McMurtry Website

The official McMurtry College website

Development

$ npm run dev Runs the website locally in development mode with hot reloading.

Deployment

$ npm run deploy Creates a production build of the website, exports this build to the docs folder, creates the CNAME file and stages all changes for commit.

Running $ git commit -m <commit message> and $ git push will push the changes to the website.

Repository Structure

1. All of the components that make up the pages can be found in the components directory.
2. Each Component will have a CSS file, a JS file, and some will have a JSON file that contains the content of of the component.
3. Some general components that are used in mulitple places are in the root directory of the components directory, the others are organized by the page of the website they occur at.
4. The static images and SVGs are located in the static directory.
5. The pages of the website are located in the pages directory, each page contains its page specific components as well as the navbar, header, and footer components.
6. The build files are exported to the docs folder after they are compiled, as part of the $ npm run deploy command, the gh-pages site is configured to pull from this folder in the master branch.

Contributors

• Nicholas Meisburger (nmeisburger0)

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Deployment Issue - January 2026

Current Situation

The custom domain mcmurtry.rice.edu is currently stuck/verified at the organization level and cannot be attached to this repository.

What happened:

1. During deployment attempts on January 5-6, 2026, the CNAME file became corrupted (showing as binary instead of plain text in git history)
2. This triggered GitHub's security system to move the domain verification to the organization level to prevent potential domain hijacking
3. The domain is now "locked" and shows as "already taken" when trying to add it to the repository

Current deployment:

• Live at: https://mcmurtrycollege.github.io/McMurtry-Website/
• CSS and images are working correctly with the /McMurtry-Website/ base path

Custom domain status:

• Domain currently redirects to ESPN.com (incorrect)
• DNS correctly points to mcmurtrycollege.github.io
• Awaiting GitHub Support to release the domain

Solution in Progress

A support ticket has been submitted to GitHub Support (January 6, 2026) requesting:

1. Release of mcmurtry.rice.edu from organization-level verification, OR
2. Transfer of organization ownership (original owner Nicholas Meisburger's Rice email is inactive)

When Domain is Released

Once GitHub Support releases the domain:

1. Update next.config.js to remove the basePath (deploy from root / instead of /McMurtry-Website/)
2. Revert component changes (remove /McMurtry-Website/ prefix from image paths)
3. Run npm run deploy
4. Site will deploy correctly to https://mcmurtry.rice.edu

Note: The current codebase has temporary modifications to work with the subdirectory deployment. These will be reverted once the custom domain is functional.