jdzucker.github.io

Personal academic portfolio website for Jean-Daniel Zucker, Research Director at IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) and head of the UMI UMMISCO laboratory.

Tech Stack

• Static Site Generator: Hugo (v0.141.0+)
• Theme: Blowfish
• Hosting: GitHub Pages
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Project Structure

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├── config/_default/     # Hugo configuration (languages, menus, params)
├── content/             # Markdown content (homepage, timeline)
├── data/fr/             # JSON data files (citation data)
├── assets/              # CSS, images, icons
├── static/              # Static files served as-is
└── .github/workflows/   # CI/CD automation

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Hugo Extended (v0.141.0 or later)
• Git

Setup

# Clone with submodules (required for theme)
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/jdzucker/jdzucker.github.io.git
cd jdzucker.github.io

# Start development server
hugo server -D

The site will be available at http://localhost:1313/

Build

hugo --gc --minify

Output is generated in the public/ directory.

Automated Features

Deployment

The site automatically deploys to GitHub Pages on every push to the main branch via gh-pages.yml.

Citation Data Updates

Google Scholar citation data is automatically fetched every Sunday using fetch_citation_data.yml. The script fetch_citation_data.py scrapes citation statistics and updates citation_data.json.

Configuration

Main configuration files in config/_default/:

File	Purpose
hugo.toml	Core Hugo settings (base URL, theme, outputs)
params.toml	Theme parameters (layout, colors, features)
languages.fr.toml	French language settings (default)
languages.en.toml	English language settings
menus.fr.toml	Navigation menu structure

License

Content © Jean-Daniel Zucker. Theme under its respective license.