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Web-Design for Scientists

A workshop for easy and fast website generation using mkdocs.

More and more scientists make use of easy static website generation to introduce themselves and their work to the broad public, potential future employers or funding sources.

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During the workshop we will set up our own website using Material for MkDocs and GitHub Pages.1

After going through this workshop you'll have a first draft of your website and the skills to develop the website further on your own.

Take a look at Anna-Lena's website that was created with this workshop for an example of what you can do!

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Find additional background information on web design, the utilized tools in this workshop and CI on GitHub in these

Google Slides

Acknowledgements

My work on this workshop was enabled through my work and training as a Data Steward in the SFB 135 "Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception", infrastructure project NOWA.

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  1. This website contains instructions on how to create a personal website using Material for MkDocs and is thus heavily based on the documentation pages for MkDocs, Material for MkDocs, and GitHub Pages. I want to thank the developers for making their software and documentation freely available for everyone. 

  2. Image by storyset, retrieved from freepik.