mccleary_group

Website for the Cosmology & Astrophysics Group at Northeastern.

Live site: https://mcclearyj.github.io/mccleary_group/

This repo is structured as a GitHub Pages site. Most content lives in simple YAML data files and Markdown pages.

Quick Overview

• Edit publications in _data/publications.yml.
• Edit team members in _data/team.yml and add headshots to assets/images/team.
• Edit home, research, teaching pages in index.md, research.md, teaching.md, team.md.
• Site settings (title, base URL, contact info) are in _config.yml.

Deploy

• Push to the default branch; GitHub Pages builds automatically.

Update PI / Contact Info

• File: _config.yml
• Keys under pi: control the email and Google Scholar link used across the site.

Add a New Publication

• File: _data/publications.yml
• Add a new entry. Sorting is by year, but for readability you can place new items near the top.
• Minimal fields:

  - title: "Paper Title"
    authors: "First A., Second B., J. McCleary, et al."
    journal: "Journal Name"
    year: 2025
    link: "https://doi.org/..."   # optional but recommended
    tags: ["lensing", "methods"]  # optional

• The Publications page groups by year and automatically collects “2021 and Earlier”. No manual sectioning needed beyond the year field.

Add or Update Team Members

• File: _data/team.yml
• Current members (displayed first):

  - name: "Full Name"
    status: "current"
    role: "PhD Student"            # or Postdoctoral Fellow, etc.
    affiliation: "Optional line"   # optional
    image: "/assets/images/team/filename.jpg"
    research: "Topics: ..."        # short sentence; optional

• Past members:

  - name: "Full Name"
    status: "past"
    role: "Undergraduate Student"  # former role
    current_position: "Now at ..."
    image: "/assets/images/team/filename.jpg"

• The first entry in the “current” list is styled as the PI highlight card. Keep the PI as the first current member.

Add Photo Assets

• Team headshots: place files in assets/images/team and reference the path in _data/team.yml.
• Research images: assets/images/research (used by index.md and research.md).
• Teaching images: assets/images/teaching (used by teaching.md).
• Favicon and app icons are in assets/images and referenced by _layouts/default.html.

Image Tips

• Team headshots are displayed in a circular frame at ~180×180 px; square images crop best. Use JPG or PNG. Keep file sizes modest (<1 MB preferred).

Edit Pages/Sections

• Home page sections: index.md (hero text, three research preview cards, recent publications count).
• Team page: team.md (renders from _data/team.yml; contains a “Join Our Group” blurb you can edit inline).
• Publications page: publications.md (renders from _data/publications.yml).
• Research page: research.md (three sections with images and text; update copy and images as needed).
• Teaching page: teaching.md (course cards with images and descriptions).

Navigation

• Links are defined in _layouts/default.html.
• To remove the Teaching page entirely: delete teaching.md and remove the Teaching link from _layouts/default.html.

Other

• After adding images, use the full leading-slash path (e.g., /assets/images/team/name.jpg) so links work both locally and in production.

Questions or changes for the website that you’re unsure about? Contact @GeorgeVassilakis ([email protected])