**Create a free website with Academic using Markdown, Jupyter, or RStudio. Choose a beautiful color theme and build anything with the Page Builder - over 50 _widgets_, _themes_, and _language packs_ included!**
[Check out the latest **demo**](https://academic-demo.netlify.app) of what you'll get in less than 10 minutes, or [view the **showcase**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/#expo) of personal, project, and business sites.
- 💡 [Request a **feature** or report a **bug**](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/issues)
- ⬆️ **Updating?** View the [Update Guide](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/update/) and [Release Notes](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/updates/)
- :heart: **Support development** of Academic:
- ☕️ [**Donate a coffee**](https://paypal.me/cushen)
- **Page builder** - Create *anything* with [**widgets**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/page-builder/) and [**elements**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/writing-markdown-latex/)
- **Edit any type of content** - Blog posts, publications, talks, slides, projects, and more!
- **Create content** in [**Markdown**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/writing-markdown-latex/), [**Jupyter**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/jupyter/), or [**RStudio**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#install-with-rstudio)
- **Plugin System** - Fully customizable [**color** and **font themes**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/themes/)
- **Display Code and Math** - Code highlighting and [LaTeX math](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics) supported
Academic comes with **automatic day (light) and night (dark) mode** built-in. Alternatively, click the sun/moon icon in the top right of the [Demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.app) to set your preferred mode!
* **[Academic Admin](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-admin):** An admin tool to import publications from BibTeX or import assets for an offline site
* **[Academic Scripts](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-scripts):** Scripts to help migrate content to new versions of Academic
[**Create your site now with Netlify** :rocket:](https://app.netlify.com/start/deploy?repository=https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-kickstart)
* One-click install of Academic creates an `academic-kickstart` repository in your GitHub or GitLab account
* Netlify will provide you with a customizable URL to access your new site, [or get your own domain](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/domain/)
* Around 1-5 minutes after editing content in your repository, your site will automatically update
- If your site fails to update, [login to Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/), click your site, go to **Deploys**, and review the latest deploy log for any errors
* To **easily edit your site in a rich online editor in your browser**,
- [Login to Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) and click the site you deployed with Netlify
- Go to **Settings > Identity**, and select **Enable Identity** service
- Under **Registration** preferences, select **Invite Only**
- Scroll down to **Services > Git Gateway**, and click **Enable Git Gateway**
- Head over to **`YOUR_SITE.com/admin/`** to view your content management panel and begin publishing content
- For support with _Netlify CMS_ admin panel, refer to the [Netlify CMS docs](https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/add-to-your-site/#authentication) and the very active [Netlify CMS community](https://www.netlifycms.org/community/)
* To edit your site in a [Markdown editor](https://www.typora.io) on your computer,
- Perform the steps in the [*Install with Git*](#install-with-git) section below
Once you have followed the link above to automatically install Academic, head on over to your new `academic-kickstart` repository in your GitHub (or GitLab) account and [personalize your site by editing the files in](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/get-started/) `config/_default/`. Shortly after saving (i.e. *committing* a file), your site will automatically update.
View the [Homepage Builder](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/page-builder/) and [Content](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/managing-content/) guides to learn how to add widgets and content. For inspiration, refer to the [Markdown content](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/tree/master/exampleSite) which powers the [Demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.app).
2. [Download](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/archive/master.zip) and extract the *Academic theme* files from the `hugo-academic-master` folder to the `themes/academic/` folder in *Academic Kickstart*
For inspiration, refer to the [Markdown content](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/tree/master/exampleSite) which powers the [Demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.app).
If you wish to initialise your site with the demo content, copy the contents of the `themes/academic/exampleSite/` folder to your website root folder, overwriting existing files if necessary. The `exampleSite` folder contains an example config file and content to help you get started. The following command can be used to accomplish this:
Feel free to *star* the project on [Github](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/) and follow [@source_themes](https://twitter.com/source_themes) on Twitter to help keep track of [updates](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/updates).
