Web Publishing Platforms for Scholars

So you're ready to make your academic website. Excellent! This guide provides a quick comparison of some tools you might use to build your site and links to our favorite tutorials for getting started.

Considerations

When choosing a web publishing platform you might consider...

• price
• portability, i.e. can you take it with you after Harvard
• technical skill required
• customization
• type of content (writing, data viz, personal site, etc.)

Platforms

OpenScholar

Scalar

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Links

• Official Guide
• Example Scalar Books

Wix

Squarespace

Wordpress

Github Pages