While building my own academic website, I spent countless hours looking at other researchers' websites and learning from their designs. After finally getting mine to a place I was happy with, I thought it might be helpful to share my template with others who might be on the same journey.
This is a simple template built with HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap 4 that I use for my own website. It's designed to be easy to customize and includes sections for the things most academics need - publications, projects, and other work. If you're looking to create your own academic website, feel free to use this as a starting point and modify it to better suit your needs.
- Click the "Use this template" button at the top of this repository
- Clone your new repository to your local machine
- Customize the template with your information:
- Update
index.htmlwith your personal information - Replace
img/profile.pngwith your profile picture - Replace
img/site-logo.pngwith your website logo - Modify the content in each section according to your needs -> replace the placeholder image with your actual image
- Update social media links and icons
- Update
- Update the
<title>and meta tags in<head>section - Replace profile information in the header section
- Update email address and social media links
- Publications: Add your publications following the existing card format
- Projects: Showcase your projects using the provided template structure
- Honors: List your achievements and awards
- Recent News: Keep the section updated with your latest activities
- Miscellany: Add personal interests or additional information
- Main styling is controlled by
css/style.css- the main color theme is in purple, you can change the color in the CSS file
- if you do not like the font, you can change it too
- Bootstrap classes can be modified for layout adjustments
- Font Awesome 6 icons are used for social media and other icons: [search for icons] [style your icon]
Visit https://joycenerd.github.io/ to see the template in action.
This template is inspired by and adapted from various academic personal websites. Special acknowledgment to:
- Nelson Liu's personal website and source code
- Yung-Sung Chuang's personal website
- Ethan Perez's personal website
Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests! If you find this template useful, please consider:
- Giving a ⭐ to this repository
- Keeping the attribution in the footer
- Sharing it with others who might benefit from it