Removing blog and news section. Rewriting the front page

Author: mjenmana

Gemfile

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 group :jekyll_plugins do
-    gem 'classifier-reborn'
     gem 'jekyll'
-    gem 'jekyll-archives'
     gem 'jekyll-email-protect'
     gem 'jekyll-feed'
     gem 'jekyll-get-json'

_config.yml

@@ -128,83 +128,22 @@ pirsch_analytics: # your Pirsch analytics site ID (length 32 characters)
 google_site_verification: # your google-site-verification ID (Google Search Console)
 bing_site_verification: # out your bing-site-verification ID (Bing Webmaster)
 
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Blog
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-blog_name: al-folio # blog_name will be displayed in your blog page
-blog_description: a simple whitespace theme for academics
-permalink: /blog/:year/:title/
-lsi: false # produce an index for related posts
-
-# Pagination
-pagination:
-  enabled: true
-
-related_blog_posts:
-  enabled: true
-  max_related: 5
-
-# Giscus comments (RECOMMENDED)
-# Follow instructions on https://giscus.app/ to setup for your repo to fill out the information below.
-giscus:
-  repo: # <your-github-user-name>/<your-github-repo-name>
-  repo_id: # leave empty or specify your repo_id (see https://giscus.app/)
-  category: Comments # name of the category under which discussions will be created
-  category_id: # leave empty or specify your category_id (see https://giscus.app/)
-  mapping: title # identify discussions by post title
-  strict: 1 # use strict identification mode
-  reactions_enabled: 1 # enable (1) or disable (0) emoji reactions
-  input_position: bottom # whether to display input form below (bottom) or above (top) the comments
-  theme: preferred_color_scheme # name of the color scheme (preferred works well with al-folio light/dark mode)
-  emit_metadata: 0
-  lang: en
-
-# Disqus comments (DEPRECATED)
-disqus_shortname: al-folio # put your disqus shortname
-# https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717111-what-s-a-shortname
-
-# External sources.
-# If you have blog posts published on medium.com or other external sources,
-# you can display them in your blog by adding a link to the RSS feed.
-external_sources:
-  - name: medium.com
-    rss_url: https://medium.com/@al-folio/feed
-  - name: Google Blog
-    posts:
-      - url: https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-update-flash-ai-assistant-io-2024/
-        published_date: 2024-05-14
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Newsletter
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-newsletter:
-  enabled: false
-  endpoint: # your loops endpoint (e.g., https://app.loops.so/api/newsletter-form/YOUR-ENDPOINT)
-  # https://loops.so/docs/forms/custom-form
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Collections
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 collections:
-  news:
-    defaults:
-      layout: post
-    output: true
-    permalink: /:collection/:title/
   projects:
     output: true
     permalink: /:collection/:title/
 
 announcements:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false 
   scrollable: true # adds a vertical scroll bar if there are more than 3 news items
   limit: 5 # leave blank to include all the news in the `_news` folder
 
 latest_posts:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
   scrollable: true # adds a vertical scroll bar if there are more than 3 new posts items
   limit: 3 # leave blank to include all the blog posts
 
@@ -253,7 +192,6 @@ keep_files:
 
 # Plug-ins
 plugins:
-  - jekyll-archives
   - jekyll-email-protect
   - jekyll-feed
   - jekyll-get-json