ses2026 (Jekyll site)

This is a minimal, single-page conference site for the 1st Swiss Enterovirus Symposium.

Local run (Ruby 3.2 via micromamba)

Create a micromamba environment with Ruby 3.2 and the neccessary compilers and activate it

micromamba create -n jekyll-ses -c conda-forge ruby=3.2 make gcc_linux-64 gxx_linux-64 pkg-config openssl libffi zlib jemalloc

micromamba activate jekyll-ses

Clone the repository:

git clone git@github.com:hodcroftlab/ses2026.git
cd ses2026

Install gems only locally in the directory, then install bundler and gems needed

bundle config set path 'vendor/bundle'
bundle install

And serve the website locally:

bundle exec jekyll serve

Then open: http://127.0.0.1:4000/ses2026/

GitHub Pages

This repo includes a GitHub Actions workflow at .github/workflows/pages.yml which builds and deploys the site to GitHub Pages.

Important settings

• _config.yml is set for hodcroftlab/ses2026:
  • url: https://hodcroftlab.github.io
  • baseurl: /ses2026

If you later move to a custom domain, update url and baseurl accordingly.

Editing content

Registration URL

Edit this in _config.yml:

event:
  registration_url: "#"

Speakers

Edit _data/speakers.yml. Cards render automatically.

Speaker images live at assets/img/speakers/*.png. Placeholders are included; you can overwrite them with real headshots.

Program table

Edit _data/program.yml. The table is generated from structured YAML.

Abstract deadline banner (on/off)

Add the URL and toggle this in _config.yml:

event:
  registration_url: "#"
  registration_open: false

Registration button (on/off)

Toggle this in _config.yml:

event:
  abstract_submission:
    enabled: true   # set false to hide
    deadline: "TBD"
    url: "#"

Sponsors

Edit _data/sponsors.yml. Add logo: and url: when ready.

Assets

• Hero image: assets/img/hero.jpg
• Speaker headshots: assets/img/speakers/