Notebook-gh_pages tutorial or brief notes

[HobnobMancer]

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Thenotebooks/README.md could contain either a tutorial or brief notes on how to set up notebooks to be accessible as Git Pages.

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It is mentioned that notebooks can be used along with Git Pages to present their work via a website. It could be highlighted that this also enables the use of interactive plots (maybe an example could be produced to demonstrate this).
Thenotebooks/README.md could contain either a tutorial or brief notes on how to set up notebooks to be accessible as Git Pages. More specifically a quick description on how to compile the URL so that the main Git Page links out to specific Pages generated from a notebook.
It's not a difficult process to describe, but I can foresee some confusion arising when trying to generate the links due to not fully understanding or needing a reminder on how Git Pages are constructed. Specifically, to help the students generate the git.io links and not try and link to github repo.
It might reduce how often the same issue keeps cropping up, and it would be good for the CVs to be able to show employers what they have done.

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I can add it if you like?

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  Like in the ncfp repo, it won't let me @widdowquinn

[widdowquinn]

Thanks @HobnobMancer - this is a good idea.

In general, I think we'll all be happier having to do less maintenance so I would propose that the form of a guide or tutorial to set up notebooks as GitHub Pages should take the form of:

1. A brief, high-level overview (e.g. save your notebooks as HTML pages, and link to them from the main landing README.md file or from some other interstitial web page.
2. A list of links (perhaps grouped by topic) to online guides for how to set up GitHub pages, and how to integrate notebook output into them

I think this would be helpful to students who might want to take advantage of GiHub Pages, and minimise our maintenance to occasional updates/cleaning out of the links to other sites.

What do you think?

[widdowquinn]

I can add it if you like?

That would be great, thank you.

• Like in the ncfp repo, it won't let me [add labels]

You're quite correct - I keep forgetting that. I'll update the checklist to reflect that.

[widdowquinn]

I'll update the checklist to reflect that.

This should be corrected now, with commit 950cf28