A personal website template for academics, covering use cases from graduate students on the job market to current faculty
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A personal website template for academics, built with Bootstrap, including responsive pages and documentation, under the MIT license.
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Built with Bootstrap, using its styles and interactive components (such as accordions and tooltips)
Mobile-first responsive design, adapting to desktop and mobile
The repository includes a documentation page explaining template modification and online hosting
Tech stack: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, and Bootstrap Icons
Released under the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution
Template Details
This is a personal website template designed for academics. The author positions its users as ranging from graduate students on the job market to current faculty, and it can also be adapted for other career directions. The template uses Bootstrap as its front-end styling foundation. The README explains that it leverages Bootstrap's styles and interactive components (such as accordions and tooltips) and employs a mobile-first responsive design.
The repository includes a separate documentation page (docs.html) that explains how to modify the template and how to upload and host it online; the author also provides the Bootstrapr.io app as an auxiliary editing tool. The tech stack is HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, and Bootstrap Icons, with GitHub Pages as the deployment example.
The template is released under the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution, but third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses.
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Use Cases
- Graduate or doctoral students building a personal academic homepage for job applications
- University faculty organizing a display page for their bio, research, and teaching information
- Academics who need to host a personal static website for free via GitHub Pages
- Developers who want to quickly adjust page structure and interactions based on Bootstrap components
Suitable For
- Academics who need a personal academic website but do not want to write pages from scratch
- Users familiar with or willing to learn HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap
- Those planning to publish the website using static hosting such as GitHub Pages
- Users who accept the MIT license terms and will independently verify third-party asset licensing
Getting started & customization
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The repository provides a docs.html documentation page with instructions and a walkthrough video on template modification and uploading/hosting
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The README mentions that modifications can be made with the Bootstrapr.io app, an independent service provided by the author
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The deployment example is GitHub Pages, but other static hosting options can be chosen
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The code is under the MIT license; when distributing, the original author's copyright notice and the full license statement must be retained
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses; the code license alone is not sufficient
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Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version in the public repository under the MIT license; the free scope applies to that version's code and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
Must comply with when using
- Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code are permitted.
- When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT license statement.
- The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.
Additional costs & items to verify
- When modifying the template, you may optionally use the author's Bootstrapr.io online app, which is an independent external service and not required for the template to run.
- The README uses GitHub Pages as the deployment example; actual publishing requires a GitHub account and the corresponding hosting service.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked under their respective licenses; the code's MIT license alone is not sufficient.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur additional charges.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge
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it's even easier to modify with my free <a href="https://bootstrapr.io" target="_blank">Bootstrapr.io</a> app
Original README
https://github.com/randal-sean-harrison/randal-sean-harrison-academic-website-template-bootstrap-5/blob/main/LICENSE.mdhttps://github.com/randal-sean-harrison/randal-sean-harrison-academic-website-template-bootstrap-5/blob/main/README.md**Deployment:** GitHub Pages
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 88 / 100
- Technologies
- HTML
- Website type
- Portfolio · Tool Site
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- 2025-12-02
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Source file / repository# Free Academic Website Template (Bootstrap v5.3)
This website template is free! I designed it for academics—everyone from graduate students entering the job market to established faculty. With some modification, it could easily serve professionals in many areas.
It's designed with the ubiquitous and popular front-end, Bootstrap (v5.3). And it's even easier to modify with my free <a href="https://bootstrapr.io" target="_blank">Bootstrapr.io</a> app. The documentation ('Docs') has more information and a helpful explainer videos on modifying and uploading (hosting) the template online.
[](https://randal-sean-harrison.github.io/randal-sean-harrison-academic-website-template-bootstrap-5/docs.html)
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## Features
* Fully responsive design (mobile-first & mobile-friendly)
* Takes advantage of all the styles and affordances of Bootstrap v5.x (accordions, tooltips, etc.)
## Technologies
* **Frontend:** HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap 5.3, Bootstrap Icons
* **Deployment:** GitHub Pages
## License
Distributed under the **MIT License**. See the [`LICENSE.md`](LICENSE.md) file for more information.
## Contact/Author
**Author:** Randal Sean Harrison, PhD | [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) | [randalseanharrison.com](https://randalseanharrison.com)
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**Project Link:** `https://github.com/randal-sean-harrison/randal-sean-harrison-academic-website-template-bootstrap-5`Explore similar templates
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