Andy Arditi's Personal Website

Simple, elegant academic personal website built with Jekyll.

Contents

• Andy Arditi's Personal Website
  • Contents
  • Quick Start
  • Project Structure
  • Making Changes
    • Adding New Content
    • Content File Structure
  • Customization
    • Theme & Typography
    • Site Configuration
  • Deployment

Quick Start

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/andyrdt/andyrdt.github.io.git
cd andyrdt.github.io

# Install dependencies
bundle install

# Start local server (live preview)
bundle exec jekyll serve

Your site will be available at: http://localhost:4000

Project Structure

This Jekyll site has a clean, minimalist structure:

andyrdt.github.io/
├── _config.yml       # Site configuration
├── assets/           # CSS, JavaScript, images
├── _includes/        # Reusable page components
├── _layouts/         # Page templates
├── _posts/           # Blog posts (YYYY-MM-DD-title.markdown)
├── _notes/           # Academic notes
├── _pages/           # Site pages
└── index.markdown    # Homepage

Making Changes

Adding New Content

• Blog Post: Add a file to _posts/ named YYYY-MM-DD-title.markdown
• Note: Add a file to _notes/ or a subject subdirectory
• Page: Add a file to _pages/ with proper front matter

Content File Structure

Every content file needs YAML front matter at the top:

---
layout: post          # or: page, note, etc.
title: "Your Title"   # Title of the content
date: 2023-03-14      # Publication date (for posts)
---

Your content in Markdown here...

Customization

Theme & Typography

The site uses EB Garamond as its base font. Typography settings are in assets/main.scss:

// Key variables you might want to change
$base-font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif;
$base-font-size: 19px;
$base-line-height: 1.5;
$brand-color: #6d88a5;      // Primary color

Site Configuration

Edit _config.yml to change:

• Site title and description
• Social media links
• Navigation menu items
• Collection settings

Deployment

The site automatically deploys to GitHub Pages when you push changes to the main branch.

To manually build the site:

bundle exec jekyll build

This generates the static site in the _site/ directory.