epiforecasts website

This repository contains the source code for the epiforecasts website. This website is built with quarto and relies on automation wherever possible.

Adding yourself as a team member

The 'people' page (https://epiforecasts.io/people.html) is generated automatically from the yml files in _data/team/. To add yourself:

1. On GitHub, fork this repository (or create a branch if you have write access).
2. Add a new file _data/team/firstname-lastname.yml (lowercase, hyphenated). The easiest way is to copy an existing one, e.g. sebastian-funk.yml, and edit it.
3. Open a pull request. A GitHub Action will validate your yml against _schema.yml.

A minimal template:

name: Your Name
github: your-github-username        # optional, without the '@'
orcid: 0000-0000-0000-0000          # optional
bluesky: yourname.bsky.social       # optional
webpage: https://your.webpage       # optional
position:
  - type: PhD                       # one of: Staff, PhD, Visitor
    start: 2026-01-01               # YYYY-MM-DD
description: >
  A short paragraph about you and your work in the team.

When you leave the team, add an end: date to your current position entry (don't delete the file — it's used to list former members). If you take on a new role, append another entry to position rather than overwriting the old one.

The required fields are name and position; everything else is optional. See _data/team/_schema.yml for the full schema.

Updating the 'Software' page

Used to generate this page: https://epiforecasts.io/software.html.

The 'software' page is automatically generated from the content of the epiforecasts r-universe. If you want to add a new package to the list, you thus have to add it in https://github.com/epiforecasts/universe/blob/main/packages.json with the property "display_website": true.

Updating the list of publications

Used to generate this page: https://epiforecasts.io/pubs.html.

The list of publications is updated semi-automatically each month. Everything is explained in the relevant issue: #3

Writing a new blog post

Used to generate this page: https://epiforecasts.io/blog.html (and the new blog post page).

Create a new folder YYYY-mm-dd-slug/ under posts/ and a file named index.md inside this new folder. You can start your index.md by copying one of the existing blog posts.

Advertising the blog post

The blog is syndicated via an RSS feed: https://epiforecasts.io/blog.xml. People subscribed to this feed will automatically get a notification when you publish a new post.

Additionally, you should advertise it on twitter via the @epiforecasts (ask for the password if you don't it or ask someone to post it for you) and via your personal account if you have one.