Changelog

Reference: common-changelog.org

1.3.7 - 2025-07-31

Changed

• Improve cleanup of PR preview folders in gh-pages branch.
• Only run debug dump in debug mode to speed up workflow runs.

1.3.6 - 2025-07-30

Changed

• Improve behavior and flexibility of ORCID cite plugin.

1.3.5 - 2025-05-12

Changed

• Fix workflow bug where PR previews on GitHub Actions have broken styles/links/etc.
• Fix tags component relative link bug.
• Make Actions workflows a bit more robust.

1.3.4 - 2025-02-03

Changed

• Fix section component parsing bug.

1.3.3 - 2025-01-25

Changed

• Citation process logging enhancements.

Added

• Add support for multiple authors in blog posts.
• Add GitHub Actions workflow status badges to readme.

1.3.2 - 2025-01-06

Changed

• Misc enhancements and bug fixes.

1.3.1 - 2024-11-11

Changed

• Update and improve workflows for building site and citations.
• Escape user inputs better in rare edge cases.

1.3.0 - 2024-08-16

Changed

• List component filters parameter changed to filter and now takes any Ruby expression instead of the existing custom syntax. Example: filters="publisher: bioRxiv, date: ^2020" becomes filter="publisher == 'bioRxiv' and date =~ /^2020/". See docs for more info.
• Fix rare bug where data (e.g. a paper title) containing certain characters (e.g. a double quote) can mess up HTML rendering.
• Fix “first time setup” workflow bug.
• Tweak GitHub Actions debugging/logging.

Added

• Styling for <details> HTML element.

1.2.2 - 2024-06-05

Added

• Add affiliation member portrait field.

Changed

• Change order and type of preferred ids from ORCID API.
• Expand list of supported Manubot identifiers and thus keep ORCID API details less often.
• Simplify portrait component under-the-hood.
• Make tag component de-duplication consistent with search plugin de-duplication.

1.2.1 - 2024-04-01

Changed

• Minor bug fixes in cite process and sitemap generation.

1.2.0 - 2024-03-08

Changed

• Update all GitHub Actions to fix “Node v16 deprecated” warnings.
• Sources that Manubot doesn’t know how to cite (e.g. wosuid:12345) are now ignored by default if they’re from metasources.
• Fix bug where passing tags to tags component manually doesn’t work.
• Fix bug in citation (and other) components when lookup is blank.
• Fix nested tables bug.
• Dark mode tweaks.
• Various CSS tweaks and fixes.

Added

• Add image param to support blog post thumbnails.
• Add html-proofer plugin that checks for broken images/links/etc.
• Add remove flag to remove a source from a metasource.

1.1.6 - 2023-10-06

Changed

• Use latest minor versions of Python packages in auto-cite script.

1.1.5 - 2023-05-19

Changed

• Fix ORCID plugin bug and other cite process tweaks.

1.1.4 - 2023-04-28

Changed

• Fix ORCID plugin and other cite process bugs.

1.1.3 - 2023-04-20

Changed

• Fix first-time-setup mv bug.
• Fix citation, float, and portrait component CSS.
• Filter and trim citation info fields.

1.1.2 - 2023-04-11

Changed

• Fix first-time-setup rm bug.

1.1.1 - 2023-04-06

Changed

• Change member profile page from col layout to float.
• Fix first time setup. Preserve config formatting and comments.
• Improve Docker cite process behavior.
• Fix post excerpt component start/end markers and special search attr chars.
• Fix misc CSS.

Added

• Add show-title and show-subtitle site config options.
• Include site subtitle in description meta tag.
• Add user pull request template.
• Add title and link fallbacks to citation component.

1.1.0 - 2023-03-17

Add alert component, Docker support, accessibility fixes.

Changed

• Fix Lighthouse accessibility issues.
• De-href components when link isn’t provided (no hand cursor icon on hover or nav on click).
• In search script, limit highlights by total count instead of char length.
• Grid and link style tweaks.
• Take ORCID icon from Font Awesome.
• Misc bug fixes in tags script, float component.

Added

• Add Docker configuration and scripts for local previewing.
• Add alert component and types.
• Role icon in portrait component hoisted to top left.

1.0.0 - 2023-02-28

First official release.

High-level comparison with pre-releases:

• Simpler configuration.
• More automation, less setup.
• More customization and flexibility.
• Redesigned components.
• New docs.
• Complete rewrite.
• Culmination of years of feedback.

Changed

• Template is no longer limited to GitHub Pages white-listed Jekyll plugins. Any plugins possible.
• Pull request previews happen right within GitHub instead of needing Netlify.
• Better versioning. CITATION.cff file now source of truth for version, and tags/releases enforced.
• Citation-related files in /_data must now be named prefixed with the cite plugin they are to be run with, e.g. sources-2020.yaml or orcid-students.yaml.
• Folder renames for clarity and for better separation of template and user content: /auto-cite → /_cite, /css → /_styles, /js → /_scripts.
• Rename “Tools” page to “Projects” to be more clear and general purpose.
• Rename extra-links to buttons in sources.yaml files.
• Rename theme.scss to -theme.scss.
• Rename/repurpose components: link → button, two-col → cols, gallery → grid.
• Combine “link” and “role” data lists into single types.yaml map.
• Redesign components, change parameters and behavior.
• Update Font Awesome icon names from v5 to v6.
• Change placeholder text, images, and other images.
• Use CSS variables instead of Sass variables.
• Simplify caching method in cite process.
• Simplify Liquid code by including custom Ruby plugins.
• Simplify styles and scripts.

Added

• New docs at greene-lab.gitbook.io/lab-website-template-docs.
• Add automations for first time setup and URL change.
• Write PubMed and Google Scholar automatic citation plugins.
• Automatic citations through GitHub Actions should now work from (most) forks.
• Add optional description and type params for citations.
• Add periodic cite process run that opens a pull request.
• List component filters can now accept arbitrary regex.
• Add light/dark mode toggle.
• Pre-install selection of useful Jekyll plugins, namely Jekyll Spaceship.
• Add author portrait and updated date for blog posts.
• Add richer metadata for SEO.
• Google Fonts link determined automatically from theme file.

Removed

• Remove options from _config.yaml to simplify configuration: baseurl, auto-cite, logo.
• Remove /favicons folder, hardcode files for logo, icon, and share in /images.
• Remove palettes.scss and mixins.scss.
• Remove banner component (same thing can be achieved with full width section and figure components).
• Remove role component. Combine with portrait component.