A static Jekyll-based archive of The Journal of Brief Ideas - a research journal for publishing brief scientific ideas in 200 words or less.
The Journal of Brief Ideas was a research journal composed entirely of 'brief ideas'. The goal was to provide a place for short ideas to be described - in 200 words or less - for these ideas to be archived, searchable and citable.
Current Status: The journal is currently in stasis and archived for now. However, we are looking for technical help to restart. If you think you could help, see the GitHub issue for more information.
The archived site is deployed at: https://beta.briefideas.org
- Ruby 2.7+
- Jekyll 4.0+
- Git
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/brief-journal-archive.git cd brief-journal-archive -
Install dependencies
bundle install
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Run locally
bundle exec jekyll serve -
View the site Open http://localhost:4000 in your browser
bundle exec jekyll buildThe generated site will be in the _site directory.
This site is configured for GitHub Pages deployment:
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Push to main branch
git add . git commit -m "Update content" git push origin main
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GitHub Pages builds automatically
- No need to commit the
_sitedirectory - GitHub Pages runs
jekyll buildon push - Site deploys to your configured domain
- No need to commit the
This project is open source. See the original Brief Ideas repository for licensing information.
For technical questions about this archive:
- Open an issue on this repository
- Check the original Brief Ideas GitHub
For questions about the Journal of Brief Ideas project:
- See the GitHub issue for restarting the project
- Contact the editors via the contact page
Note: This is a static archive of the original Journal of Brief Ideas. The original dynamic site was built with Ruby on Rails, but this version uses Jekyll for easier maintenance.