Overview

This website serves as the homepage for Yi-Xin Liu’s research group, with a focus on math and code-intensive blogging for computational scientists. It features a minimalistic and clean design that allows visitors to focus on the main content. The website also includes beautiful inline and display math equations, code blocks with line numbers and a solarized light theme, as well as Jupyter Notebook-like code block formatting. It is powered by the LYX Jekyll theme and includes features from the HPSTR Jekyll Theme, Clean Blog Theme, and TWiStErRob Blog Theme.

Features

• Minimal visual components: The website has a clean and responsive design to keep the focus on the main content.
• Math equation rendering: Math equations are rendered beautifully using MathJax.
• Line numbered code blocks: Code blocks rendered with line numbers by default for easy reference.
• Jupyter Notebook-like formatting: Code blocks and their output are styled to resemble Jupyter Notebook.
• Julia and Python REPL code blocks: The website supports code blocks for Julia and Python REPL.
• Comments powered by utterances: The website incorporates utterances for comment functionality.
• Pre-designed TOC and alerts: Pre-designed table of contents and alerts are provided.
• Support for Twitter Card: The website supports Twitter Card for social media sharing.
• Per tag Atom feeds: The website supports per tag Atom feeds for easy subscription.

Installation

To use the Jekyll theme of this website, follow the guidelines below:

1. Give credit by starring the project and/or display the line “This website is powered by LYX Jekyll theme”.
2. Remove all personal materials and information about Yi-Xin Liu.
3. Delete the contents in the following directories: _posts, _drafts, _data, _site, downloads, images, and pages.
4. Modify the configuration file _config.yml to add your own personal information.
5. Add your own contents.
6. Customize the per-category page at blog/category by editing the sample pages.
7. Publish your website.

Important notice: Remove all copyright material before publishing your website.

Summary

Yi-Xin Liu’s research group homepage offers a visually minimal and clean website design, specifically tailored for math and code-intensive blogging in the field of computational science. The website includes features such as elegant math equation rendering, line numbered code blocks, Jupyter Notebook-like formatting, support for popular programming languages, and comments powered by utterances. It is powered by the LYX Jekyll theme and incorporates features from various other Jekyll themes. Installation of the theme involves giving credit, removing personal information, deleting certain directories, modifying the configuration file, adding contents, customizing the per-category page, and finally publishing the website while ensuring no copyright material is present.