McPherson Lab Website

This repository contains the source code for the McPherson Lab research website, built with Quarto and deployed using GitHub Actions.

Quick Start

To work with this website locally:

1. Install Quarto
2. Clone this repository
3. Run quarto preview to start a local development server
4. Edit the .qmd files to update content
5. Run quarto render to build the site

Repository Structure

• index.qmd - Homepage
• about.qmd - About the group
• research/ - Research areas and projects
• publications/ - Publications and research posts
• people/ - Group members and alumni
• members.yml - Organization member configuration for post synchronization
• sync_member_posts.py - Script for syncing member posts
• _quarto.yml - Quarto configuration
• styles.css - Custom CSS styling
• misc/ - Documentation and license files

Documentation

• Full Documentation - Detailed information about the website structure
• Member Sync Documentation - Documentation for the member publication synchronization system

Deployment

The website is automatically deployed to GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions when changes are pushed to the main branch.

License

MIT License - see misc/LICENSE file for details.