mkconf

A simple mkdocs plugin to help create a simple static conference website.

Currently simply exposes the configuration to the mustache variables for the page templates. Feel free to contribute templates for each needed page. One can also make use of the macros plugin to use the configuration variables within the markdown files, though you might be limited on styling options.

Motivation

Mkdocs yaml configs can be easily automated and created from csv's or excel files. Together with the mkdocs mike plugin and using CalVer-versioning one can easily keep track of a conference over the years with very little maintaince.

Installation

pip install mkconf

and add it to the list of plugins in your mkdocs.yml file

plugins:
  - mkconf

Usage

you can pass the custom paths through the speakers_file, organizers_file, agenda_file parameters.

plugins:
  - mkconf
    - speakers_file: custom/path/to/file1.yml
    - organizers_file: custom/path/to/fil2.yml
    - agenda_file: custome/path/to/file3.yml

Otherwise it will use the agenda.yml, speakers.yml, and organizers.yml files in the root of your mkdocs.yml file.

People

Both speakers, and organizers have the same schema, as a list of people objects.

speakers:
    - name: "name1"
      title: "title1"
      company: "company1"
      image: /path/to/image1.jpg
      social_link: "https://linkedin.com/in/name1"
    - name: "name2"
      title: "title2"
      company: "company2"
      image: /path/to/image2.jpg
      social_link: "https://linkedin.com/in/name2"

Agenda

The agenda follows the following schema.

agenda:
  - range: ["8:00", "8:15"]
    display:
      h: 8
      m: ""
      a: "am"
    location: "Hall A"
    desc: "Opening Remarks & Welcome"

  - range: ["8:15", "9:45"]
    display:
      h: 8
      m: 15
      a: "am"
    location: "Hall B"
    desc: "Keynote Speech"