Yong Zhang Academic Website

This repository is a pure static, data-driven academic website built with HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript.

Structure

• index.html: homepage
• publications.html: publications page
• projects.html: projects page
• notes.html: notes index
• assets/css/main.css: shared stylesheet
• assets/js/main.js: shared navigation and homepage rendering
• assets/js/publications.js: publications renderer
• assets/js/projects.js: projects renderer
• assets/js/notes.js: notes renderer
• data/profile.json: profile content
• data/publications.json: publication data
• data/projects.json: project data
• data/notes.json: notes metadata
• content/notes/: standalone note pages

Editing Content

Most content updates happen in the data/ directory:

• update profile text and links in data/profile.json
• add papers in data/publications.json
• add project entries in data/projects.json
• add notes in data/notes.json and create the linked HTML page under content/notes/

Local Preview

Open the repository in VS Code and start Live Server from the project root. Because the pages use fetch() to load JSON, previewing through a local static server is recommended.

Deployment

The site is ready for direct deployment on GitHub Pages. The .nojekyll file ensures GitHub Pages serves the site as plain static assets without running Jekyll.