🚀 Quick Update Guide

Most Common Updates

📄 Add a New Publication

1. Create a new file in _publications/ folder:
   • Filename: YYYY-MM-DD-short-title.md
   • Example: 2024-03-15-machine-learning-security.md
2. Use this template: ```markdown — title: “Your Paper Title Here” collection: publications permalink: /publication/short-name excerpt: ‘One sentence description of your paper’ date: 2024-03-15 venue: ‘Conference or Journal Name’ paperurl: ‘https://link-to-paper.com’ citation: ‘Author(s). (2024). Paper Title. Venue, pages.’ —

Brief description of the paper…

Download paper here

### 📚 Add a New Course

1. Create a new file in `_teaching/` folder:
   - Filename: `YYYY-semester-course-name.md`
   - Example: `2024-fall-data-science.md`

2. Use this template:
```markdown
---
title: "Course Title"
collection: teaching
type: "Undergraduate Course"  # or "Graduate Course"
permalink: /teaching/course-shortname
venue: "UAIC, Faculty of Computer Science"
semester: "Fall 2024"
current: true
date: 2024-09-01
excerpt: "Brief course description"
---

## Course Overview
Detailed description...

🎤 Add a New Talk

1. Create a new file in _talks/ folder:
   • Filename: YYYY-MM-DD-talk-title.md
2. Use this template: ```markdown — title: “Talk Title” collection: talks type: “Conference presentation” permalink: /talks/talk-name venue: “Conference Name” date: 2024-06-15 location: “City, Country” —

Talk description…

Download slides

### 📄 Update Your CV

1. Replace the PDF file in `/files/` folder
2. Update the link in `_pages/cv.md` if needed

### 🖼️ Update Profile Photo

1. Add new photo to `/images/` folder
2. Update `_config.yml`:
```yaml
author:
  avatar: "new-profile-photo.jpg"

📝 Update About Page

Edit _pages/about.md with your latest information.

Quick Commands

# Test locally
bundle exec jekyll serve

# Publish changes
git add .
git commit -m "Description of changes"
git push origin master

File Locations Cheat Sheet

• Personal info: _config.yml
• Publications: _publications/
• Teaching: _teaching/
• Talks: _talks/
• About page: _pages/about.md
• CV: _pages/cv.md
• Documents/PDFs: files/
• Images: images/
• Navigation menu: _data/navigation.yml

Tips

• Always test locally before publishing
• Use descriptive commit messages
• Keep file names lowercase with hyphens
• Optimize images (< 1MB each)
• Update regularly for best SEO