GEMINI Project Context: sungjchi.github.io

This file provides context for the Gemini AI assistant to work effectively on this project.

Project Overview

This is a personal academic website for Sungjae Chi, built with the Jekyll static site generator and the jekyll-theme-minimalist theme. It is hosted on GitHub Pages.

Development

Prerequisites

Ensure you have Ruby and Bundler installed. Then, install the project dependencies:

bundle install

Running the Site Locally

To serve the website locally for development, run:

bundle exec jekyll serve

The site will be available at http://127.0.0.1:4000/.

Testing and Validation

HTML Validation

The project includes a script to validate the generated HTML.

./script/validate-html

Manual Testing

After making changes, visually inspect the site on both desktop and common mobile screen sizes to ensure layouts are correct.

Key Files and Conventions

• _config.yml: Contains main Jekyll configuration, including site title, description, and color scheme.
• index.md: The main content file for the homepage, containing the biography and publications list.
• _layouts/default.html: The primary HTML layout file that wraps all pages.
• _sass/jekyll-theme-minimalist.scss: The core stylesheet for the theme. Customizations should be added here or in assets/css/style.scss.
• assets/img/: Directory for images used on the site.
• _includes/: Contains HTML snippets that are reused across the site, such as the sidebar and footer.

Deployment

This is a GitHub Pages site. Changes are automatically deployed when they are pushed to the main branch of the sungjchi/sungjchi.github.io repository.