Open Case Studies Website

This repository contains the code for the Open Case Studies project website.

The site is built with R Markdown using rmarkdown::render_site(). The output is written to the docs/ directory, which is served via GitHub Pages.

Contributing

1. Edit the .Rmd files in the main directory (or in post/ / team/ subdirectories)
2. Knit individual files in RStudio, or run rmarkdown::render_site() in the R console to build the entire site
3. Preview the output in docs/
4. Commit and push your changes — GitHub Pages will serve from docs/

Site Structure

File	Description
index.Rmd	Home page
blog.Rmd	Blog listing page
team.Rmd	Team listing page
talks.Rmd	Talks timeline page
contact.Rmd	Contact form page
search.Rmd	Case study search page
survey.Rmd	User survey page
setup.Rmd	About page
_site.yml	Site-wide config (navbar, theme)
styles.css	Global CSS styles
resources/header.html	Custom HTML injected into every page header

Adding a Blog Post

1. Create a new .Rmd file in the post/ directory
2. Name it with the format YYYY-MM-DD-your-post-title.Rmd
3. Include a YAML front matter block with at least title, author, and date:

---
title: Your Post Title
author: Your Name
date: '2026-02-24'
---

4. Knit the file — it will appear automatically on blog.html

Adding or Updating a Team Member

• Each team member has a directory under team/ named with first initial followed by last name (e.g. cwright for Carrie Wright)
• The directory should contain:
  • index.Rmd — the member's profile page
  • avatar.png — the member's photo
• The index.Rmd YAML controls the name, role, and group (Faculty, Research Assistants, or OCS Alumni) displayed on team.html

Adding a Talk

Edit talks.Rmd and add an entry under the appropriate year section.

Open Case Studies GitHub

All case study repositories live at: https://github.com/opencasestudies

The case study search table is hosted separately at http://www.opencasestudies.org/OCS_search/ from the repo: https://github.com/opencasestudies/OCS_search