P8105: Making Websites

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   MAKING WEBSITES
   Jeff Goldsmith, PhD
   Department of Biostatistics
   

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   • Just kidding, we all know what a website is
   What is a web site …??
   

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   • Just kidding, we all know what a website is
   – …Or do we?
   What is a web site …??
   

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   • Just kidding, we all know what a website is
   – …Or do we?
   • For our purposes a website is a collection of related pages, written in HTML,
   hosted on a server, and retrievable using an easy-to-remember name
   What is a web site …??
   

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   • Personal site, so people (employers) can find you
   • Site for a project
   • Site for an R package
   • I dunno, you want to blog?
   Why do I need to make one?
   

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   Do I need to know HTML?
   

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   • Of course not, this isn’t 1997 and you’re not putting a website on geocities
   Do I need to know HTML?
   

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   • Of course not, this isn’t 1997 and you’re not putting a website on geocities
   Do I need to know HTML?
   (Golden age of the internet)
   

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   • R Markdown renders content (with or without R code) to several formats,
   including HTML
   • That is, you can write a detailed website using only R
   • Occasionally, knowing some HTML will get you out of trouble, but it’s not
   necessary for a lot of stuff
   Plus you already know RMD
   

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    title: "My awesome website"

    output: 

    html_document:

    toc: true

    toc_float: true

    theme: cerulean

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    # This is Jeff's awesome website

    

    ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/
    drXGoW1iudhKw/giphy.gif)
    rmarkdown
    (Slide stolen from Jeff Leek)
    

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    title: "My awesome website"

    output: 

    html_document:

    toc: true

    toc_float: true

    theme: cerulean

    ---

    # This is Jeff's awesome website

    

    ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/
    drXGoW1iudhKw/giphy.gif)
    rmarkdown
    (Slide stolen from Jeff Leek)
    

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    • R Markdown can be used to build the website, but you still have to host it for
    other people to be able to find it
    • Lots of places let you host things for free now, including GitHub
    – Repository = website
    – Domain names are well-structured
    – New pushes to remote are reflected in the web site
    – Easy collaboration on websites for projects
    Knowing
    RMD
    is half the battle
    

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    • A lot like your “standard” workflow:
    – Create repo + R Project
    – Copy template website into the directory
    – Edit repo settings so GitHub knows this is a website
    – Edit content and push
    Workflow for websites
    

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