a href="{{ paginator.previous_page_path | relative_url }}" class="previous-page">{{ paginator.previous_page }}</a></li>
+          <li>
+            <a href="{{ paginator.previous_page_path | relative_url }}" class="previous-page" title="Go to Page {{ paginator.previous_page }}">
+              {{ paginator.previous_page }}
+            </a>
+          </li>
         {%- else %}
           <li><div class="pager-edge">•</div></li>
         {%- endif %}
           <li><div class="current-page">{{ paginator.page }}</div></li>
         {%- if paginator.next_page %}
-          <li><a href="{{ paginator.next_page_path | relative_url }}" class="next-page">{{ paginator.next_page }}</a></li>
+          <li>
+            <a href="{{ paginator.next_page_path | relative_url }}" class="next-page" title="Go to Page {{ paginator.next_page }}">
+              {{ paginator.next_page }}
+            </a>
+          </li>
         {%- else %}
           <li><div class="pager-edge">•</div></li>
         {%- endif %}
         </ul>
       </div>
     {%- endif %}
-
   {%- endif -%}
-
-</div>
+</div>

_layouts/post.html

@@ -5,34 +5,46 @@
 
   <header class="post-header">
     <h1 class="post-title p-name" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title | escape }}</h1>
-    <p class="post-meta">
+    <div class="post-meta">
       {%- assign date_format = site.minima.date_format | default: "%b %-d, %Y" -%}
-      <time class="dt-published" datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">
-        {{ page.date | date: date_format }}
+      {% assign pdate = page.date | date_to_xmlschema %}
+      {%- if page.modified_date %}<span class="meta-label">Published:</span>{% endif %}
+      <time class="dt-published" datetime="{{ pdate }}" itemprop="datePublished">
+        {{ pdate | date: date_format }}
       </time>
       {%- if page.modified_date -%}
-        ~ 
-        {%- assign mdate = page.modified_date | date_to_xmlschema -%}
+        <span class="bullet-divider">•</span>
+        <span class="meta-label">Updated:</span>
+        {%- assign mdate = page.modified_date | date_to_xmlschema %}
         <time class="dt-modified" datetime="{{ mdate }}" itemprop="dateModified">
           {{ mdate | date: date_format }}
         </time>
       {%- endif -%}
-      {%- if page.author -%}
-        • {% for author in page.author %}
+      {%- if page.author %}
+      <div class="{% unless page.modified_date %}force-inline {% endunless %}post-authors">
+        {%- for author in page.author %}
           <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">
             <span class="p-author h-card" itemprop="name">{{ author }}</span></span>
-            {%- if forloop.last == false %}, {% endif -%}
+          {%- if forloop.last == false %}, {% endif -%}
         {% endfor %}
-      {%- endif -%}</p>
+      </div>
+      {%- endif %}
+    </div>
   </header>
 
   <div class="post-content e-content" itemprop="articleBody">
     {{ content }}
   </div>
 
-  {%- if site.disqus.shortname -%}
-    {%- include disqus_comments.html -%}
-  {%- endif -%}
+  {% if jekyll.environment == 'production' -%}
+    {% if page.comments == false -%}
+    <div class="comments-disabled-message">
+      Comments have been disabled for this post.
+    </div>
+    {% else -%}
+      {%- include comments.html -%}
+    {% endif -%}
+  {% endif -%}
 
   <a class="u-url" href="{{ page.url | relative_url }}" hidden></a>
-</article>
+</article>

_posts/2025-10-03-welcome-to-our-blog.md

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: "Welcome to Our Research Blog"
+date: 2025-10-03 10:00:00 +0100
+author: NGMLGroup
+excerpt: "Welcome to the Northernmost Graph Machine Learning Group's research blog! Here we share insights, breakthroughs, and stories behind our cutting-edge research in graph neural networks and machine learning."
+---
+
+Welcome to the **Northernmost Graph Machine Learning Group's** research blog! 
+
+We're excited to share our journey of discovery in the fascinating world of graph neural networks, machine learning, and their applications to real-world problems. Based at the [UiT the Arctic University of Norway](https://en.uit.no/) in Tromsø, we're proud to be the northernmost research group working on these cutting-edge technologies.
+
+## What You'll Find Here
+
+In this blog, we'll be sharing:
+
+- **Research insights** from our latest publications
+- **Behind-the-scenes stories** of how our breakthroughs came to be
+- **Practical applications** of graph neural networks
+- **Educational content** to make complex concepts accessible
+- **Updates** on our group activities and collaborations
+
+## Our Research Focus
+
+Our work spans several exciting areas:
+
+🧠 **Graph Neural Networks**: Developing new architectures and understanding their theoretical foundations
+
+📊 **Time Series Analysis**: Using graphs to model complex temporal dependencies
+
+🔬 **Interpretability**: Making AI systems more transparent and trustworthy
+
+⚡ **Scalability**: Breaking barriers to handle massive real-world datasets
+
+🎯 **Applications**: From climate modeling to drug discovery, from social networks to financial markets
+
+## Why We're Writing This Blog
+
+Research papers are essential for advancing science, but they often miss the human story behind the discoveries. We want to share:
+
+- The **intuitions** that led to our breakthroughs
+- The **challenges** we faced along the way
+- The **real-world impact** of our work
+- The **mathematical beauty** behind the algorithms
+
+## Join Our Journey
+
+Whether you're a researcher, student, practitioner, or simply curious about the future of AI, we invite you to follow along as we explore the frontiers of graph machine learning.
+
+The future is connected, and we're excited to discover what it holds together.
+
+---
+
+*Stay tuned for our upcoming posts, where we'll dive deep into our latest research and share the stories behind the science.*
+
+**The NGMLGroup Team**  
+*Northernmost Graph Machine Learning Group*  
+*UiT the Arctic University of Norway*

blog.html

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+layout: home
+title: "Blog"
+list_title: "Latest Posts"
+---
+
+{% for post in site.posts limit:10 %}
+<div class="post-preview">
+  <h3><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h3>
+  <p class="post-meta">{{ post.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }} by {{ post.author }}</p>
+  <p>{{ post.excerpt }}</p>
+  <a href="{{ post.url }}" class="read-more">Read more →</a>
+</div>
+{% endfor %}