cmubig.github.io

Installation

brew install node@23
brew install yarn
brew install git-lfs
git lfs install

# install yarn
yarn

# start local dev server at `localhost:4321`
yarn dev

# formatter
yarn prettier . --write

# build static content
yarn build

# check dist/ that was just built
yarn preview

# check that files are tracked by git-lfs
git lfs status
# or
git lfs ls-files

# commit and push changes to github pages, an action will trigger to build and deploy the site

Usage

• Add your {andrew_id}.jpg profile image to src/assets/person/, and update src/content/docs/people.mdx.
• Add research media to public/research/ (for static, unprocessed files), and update src/content/docs/research.mdx.

Development tips:

• Content in .md and .mdx files in src/content/docs/.
• Custom components in src/components/.
• Starlight custom CSS variables.
• Global CSS in src/tailwind.css.

Project Structure

Inside of your Astro + Starlight project, you'll see the following folders and files:

.
├── public/
├── src/
│   ├── assets/
│   ├── content/
│   │   ├── docs/
│   └── content.config.ts
├── astro.config.mjs
├── package.json
├── tailwind.config.mjs
└── tsconfig.json

Starlight looks for .md or .mdx files in the src/content/docs/ directory. Each file is exposed as a route based on its file name.

Images can be added to src/assets/ and embedded in Markdown with a relative link.

Static assets, like favicons, can be placed in the public/ directory.

Commands

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

Command	Action
npm install	Installs dependencies
npm run dev	Starts local dev server at localhost:4321
npm run build	Build your production site to ./dist/
npm run preview	Preview your build locally, before deploying
npm run astro ...	Run CLI commands like astro add, astro check
npm run astro -- --help	Get help using the Astro CLI

yarn create astro --template starlight/tailwind
yarn add --dev prettier prettier-plugin-astro remark-parse
yarn astro add react
yarn add @headlessui/react
yarn add react-icons
git lfs track "src/assets"
git lfs track "*.jpg" "*.png" "*.gif" "*.mp4" "*.mov" "*.pdf"