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tags: ResBaz2021
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# Blogdown: Creating Websites with R Markdown
## Thursday, May 20th, 2021 9\:00-11\:00
[Back to Resbaz HackMD Directory](https://hackmd.io/@ResBaz21/directory)
Want to build a website using RStudio? blogdown is an R package that allows you to create websites from RMarkdown files using Hugo, an open-source static site generator. I’ll show you how to get your own website running and give you the tools you need to write your own posts.
## Getting Started :wrench:
- Sign up for a [Netlify](https://app.netlify.com/signup) account
- Install [R](https://www.r-project.org/) and [RStudio](https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) and [integrate RStudio with GitHub](https://cfss.uchicago.edu/setup/git-with-rstudio/)
- Check out my personal [blogdown website](https://heidiesteiner.netlify.app/)
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## Introductions :wave:
Name (pronouns), Affiliation, Title, Email, Social Media, emoji
- Heidi Steiner (she/her), University of Arizona, PhD Student/Workshop Instructor, heidiesteiner@email.arizona.edu, @hidyverse, :star-struck:
- Jung Mee Park, University of Arizona, MLIS student library and information science at UA, PhD in sociology from Cornell, jmpark@email.arizona.edu, @jpark1917 (https://twitter.com/jpark1917)
- Rene Dario Herrera (they/them), University of Arizona Cancer Center, Data Analyst, renedherrera@email.arizona.edu, [twitter@reneherrera](https://twitter.com/reneherrera), [github@renedarioherrera](https://github.com/renedarioherrera), [linkedin.com@renedarioherrera/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/renedarioherrera/)
## Copy and Paste Code Chunks :scissors:
```{r}
install.packages("blogdown")
```
```{r eval = F}
library(blogdown)
```
```{r eval = FALSE}
new_site(theme = "gcushen/hugo-academic",
sample = TRUE,
theme_example = TRUE,
empty_dirs = TRUE,
to_yaml = TRUE)
```
```{r eval = F}
hugo_version()
```
```{r eval = F}
blogdown::install_hugo(force = T)
```
```{r}
file.create("netlify.toml")
```
```{r eval = F}
[build]
publish = "public"
command = "hugo"
[context.production.environment]
HUGO_VERSION = "0.83.1"
HUGO_ENV = "production"
HUGO_ENABLEGITINFO = "true"
[context.branch-deploy.environment]
HUGO_VERSION = "0.83.1"
[context.deploy-preview.environment]
HUGO_VERSION = "0.83.1"
```
```{r eval = F}
.Rproj.user
.Rhistory
.RData
.Ruserdata
public/
.DS_Store # if a windows user, Thumbs.db instead
```
## Questions and Answers :question:
In this section, you can post your questions and feel free to answer if you have it. Questions will be answered during or after the workshop.
1. What is blogdown?
- An R package that lets you create websites in RStudio ussing a static site generator named Hugo.
2. Why use blogdown?
- Own your content
- Use R Markdown to create content
- RStudio integration
- Hugo themes
- Agnostic publishing
3. I joined late. Is there a link to the code?
- Step by step instructions (from the slides) can be found [here](https://github.com/heidiesteiner/resbaz2021/blob/main/blogdownwebsite.Rmd) and a similar tutorial can be found [here](https://www.emmanuelteitelbaum.com/post/create-a-website-with-blogdown-and-hugo)
4. Must I use the Academic theme?
- More themes can be found [here](https://themes.gohugo.io/tags/personal/) *at your own caution*. Each theme has idiosyncracies - the Academic theme is used frequently and therefore has tons of documentation.
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