Academic Pages
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Notes on modifying the Academic Pages template to fit my personal website needs.
Making it personal - The sidebar
Modify the settings within _config.yml to configure the sidebar image, name, description, social/professional links, etc.
Changing the header
Add, remove, or comment out sections of _data/navigation.yml to change which pages will appear in the header
The title of the sections within this file must match some filename within _pages
Blog posts
Write blog posts by creating a file with the naming convention ‘YYYY-MM-DD-Title.md’
Within this file, include the following header section at the top of the file with details replaced
---
title: 'Title'
date: YYYY-MM-DD
permalink: /posts/YYYY/MM/Title/
tags:
- Tag1
- Tag2
- ...
---
Markdown
Use the Markdown Guide “Markdown Cheat Sheet” for quick reference.
Most useful notes:
- Comment with
<!--to begin commment and-->to close. - Place a horizontal rule with
***,---, or___ - Bold font with
**before and after the text - Italicize with
_before and after the text
Adding a ‘Favicon’ - Browser tab image
Add the following to the head of default.html
<link rel="icon" href="/images/filename.extension">
where filename and extension are replaced by the corresponding fields of the image for the favicon. The / before images/filename.extension is important. Without this, the favicon will only be applied to the home page
Adding an image to a blog post
Place an image on a post with 
Removing the description below blog posts
In the _includes folder, remove or comment-out the following lines of archive-single.html
Moving the read time below publication date for blog posts
In the _includes folder, move the following lines of archive-single.hmtl
below
Remove read time below blog post title
In the _includes folder, remove or comment-out the following lines of archive-single.hmtl