Task: Update your website

Instructions

  • Edit your website in RStudio. Click Render.
  • In Netlify - Deploys - Drag and drop _site folder to the update area:

Netlify site - Deploy - Drag and drop output folder to update site

Optional advanced: automatic deploys via GitHub

  • If this is the first time you’re using git on your computer, do these things:

    • Install git: https://git-scm.com/downloads

    • Create a GitHub account if you don’t have one already: https://github.com/

    • RStudio, Tools, Global Options, Git/SVN, Create SSH Key.

    • Copy the key over to your GitHub account Settings.

    • Back in RStudio, run these lines in the Shell/Terminal (also under Tools):

git config --global user.email "your@email.com"

git config --global user.name "username"

  • Push your Quarto website project from RStudio to GitHub. Hint: Create a new repository on GitHub first.

  • Make your Netlify automatically update your website when you push to GitHub.

    • Netlify, Site settings, Build & deploy, Link repository.

    • Publish directory: `_site`.

  • Test that it works by editing your website in RStudio, render, commit, push. Tip: for committing multiple files, `git add .` in the Terminal is convenient. It does the same thing as manually ticking everything in the Git tab.

Bonus tasks

  • Get the person sitting next to you to edit your website.

  • RStudio - New Project - Version Control - URL is your GitHub repository.

  • Their Push will become a pull request.

  • You should merge the pull request to main. Your website should then update.

  • Fabricate a merge conflict. Solve it.