Website Change Overview

This file is the high-level index for website updates. Use it to see what changed, why it changed, and which files to edit if you want to adjust the same area manually.

How To Use This Index

Start here to find the relevant change set.
Use the Primary files column to locate the main source files for manual edits.
Open the linked detailed log in docs/logs/ for the full request, implementation plan, validation notes, and affected files.

Change Index

Date	Change	High-level result	Primary files	Detailed log
2026-05-19	GitHub Pages build fix	Prevented Jekyll from executing a Liquid example in the visual-style documentation, which resolves the reported GitHub Pages build failure and keeps the example syntax valid for the repo’s older Pages stack.	`docs/visual-style.md`, `docs/website-change-overview.md`	2026-05-19-github-pages-build-fix.md
2026-05-18	Launch readiness cleanup	Removed dead publication action links, hid PDF buttons for published journal articles, fixed duplicate publication fallback output, deleted leftover public template pages, rewrote the privacy page to match the current no-analytics setup, standardized “Tübingen” spelling, and trimmed stock sidebar/footer chrome.	`_includes/publication-card.html`, `_pages/publications.html`, `_publications/.md`, `_pages/terms.md`, `_teaching/.md`, `_includes/author-profile.html`, `_includes/footer.html`, `_pages/markdown.md`, `_pages/archive-layout-with-content.md`, `_pages/non-menu-page.md`	2026-05-18-launch-readiness-cleanup.md
2026-04-23	Sidebar and talks cleanup	Increased the sidebar gap above the location block, tightened publication metadata spacing, removed the sidebar Website row and homepage Talks section/navigation tab, deleted the unused talks pages/content, and removed leftover sample download files from `files/`.	`_includes/author-profile.html`, `_sass/layout/_sidebar.scss`, `_sass/layout/_publication_cards.scss`, `_pages/about.md`, `_data/navigation.yml`, `_pages/talks.html`, `_pages/talkmap.html`, `_talks/*.md`, `files/`	2026-04-23-sidebar-navigation-cleanup.md
2026-04-23	Publication and teaching cleanup	Removed the homepage CV/GitHub buttons, dropped one working paper, moved the uncertainty project to work in progress, showed visible publication excerpts with tighter spacing, pointed published-paper links to journal pages, and reordered/de-linked teaching entries except for the toolkit course.	`_pages/about.md`, `_pages/teaching.html`, `_pages/cv.md`, `_includes/publication-card.html`, `_includes/archive-single.html`, `_includes/archive-single-cv.html`, `_sass/layout/_publication_cards.scss`, `_publications/.md`, `_teaching/.md`, `_data/cv.json`	2026-04-23-publication-teaching-cleanup.md
2026-04-21	CV-based site refresh and template cleanup	Replaced template content with Yannik Winkelmann’s profile, publications, CV, and cleaned unused sample sections.	`_config.yml`, `_pages/about.md`, `_pages/cv.md`, `_publications/`, `_talks/`, `_teaching/`	2026-04-21-site-content-refresh.md
2026-04-21	Scrollable homepage and anchor navigation	Turned the homepage into a long-scroll landing page with section anchors and active header highlighting.	`_pages/about.md`, `_data/navigation.yml`, `_includes/masthead.html`, `assets/js/_main.js`, `_sass/layout/_masthead.scss`, `_sass/layout/_home_sections.scss`	2026-04-21-scrollable-homepage.md
2026-04-21	Change tracking workflow and AI instructions	Added a stable documentation workflow with a high-level index, detailed logs folder, maintenance guide, and repo-local Copilot instructions.	`docs/website-change-overview.md`, `docs/logs/`, `docs/change-log-workflow.md`, `.github/copilot-instructions.md`, `README.md`	2026-04-21-change-log-workflow.md
2026-04-21	Homepage layout refinement and working-paper summaries	Simplified the homepage intro and CV section, moved the position into the sidebar, removed manual dark-mode switching, widened the main content column, added visible summaries for working papers, iteratively polished the intro title/mobile sidebar portrait sizing, cleaned the homepage research-output grouping and labeling, and expanded profile/teaching metadata from the CV.	`_pages/about.md`, `_data/navigation.yml`, `_layouts/single.html`, `_includes/author-profile.html`, `_config.yml`, `_includes/masthead.html`, `assets/js/_main.js`, `_sass/layout/_page.scss`, `_sass/layout/_sidebar.scss`, `_sass/layout/_home_sections.scss`, `_includes/publication-card.html`, `_publications/.md`, `_teaching/.md`	2026-04-21-homepage-layout-refinement.md

Common Edit Areas

Homepage content: _pages/about.md
Masthead links: _data/navigation.yml
Header markup: _includes/masthead.html
Scroll/highlight behavior: assets/js/_main.js
Header and homepage section styles: _sass/layout/_masthead.scss, _sass/layout/_home_sections.scss

Publications and research output

Publication entries: _publications/*.md
Publication grouping: _data/publication_sections.yml
Publication archive page: _pages/publications.html
Publication card layout: _includes/publication-card.html

CV and profile data

Site-wide profile/sidebar data: _config.yml
Main CV page: _pages/cv.md
JSON CV source: _data/cv.json

Talks and teaching

Talks entries: _talks/*.md
Talks archive: _pages/talks.html
Teaching entries: _teaching/*.md
Teaching archive: _pages/teaching.html

Maintenance Rule

For every future website change, keep both levels updated:

High-level summary here in docs/website-change-overview.md
Detailed implementation log in docs/logs/

See change-log-workflow.md for the exact process.