Update website

[HengchengZhang]

This PR updates:

• content for DP and networks books on main page
• minor updates to the navigation bar
• reorganise the lecture/code/others page and standardise how layouts work using custom layouts for each page in _layouts
• add book page
• move previous html/md files in to archive folder
• separate lectures with projects and to a new folder called _lectures and _projects contains code, others, book pages.

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang can you please update the top level comment box with a short list of things that have changed. Then I will review and take a look.

[mmcky]

• [x] fix merge conflict

[HengchengZhang]

Thanks @mmcky, this PR is still subject to changes and I will ping you once its ready.

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang can you please update this to fix the merge conflict and bring it up to date so I can review. Thanks.

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang is it possible to have this ready for review tomorrow?

[mmcky]

@HumphreyYang -- once @HengchengZhang fixes this merge conflict. It would be great if you could take a look across this PR as well. I will also review -- we just want to get this migration right. Any comments are welcome.

[HengchengZhang]

Sorry for my late reply and such a big PR, please have a look at the commits @mmcky and @HumphreyYang and please ping me for more changes/details.

[HumphreyYang]

Many thanks @HengchengZhang, I will go through this and then pass it on to @mmcky.

Hi @mmcky, could you please grant me access to this repo?

Many thanks in advance.

[mmcky]

thanks @HengchengZhang for the the updates.

@HumphreyYang I added write access for you last week so you should be good to go. 👍

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang are you able to review and incorporate @HumphreyYang feedback and then ping me for a final review.

We need to resolve this PR as soon as possible.

[mmcky]

Thanks @HengchengZhang

I know there is a drive to simplify these pages -- but I think this page would look better with the card style objects (as we had on the more complex filtered page). So perhaps we can try static pages (with the card style objects)

the card style is

then we can make use of the filters on the lectures page to filter for language such as julia and python

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang the left is this branch while the right is the live site

Do you know why this icon is a bird and not the compact QE?

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang can you please let me know if you have time to fix these items this week?

[HengchengZhang]

Thanks @HengchengZhang

I know there is a drive to simplify these pages -- but I think this page would look better with the card style objects (as we had on the more complex filtered page). So perhaps we can try static pages (with the card style objects)

the card style is

then we can make use of the filters on the lectures page to filter for language such as julia and python

Thanks @mmcky and main reason I'm making it simpler is that John thought that it's not very nice if we don't have 3's multiplier's number of cards. Cause currently if we go to the lectures filter there will be one missing block on the bottom right.

[HengchengZhang]

@HengchengZhang can you please let me know if you have time to fix these items this week?

Hi @mmcky I will fix the requests this week.

[mmcky]

Thanks @HengchengZhang I know there is a drive to simplify these pages -- but I think this page would look better with the card style objects (as we had on the more complex filtered page). So perhaps we can try static pages (with the card style objects)

the card style is

then we can make use of the filters on the lectures page to filter for language such as julia and python

Thanks @mmcky and main reason I'm making it simpler is that John thought that it's not very nice if we don't have 3's multiplier's number of cards. Cause currently if we go to the lectures filter there will be one missing block on the bottom right.

thanks @HengchengZhang can you match the outline style then of the cards in the linear list format to see what that looks like?'

I also think in the case of lectures it would be nice to have filters for python and julia in my mind (with language badges on each lecture series) top right.

[HengchengZhang]

Thanks @HumphreyYang for the review and I've updated all the changes.

Hi @mmcky do I open a new branch to see how the horizontal cards style looks like with the language filter added? I actually tried horizontal cards style and its basically the current style without the filters label.

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang the best is to work locally and use screenshots so we can iterate more quickly.

These are my two suggestions. Hopefully it doesn't take long to try it out.

a) Filter for Python or Julia lectures b) Use existing style for card look (to give depth and separation)

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang I just spent some time this morning looking at the css styles

What do you think of this

@jstac we could use the label and filter infrastructure to organise by difficulty such as Undergraduate, Intermediate, Graduate?

Alternatively we can remove the label and move the description up a level to make it a bit more compact.

[mmcky]

@HengchengZhang I have update the styles for lectures in 3e8ac43 and commented out the filters for now. We may use them to filter or sort for difficulty etc. later on.

Can you let me know where packages, books and others are generated from?

[mmcky]

Can you let me know where packages, books and others are generated from?

OK I think I have figured this out -- they are in pages/code but it is confusing how they are different to _lectures. I think it would be great if we can standardise.

[mmcky]

@HumphreyYang @HengchengZhang I have update the styles associated with the dropdown pages from Projects including Lectures, Code, Books, and Others to standardise how the site is built.

If one of you could cast an eye over the build

https://deploy-preview-113--sleepy-aryabhata-461b8b.netlify.app

and let me know what you think or spot any issues that would be great.

I would like to merge this tomorrow.

cc: @jstac new build of website update.

[HumphreyYang]

Many thanks @mmcky,

There are some very minor link issues. Would you mind if I push some changes to this branch now?

[mmcky]

@HumphreyYang just reviewing myself

This is no longer fully relevant with the reorganised drop-down menu arrangement.

We should:

• [x] remove all as there is no all page
• [x] Should we update to mirror the dropdown menu items? no longer relevant

[HumphreyYang]

@HumphreyYang just reviewing myself

This is no longer fully relevant with the reorganised drop-down menu arrangement.

We should:

• [ ] remove all as there is no all page
• [ ] Update to mirror the dropdown menu items

Many thanks @mmcky, this is exactly where I was. I think it would be great if we mirror the dropdown menu.

