Hesburgh Libraries

With the Bootstrap framework and tools like Bootstrapr, creating a professional-looking website has never been easier. With sites like GitHub, we can upload and host a website for free.

In this workshop, we demonstrate how to customize Bootstrap components to create a simple website. We then download and customize a free full-featured Bootstrap template themed for a professional academic website. Finally, we learn how to host simple websites online for free with GitHub’s GH-pages.

Prerequisites:

1. A basic working knowledge of HTML and CSS
2. A very basic working knowledge of the Apple Terminal or Windows command line interface (CLI)

Learning Goals:

1. Learn how to customize a pre-built template for an academic professional website
2. Learn how to host your website on GitHub’s Gh-Pages.