Project Overview

Personal academic homepage for Haiqian Han, a Master’s student at Tsinghua University researching computer vision and event-based cameras.

Live Site: https://lanpokn.github.io/ Tech Stack: Jekyll, GitHub Pages, Academic Pages template

Design Philosophy

Single Entry Point: This site is intentionally minimal with only one main page. All navigation links except the homepage have been disabled.

Key Constraint: DO NOT create multi-page structures. The entire content should be on the homepage (_pages/about.md).

Project Structure

├── _config.yml           # Site configuration
├── _data/
│   └── navigation.yml    # All navigation links are commented out
├── _pages/
│   └── about.md          # MAIN CONTENT (permalink: /)
├── _includes/
│   └── seo.html          # Modified to prevent Google sitelinks
├── _publications/        # Not displayed (collections disabled)
├── _talks/               # Not displayed (collections disabled)
├── _teaching/            # Not displayed (collections disabled)
└── _portfolio/           # Not displayed (collections disabled)

Key Configuration

1. Collections Disabled (`_config.yml:211-223`)

All Jekyll collections have output: false to prevent generating individual pages:

teaching
publications
portfolio
talks

2. Navigation Stripped (`_data/navigation.yml`)

All navigation links are commented out. Only the homepage is accessible.

3. SEO Modifications (`_includes/seo.html:140-142`)

Added robots meta tag to discourage Google from showing sitelinks in search results.

Content Guidelines

Homepage Structure (`_pages/about.md`)

Current sections (in order):

Brief intro - One paragraph: current position, research focus, Ph.D. seeking status
Education - Degree, institution, years (reverse chronological)
Publications - Separated into “First Author” and “Co-authored”
Experience - Internships (reverse chronological)

Writing style:

Direct and concise
No lengthy descriptions
Professional academic tone
No placeholder text or template comments

Deleted Pages

DO NOT recreate these pages:

/cv/ - Intentionally deleted (commit 075152b). If Google shows it in search results, this is expected and will resolve naturally as Google re-crawls.

Common Tasks

Update Publications

Edit _pages/about.md, publications section. Format:

Author names. **Paper Title**. *Conference/Journal Name*, Year: Pages.

Update Experience

Edit _pages/about.md, experience section. Keep descriptions to 1-2 sentences focusing on key outcomes.

Change Contact Info

Edit _pages/about.md (email line) and _config.yml (author section).

DO NOT

❌ Create new pages in _pages/
❌ Enable collections output in _config.yml
❌ Uncomment navigation links in _data/navigation.yml
❌ Recreate the CV page
❌ Add verbose descriptions or template boilerplate

Site Deployment

Push to master branch → GitHub Pages automatically builds and deploys.

Build time: ~2 minutes

Search Engine Behavior

Expected: Google may show outdated links (CV, collections) for 1-4 weeks after deletion. This is normal and will self-correct.

Solution: Wait for natural re-indexing, or use Google Search Console to request removal.

Haiqian Han