Site Maintenance

This repo is the live site for https://profsanjeevarora.github.io/.

Most routine updates happen in assets/site-data.js.

Image files live in images/.

Common updates

Update homepage or page text

Edit the relevant sections in assets/site-data.js:

• hero
• pages
• bioSections
• homeLinks
• research
• teaching
• archiveCourses
• contact

How assets/site-data.js is organized

• hero: landing page name, roles, research-interest line, portrait, and the buttons under the portrait.
• pages: titles for the subpages such as Bio, Research, Teaching, Advising, and Contact.
• bioSections: the content on bio.html. Each section has a title and an items list.
• homeLinks: the large cards on the homepage.
• research: the three main research cards.
• teaching: the cards on teaching.html.
• archiveCourses: the archived course list on archived-courses.html.
• contact: the cards on contact.html.
• footerNote: the copyright / design lines in the footer.

Common field formats in site-data.js

• Most simple entries use plain text fields such as title, description, text, year, and href.
• In bioSections, use text for plain text and html only when you need an inline hyperlink.
• In contact, a normal text entry looks like:

{ label: "Phone", value: "(609) 258-3869" }

• A clickable link entry looks like:

{ label: "Twitter", kind: "link", value: "@prfsanjeevarora", href: "https://twitter.com/prfsanjeevarora" }

• An obfuscated email entry looks like:

{
  label: "Email",
  kind: "obfuscated-email",
  user: "arora",
  domain: ["cs", "princeton", "edu"],
  revealLabel: "Click to reveal",
}

Update the advising page

Edit these Markdown files:

• content/advising/current-students.md
• content/advising/alumni.md

Use one bullet per person:

- [Name](https://example.com) | PhD student
- Name Without Link | PhD 2024

Update the CV

1. Put the new PDF in files/, for example files/cv.pdf.
2. In assets/site-data.js, update the CV / Bio link in hero.actions if needed.

Update images

• Put image files in images/.
• The homepage portrait is set in assets/site-data.js under hero.image.src.
• The Princeton CS logo is loaded from images/logo-computer-science-linear.svg.

Local preview

From the repo root, run:

python3 -m http.server 8000

Then open http://localhost:8000.

Deploy

There is no build step.

1. Commit your changes in this repo.
2. Push to main.
3. GitHub Pages will serve the updated site at https://profsanjeevarora.github.io/.

If GitHub Pages is not already configured, open Settings -> Pages and set:

• Source: Deploy from a branch
• Branch: main
• Folder: / (root)