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-This was forked (then detached) from the [Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/), which is © 2016 Michael Rose and released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md.
+A Github Pages template for academic websites. This was forked (then detached) from the [Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/), which is © 2016 Michael Rose and released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md.
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+# Instructions
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+1. Fork this repository
+1. Rename it "yourusername.github.io"
+1. Update variables in _config.yml to match your site
+ * url is especially important
+1. Update files in _pages directory to set top-level 
+1. Update/delete sample files for different kinds of collections 
+ * The files for each item are in _talks, _teaching, _publications, _portfolio, and _posts for each item in these collections
+ * Delete the sample files (no need to delete the directory) if you do not want a kind of collection in your site
+1. Update top menu bar (to add/remove items) by editing _data/navigation.yml
+1. Run talkmap.ipynb (must have repository cloned) to generate talkmap