Content Management Guide

Content Management Guide

This guide explains how to manage content on your academic homepage.

Adding Publications

Create a Markdown file in _publications/ named YYYY-MM-DD-short-title.md:

---
title: "Your Paper Title"
collection: publications
category: manuscripts
permalink: /publication/YYYY-short-title
excerpt: 'Brief description.'
date: YYYY-MM-DD
venue: 'Journal Name'
paperurl: 'https://link-to-paper'
citation: 'Authors. (Year). "Title." Journal. Vol, Pages.'
---

Categories: manuscripts, conferences, books. You can also use markdown_generator/ for batch generation.

Adding Blog Posts

Create a file in _posts/ named YYYY-MM-DD-post-title.md:

---
title: 'Post Title'
date: YYYY-MM-DD
permalink: /posts/YYYY/MM/post-title/
tags:
  - quantum computing
---
Your content here.

Adding Talks

Create a file in _talks/ named YYYY-MM-DD-talk-title.md:

---
title: "Talk Title"
collection: talks
type: "Talk"
permalink: /talks/YYYY-talk-title
venue: "Conference Name"
date: YYYY-MM-DD
location: "City, Country"
---

Updating Personal Information

  • Edit _config.yml for sidebar info (name, bio, links)
  • Edit _pages/about.md for the main About page

Add your homepage URL to these platforms to help Google discover your site:

  1. Google Scholar — Edit profile, add homepage URL
  2. ORCID — Add website in your profile
  3. GitHub — Add website in profile settings
  4. ResearchGate / arXiv — Add personal website link

SEO Checklist

  • Submit sitemap at Google Search Console: https://xiao-dili.github.io/sitemap.xml
  • Request indexing via URL Inspection tool
  • Add homepage URL to Google Scholar, ORCID, GitHub profiles
  • Replace all placeholder content with real data
  • Add real publications with proper titles and venues