[HumphreyYang]

I think we can probably remove some of the items in the projects section, as we already have this on the top of the page:

or we can include other projects that are not mentioned in the block above (i.e., forums).

[mmcky]

@HumphreyYang any thoughts on

Should we update to mirror the dropdown menu items?

maybe I will leave it as this for now

[mmcky]

@jstac here is the latest preview of new site

https://deploy-preview-113--sleepy-aryabhata-461b8b.netlify.app

[HengchengZhang]

I think we can probably remove the projects section, as we already have this on the top of the page:

I think Tom and John wants to have the lectures and books on homepage.

[HumphreyYang]

I think Tom and John wants to have the lectures and books on homepage.

Many thanks @HengchengZhang, I was referring to the projects section:

They have some overlaps such as lectures and code.

[mmcky]

I agree @HumphreyYang the Lectures and Code are duplicates and can be removed. Let's use this space to showcase Notes and Executable Books for now as Projects we work on.

[HumphreyYang]

Many thanks @mmcky,

There is a link to lectures in about page under Contributing to the lectures section, which has not been updated yet.

I think we can probably replace some links on the guide for contribution with links to the QuantEcon Manual later, which is more stable.

[mmcky]

Thanks @HumphreyYang

I have now reviewed the about page and updated a bunch of links as suggested. I have also updated the content a little to better represent the new structure.

[HumphreyYang]

Many thanks @mmcky,

Back to 2022, we have a title for the sponsors section. Do you think it is necessary to add it back as it is the only section without a title?

[HumphreyYang]

Thanks @HumphreyYang

I have now reviewed the about page and updated a bunch of links as suggested. I have also updated the content a little to better represent the new structure.

Many thanks @mmcky, I clicked all the links, and they are working well for me now.

[mmcky]

Back to 2022, we have a title for the sponsors section. Do you think it is necessary to add it back as it is the only section without a title?

@HumphreyYang this is now in the footer

[mmcky]

@HumphreyYang oh I think you mean this section

@jstac given we have these in the footer now -- do you think we can remove this panel to simplify the page?

[HumphreyYang]

Thanks @HumphreyYang I have now reviewed the about page and updated a bunch of links as suggested. I have also updated the content a little to better represent the new structure.

Many thanks @mmcky, I clicked all the links, and they are working well for me now.

@HumphreyYang this is now in the footer

Apologize for the confusion @mmcky, I was referring to the section here:

Also, What is your opinion on renaming this section

as "Other Projects" and add some of the other items on this page

into this block?

[mmcky]

Thanks for these thoughts @HumphreyYang

as "Other Projects" and add some of the other items on this page

I actually think it would be great to showcase our Open Source contributions (Infrastructure projects). The Other Projects are available through the menubar. The main one we should promote to the front page is Workshops though.

[mmcky]

@HumphreyYang our workshops is front and centre in this panel

but we should add a Past Workshops link to this panel.

[HumphreyYang]

Thanks for these thoughts @HumphreyYang

as "Other Projects" and add some of the other items on this page

I actually think it would be great to showcase our Open Source contributions (Infrastructure projects). The Other Projects are available through the menubar. The main one we should promote to the front page is Workshops though.

Many thanks @mmcky, this also sounds great to me. I think the only concern I have is the title "Open Source" is a little bit too general as our lectures, code, and books are also open-sourced. Perhaps we can say "Open Source Contributions" / "Open Source Infrastructures". Sorry, I couldn't think of a better title for this but I think you will have a much better idea of the title here.

[mmcky]

@HumphreyYang our workshops is front and centre in this panel

but we should add a Past Workshops link to this panel.

@HumphreyYang I was thinking the same. Link has now been added for Past locations text

BTW -- something weird jut happened and I may have edited one of your recent blocks?

[mmcky]

Thanks for these thoughts @HumphreyYang

as "Other Projects" and add some of the other items on this page

I actually think it would be great to showcase our Open Source contributions (Infrastructure projects). The Other Projects are available through the menubar. The main one we should promote to the front page is Workshops though.

Many thanks @mmcky, this also sounds great to me. I think the only concern I have is the title "Open Source" is a little bit too general as our lectures, code, and books are also open-sourced. Perhaps we can say "Open Source Contributions" / "Open Source Infrastructures". Sorry, I couldn't think of a better title for this but I think you will have a much better idea of the title here.

No worries. Thanks for these thoughts. I'll keep it simple and least words for now and we can improve later if we need to.

[HumphreyYang]

BTW -- something weird jut happened and I may have edited one of your recent blocks?

I think one of my comments is deleted : ) nothing too dramatic.

[mmcky]

thanks for review @HumphreyYang

thanks for all the contributions @HengchengZhang @Jingni-Yang

@jstac this is now ready for review.

Only outstanding item is:

• [ ] should we remove the large sponsor panel in favour of just listing them in the Sponsor area in the footer.

[HumphreyYang]

Sorry for the late message @mmcky, there are two more links to be checked on the about page:

One is the link to the team page:

The other is to the direct donation:

It indicates that the donation project has ended.

[mmcky]

thanks @HumphreyYang both of those links are now fixed and updated

[jstac]

Great work guys. Just the issue of the images being too small here: https://deploy-preview-113--sleepy-aryabhata-461b8b.netlify.app/books/

should we remove the large sponsor panel in favour of just listing them in the Sponsor area in the footer.

I think it's good as is. We will probably have to add the Chow Institute soon.

[mmcky]

thanks @jstac