jpiaskowski/nccc170-website

A website for NCCC-170

NCCC-170 Website

A website for NCCC-170, the North Central Coordinating Committee.

The code for the website is located in a github repository. If you are looking to add content, please take a look at the content/ folder.

If you would like to add/update content and are familiar with git/github, please use a pull request. If you are uncomfortable making a pull request, then feel free to email Jarad Niemi.

If you are interested in co-administering the website, e.g. updating your own content without having to go through me, I can add you as a collaborator on the github repository.

To do

Here are some thoughts about what we should/could do with the NCCC170 website.

Background

As of summer 2022, there were two main websites for NCCC170:

• official NIMSS
• Arkansas site

A new site has been created to replace the Arkansas site. The new site is hosted by netlify and code is on github.

• netlify site

What has been done.

• Old website
  • https://nccc170.uark.edu/
  • Archived at https://github.com/NCCC-170/uark-archive
• New website
  • Created NCCC-170 Github organization
  • New domain https://nccc170.netlify.app/
  • Use Hugo backend with wowchemy/hugo-starter-research-group theme deployed by Netlify
  • Content is written in Markdown with YAML frontmatter
  • Added (some) people
  • Added (some) meetings
  • Added proposals
  • Provided example publications

What needs to be done

By administrator

• Domain
  • Redirect https://nccc170.uark.edu/ to new website (SEO)
  • Update NIMSS website link
• Website
  • Link meeting talks to individuals
  • Add "Alum" section on People page
  • Remove/update Tour page
  • New favicon
  • Add pictures

By you

All content for the website is located in the content/ folder. To add content to the website, please use a pull request.

• People
  • Add/update your information (see People section)
  • Also link your profile to publications/events
• Publications
  • Add publications, but how?
  • Record publications in Excel/csv file
    • Write script to convert to Excel/csv data to website content
• Pictures
  • Upload to link sent by Nora

Also

• Add links from your personal websites (SEO)

Questions

• Is it NCCC-170 or NCCC170?
• Purchase a domain?, e.g. http://nccc170.org/ is available
• Other content?
  • CRAN Task View: Agricultural Science
  • Projects:
    • Mixed models in R

Add/update content

Below there is information about how to add or update content including people, publications, meetings, and proposals. Ideally, NCCC170 members would use a pull request through the Github repository for this website. If you are uncomfortable making a pull request, then feel free to email Jarad Niemi.

People

Individuals associated with NCCC-170 can have a profile on this website. These profiles live in the authors/ folder.

Add a new person

To add a new person, copy a folder in the authors/ folder. Edit the folder name to the new person's last name and modify the content within the folder. The _index.md file provides the profile while the avatar.jpg is used for including a picture of the individual.

Update an existing person

To add update an existing person, find the appropriate folder within the authors/ folder. Edit the _index.md or other files accordingly.

Add a publication

To add a paper, copy a folder in the publication/ folder. Name the folder using the title of the manuscript but using only letters, numbers, and underscores. Edit files within this folder as necessary.

Publication types

Add annual meeting

Annual meetings are added by the website administrator, currently Jarad Niemi.

To add the annual meeting, copy a folder in the event/ folder. Currently this group only has one meeting per year. Name the folder using the year. Edit files within this folder as necessary.

Add proposals

Proposals are added by the website administrator, currently Jarad Niemi.

To add the annual meeting, copy a folder in the proposals/ folder. Name the folder using the year. project`. Edit files within this folder as necessary.