CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

This is a personal website/blog built with Jekyll and Bootstrap for Pratik Chandrani, a Computational Biologist & Data Scientist. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages and includes research publications, blog posts, photography, music, and personal information.

Development Commands

Installation and Setup

make install  # Updates and installs Ruby dependencies via Bundler
make serve    # Runs local development server

Alternatively, you can use Jekyll commands directly:

bundle update
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve

The development server will be available at http://localhost:4000 by default.

Architecture

Jekyll Configuration

• Framework: Jekyll 4.0.0 with kramdown markdown processor
• Styling: Bootstrap 4 (SCSS in _sass/ directory)
• Syntax Highlighting: Rouge with GitHub Flavored Markdown
• Site URL: http://pratikchandrani.github.io

Directory Structure

Content Areas:

• _pages/: Static pages (about, research, photography, music, open-source, index)
• _posts/: Blog posts (e.g., R and ggplot data visualization examples)
• _data/: YAML data files for structured content
  • publications.yml: Research publications with authors, year, links
  • pictures.yml: Photography gallery data

Templates:

• _layouts/: Page templates (default, home, page, post)
• _includes/: Reusable HTML components
  • sections/: Major page sections (header, footer, head)
  • components/: Smaller reusable components (social, pagination, post_preview, etc.)

Styling:

• _sass/: SCSS stylesheets including Bootstrap components

Key Features

Blog System:

• URL pattern: /blog/YYYY/MM/DD/title/
• Pagination enabled (5 posts per page)
• Disqus comments integration (shortname: pratikchandrani)
• Post excerpts enabled

SEO & Analytics:

• Google Analytics ID: G-Z7EKMZLYJ3
• Jekyll SEO tag plugin
• Sitemap generation
• Social media meta tags configured

Plugins in Use:

• jekyll-feed
• jekyll-sitemap
• jekyll-seo-tag
• jekyll-paginate
• jekyll-gist
• jekyll-redirect-from

Content Management

Adding Publications: Edit _data/publications.yml with the structure:

- title: "Publication Title"
  authors: "Author Names"
  year: YYYY
  publication: https://link-to-paper
  code: https://github.com/repo (optional)
  url: https://project-website (optional)

Adding Blog Posts: Create markdown files in _posts/ with naming convention: YYYY-MM-DD-title.md

Social Media Links: Configured in _config.yml:

• Twitter: @pratikchandrani
• GitHub: pratikchandrani
• LinkedIn: pratik-chandrani-phd-b550b5112
• YouTube: pratikchandrani
• Instagram: pratikchandrani
• Google Scholar: JALyxVsAAAAJ

Important Notes

• The site uses a container with max-width of 900px for consistent layout
• All layouts inherit from default.html which includes header, content area, and footer
• Custom domain configured via CNAME file
• The research page content appears to be from a different person (Eric Daoud) - this may need updating to reflect Pratik Chandrani’s actual research