Department of Ornithology

This repository holds the source for the public website of the Department of Ornithology in Seewiesen, accessible at ornithology.bi.mpg.de .

Credits

This project uses the following software:

• quarto: quarto for dynamic document creation.
• quarto extension: quarto fontawesome for using fa in quarto.
• globe.gl: globe.gl for interactive 3D globes.
• marked: marked for markdown parsing.
• bootbox: bootbox for modal windows and dialogs.
• d3js: d3js for csv parsing and data visualization.
• index-array-by: index-array-by for array indexing utilities.

How to contribute

Images

• Images should be *.webp files and no larger than 2000px in width.

Text

• Text is contained in *.qmd files and written in markdown. See for example quarto.org or markdownguide.org for more info.

Adding a new publication in /CONTENT/data/publications.bib

• check https://www.bibtex.com/g/bibtex-format/ for more info.
• search and use Google Scholar to export to bib.
• add new publications on top.
• when the entry is an editorial add group = {editorial} to the bib entry.
• always add a space after title, author, etc.
• if the pdf is made available :
  • add the pdf file to /CONTENT/biblio/pdfs
  • add pdf = {fileName.pdf}. For fileName see Naming conventions.

Adding a news item in /CONTENT/news/YYYY/

• Create a new .*qmd file using a previous file as template.

Naming conventions

• as naming template, use AuthorKeywordYear, as in /CONTENT/biblio/publications.bib.
• whenever appropriate the naming template should be applied to:
  • publications.bib entries.
  • *.qmd files in news.
  • *.webp files in news.
  • *.pdf files in biblio/pdfs.