Malte Schäfer — Personal Website

This repository contains the source for my personal academic website, built with Jekyll and GitHub Pages. It customizes the Minimal Light theme with a new layout and visual system while keeping content in Markdown/HTML includes.

Stack

• Jekyll (GitHub Pages compatible)
• Remote theme: yaoyao-liu/minimal-light
• Custom layout: _layouts/default.html
• Styling: _sass/minimal-light.scss compiled via assets/css/style.scss
• Content: index.md with section includes under _includes/

Local setup

1. Install Ruby (with Bundler) and Jekyll.
2. Install dependencies: bundle install
3. Run locally: bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload
4. Build: bundle exec jekyll build (output in _site/)

Project structure

• index.md — landing page content and section ordering
• _layouts/default.html — page shell, navigation, and theme toggle
• _sass/minimal-light.scss — design tokens, layout, and component styles
• _includes/ — section content (publications, teaching, talks, etc.)
• assets/ — images, downloads, and JS (assets/js/theme.js for theme toggle)
• _config.yml — site metadata and links

Customization

• Update site metadata in _config.yml (title, role, links, analytics).
• Tweak colors, typography, and spacing in _sass/minimal-light.scss (see DESIGN_NOTES.md).
• Edit content directly in index.md or the partials in _includes/.

Deployment

The site is set up for GitHub Pages. Pushing to main will trigger the Pages build using the remote theme and this repository’s overrides.

Testing

• Primary check: bundle exec jekyll build
• Manual: open _site/index.html or run bundle exec jekyll serve and verify navigation, links, and responsive layout.