BioC conference website development

[mdozmorov]

Ideas for improving the https://bioc2023.bioconductor.org/ website.

• [x] Automate schedule creation. The procedure and code described in the README need to be tested, better documented.
• [ ] Make the default font larger/adjustable. Currently, the font size in individual sections can be adjusted, but not site-wide.
• [ ] Populate "Mark your calendar" section from yaml files. Currently, hard-coded in layouts/partials/news.html.
• [ ] Add built-in registration form. This was done for EuroBioC2022 but needs to be tested and documented.
• [ ] Consider new templates for future BioC conferences. gdg-x/zeppelin - original conference template, GDG DevFest - demo web site. bcc2020/bcc2020.github.io - modified conference template for the BCC2020 conference. Besides the look and functionality, detailed documentation is important.

If you would like to help, please, add your GitHub user ID, the task, and the timeline. Create pull requests, or separate demo repos. Add more ideas.

[sdgamboa]

Happy to keep working on schedule automation. Which timeline would be good, @mdozmorov?

[mdozmorov]

This will be great, thanks, @sdgamboa. Mid-April-May will likely be the time for making the schedule. The BioC2023 Tentative schedule is already there, but we'll work with a more comprehensive schedule table.

[Damonlin11]

Hi @mdozmorov, this is Junxia, my GitHub user ID is Damonlin11. I would like to add the built-in registration form. What timeline would you suggest?

[mdozmorov]

Thanks, Junxia @Damonlin11. We don't need it for this year, but it'll be great to have it for the next year. The timeline is flexible (say, before December 2023). It would be best to implement it directly in https://github.com/Bioconductor/BioC_template, so we can use it for the next year's conference.

[Damonlin11]

If it is not urgent, I can do another one first. I could do populating "Mark your calendar" section from yaml files, what timeline would you suggest? @mdozmorov

[mdozmorov]

@Damonlin11, it would be useful now. And, certainly, for the next year. Suggesting implementing it in the template and then we bring it to the website. We should rename this section to "Latest news", to make it more inclusive. Sorry for the delay, was away.