Plextech Curriculum

A Jekyll-based static course website for the Plextech engineering curriculum at UC Berkeley. Designed for GitHub Pages deployment.

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Ruby 3.2+ (3.3.x recommended; matches GitHub Pages)
• Bundler (gem install bundler)

Setup

bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve

Open http://localhost:4000 in your browser.

Live reload during development

bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload

Deployment

Push to the main branch of a GitHub repository with GitHub Pages enabled. The site will build and deploy automatically.

Project Structure

├── _config.yml          # Jekyll configuration
├── _layouts/
│   └── default.html     # Base page layout
├── _includes/
│   ├── header.html      # Navigation bar
│   └── footer.html      # Site footer
├── assets/
│   └── css/
│       └── main.css     # All styles
├── index.md             # Home page
├── schedule.md          # Weekly schedule
├── curriculum.md        # Curriculum modules
├── staff.md             # Staff & office hours
├── resources.md         # Links & references
├── announcements.md     # Course announcements
├── Gemfile              # Ruby dependencies
└── README.md

Customization

• Colors: Edit CSS custom properties in assets/css/main.css (:root block)
• Content: Edit any .md file directly — uses standard Markdown + HTML
• Navigation: Update _includes/header.html
• Config: Update _config.yml for site title, semester, email, etc.