WHY
How to update this website: there are three things you need to update on a regular basis.
WHY Metadata
Once a semester, update the following lines in _config.yml
# WHY settings
current_semester_name: "Fall 2022"
current_sem_start: 2022-08-01
current_sem_end: 2022-11-31
This affects what the semester is called, and which talks appear in 'This semester' and 'Schedule' v/s 'Archive'.
Speaker data
Speaker data is recorded in a Google sheets spreadsheet, which you should have access to if you are a WHY organizer. Any time there are new updates to the Website Data spreadsheet, download the sheet as a TSV (File > Download > Tab-separated values (.tsv)). Then, run
python process_info.py /path/to/new/tsv/file.tsv
and then commit and push. This script is compatible with Python 3.7.6.
Speaker headshots
Speaker headshots are stored in assets/headshots/. They are stored as square images named FirstnameLastname.jpg. You may have to update the code if there are duplicate names. process_info will print a warning if this happens.
Acknowledgements
This website is built on top of the repository MLFL