Boyle Lab website

This repository contains the source for boylelab.org, a Jekyll site deployed through GitHub Pages.

Sources of truth

Content	Authoritative source	Generated or rendered output
Publications	bibliography/publications.bib and publication_metadata/*.yml	_papers/*.yml and pub.bib
Curriculum vitae	cv/cv.tex, website publication sources, and cv/patents.bib	cv/generated/*.tex and assets/ABoyle_CV.pdf
People	_people/*.md	/people/ and individual profiles
Lab Life	_posts/<year>/*.md	/news/ and individual stories
Jobs	_jobs/*.md	/jobs/
Primary pages	Root HTML files and news/index.html	Public site pages
Shared presentation	_layouts/, _includes/, and css/	All rendered pages

Do not edit files in _papers/ or the root pub.bib by hand. They are generated from the BibTeX and sidecar sources.

Common commands

python3 -m pip install -r requirements-publications.txt
bundle install
make publications       # regenerate _papers and pub.bib
make cv                 # regenerate and compile the CV
make check              # verify generated files and run all tests
make build              # regenerate, test, and build _site
make serve              # local Jekyll server with live reload

The equivalent one-command production build is:

scripts/build_site.sh

Documentation

• SITE_STRUCTURE.md: repository map and file ownership.
• PAGES.md: primary pages, layouts, includes, navigation, and footer.
• PEOPLE.md: member-profile schema and role history.
• PUBLICATIONS.md: BibTeX pipeline and publication sidecars.
• NEWS_POSTS.md: Lab Life post front matter and editorial components.
• JOBS.md: job-posting collection.
• CV.md: shared publication data, author highlighting, and CV deployment.
• DEVELOPMENT.md: local development, testing, and deployment.
• STYLES_AND_ASSETS.md: CSS and asset conventions.
• CLEANUP.md: removed legacy files and retention decisions.

Automated deployment

.github/workflows/site.yml runs automatically only when bibliography/publications.bib changes, then regenerates publications and the CV, runs the test suite, builds the Jekyll site, and deploys it to GitHub Pages. On a direct push, it commits _papers/, pub.bib, cv/generated/, and assets/ABoyle_CV.pdf. The workflow remains available through manual dispatch for other site deployments.