How to update jadesandstedt.com

Whenever you change a .qmd file (or any content) and want it to appear on the live website, do the following.

You only need a terminal. In RStudio you can use the Terminal tab (next to the Console), or open the macOS Terminal app.

Step 1 — Go to the project folder

Copy-paste this exact line (the quotes matter because the path has spaces):

cd "/Users/jadesandstedt/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/R_projects/Personal_webpage_development/Personal webpage"

Step 2 — Publish to the live site

quarto publish gh-pages

This rebuilds the whole site and pushes it to the live web address.
If it asks “Publish update to … ? (Y/n)”, type Y and press Enter.
Your changes appear at https://jadesandstedt.com within about a minute (sometimes you need to refresh / hard-refresh the page).

That’s the only step required to update the live website.

Step 3 (recommended) — Back up your source code on GitHub

This saves a version-history copy of your editable files. It does NOT affect the live site, but it’s good insurance.

git add .
git commit -m "Describe what you changed, e.g. Add n = 105 to SPR section"
git push

Quick reference (all together)

cd "/Users/jadesandstedt/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/R_projects/Personal_webpage_development/Personal webpage"
quarto publish gh-pages
git add .
git commit -m "What I changed"
git push

Notes & troubleshooting

The live site = the gh-pages branch. quarto publish gh-pages is what regenerates it. Saving a .qmd in RStudio alone changes nothing online until you run that command.
Git asks for a password? Use your GitHub Personal Access Token (not your account password) as the password. If the token is lost, make a new one at github.com → Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens → Tokens (classic), with the repo scope.
A file shows up as “deleted” in git status but you didn’t delete it? This can happen with Dropbox if the file hasn’t fully synced/downloaded. Don’t commit that deletion — right-click the file in Finder and choose “Make available offline” (or just open the folder so Dropbox downloads it), then try again. The big video file images/erp_unfolding.mp4 is the most likely one to do this.
Custom domain stops working? The file named CNAME in this folder (containing jadesandstedt.com) must stay there — it’s what keeps the custom domain attached. It’s already set up; just don’t delete it.