The course website for Delft University of Technology's Multibody Dynamics course. The most recent (or currently running course) is rendered version can be viewed at:

http://moorepants.github.io/me41055

Prior offerings are at:

• http://moorepants.github.io/me41055/2024
• http://moorepants.github.io/me41055/2023
• http://moorepants.github.io/me41055/2022

Editing Guide

• The website is built using Pelican. Review the Pelican documentation to get familiar with how to create pages and articles.
• The source files are in the git branch called master. This is the default branch of the repository. The HTML files are generated via a Github Action and pushed to the gh-pages branch, which is automatically served to https://moorepants.github.io/me41055. You should not have to ever manually edit files in the gh-pages branch.
• All articles, pages, and similar content should be written in reStructuredText. See the Sphinx reStructuredText primer to learn the syntax.
• All changes, in general, should be submitted as Github pull requests. Don't commit directly to the master branch.
• Binary Assets such as images, videos, etc should be served from an external hosting site. For now, send these files to Jason and he'll host using his Dreamhost DreamObject bucket. Do not commit binary assets to this repository.
• You can edit and add rst files directly in the contents directory using the Github interface. The small pencil on files lets you edit and submit pull requests. Just above the directory view has buttons for adding files. See these instructions: https://help.github.com/en/articles/editing-files-in-your-repository

Building Locally

It is good practice to build the documentation locally so that you can review change before submitting a pull request.

Install pelican and pyyaml with conda (or pip if you prefer):

$ conda install pelican pyyaml

Clone the theme repository (make sure to use the mechmotum branch):

$ git clone --branch mechmotum [email protected]:mechmotum/pelican-alchemy.git

Note the path to the theme, e.g.:

/home/my_username/.../pelican-alchemy/alchemy

Clone the pelican-plugins repository:

$ git clone [email protected]:getpelican/pelican-plugins.git

Note the path to the plugins directory, e.g.:

/home/my_username/.../pelican-plugins

Clone this repository and change into the new directory:

$ git clone [email protected]:moorepants/me41055.git
$ cd me41055/

Create a configuration file called config.yml and add the full path to where you installed the theme:

$ echo "THEME_PATH: /home/my_username/.../pelican-alchemy/alchemy" > config.yml
$ echo "PLUGIN_PATHS: /home/my_username/.../pelican-plugins" >> config.yml

Now you can build and serve the documentation with:

$ make devserver

If this succeeds you can open the website in your web browser at http://localhost:8000.

While the server is running you can change the website source files and they will be build automatically. Refresh your web browser to view the changes.

To stop the web server press <CTRL + C>.

LICENSE

These contents of this repository are licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.