Creating a New Page

A new page can be built by modifying the code base either locally or inside of GitHub's web-based editor. For more information on choosing between these two, see Editing the Codebase.

Person page

To add a new Person page, begin by creating a new Markdown (.md) file in the /_people folder.

Note: this is different from the /people (without underscore) folder. The /_people folder should contain several other Markdown (.md) files

Name this file using the following format: <first name>-<optional middle initial>-<last name>.md

For example, if your name is Luca T. Patel, name the file one of the following lowercase, hyphenated file names:

• luca-t-patel.md
• luca-patel.md

Note: Including your middle initial is not necessary, but recommended if applicable in the case of multiple files with the same name.

---
# YAML variables here
---
<!-- Markdown content here -->

The YAML variables, along with the Markdown content below determine the information rendered on the page. Below is example code that can be used to initially populate the Person page:

---
person_title:
name:
subtitle:
professional_title:
layout: person
academic:
image:
hide_footer:
position_category:
---

<!-- Markdown content here will appear in the main section of the Person page -->