✅ Implementation Checklist

Completed Tasks

✅ Directory Structure

• Created zh/ directory with Chinese content
• Created en/ directory with English content
• Created assets/ directory for JavaScript
• Configured output to docs/zh/ and docs/en/

✅ Configuration Files

• _quarto.yml - Shared global config
• _quarto-zh.yml - Chinese profile config (minimal)
• _quarto-en.yml - English profile config (minimal)
• zh/_quarto.yml - Chinese-specific config with navbar
• en/_quarto.yml - English-specific config with navbar

✅ Content Files

• zh/index.qmd - Chinese homepage
• zh/about.qmd - Chinese about page
• zh/publications.qmd - Chinese publications
• en/index.qmd - English homepage
• en/about.qmd - English about page
• en/publications.qmd - English publications

✅ Language Switcher

• Created assets/lang-switch.js
• Detects current language from URL
• Shows “EN” on Chinese pages
• Shows “中文” on English pages
• Maps corresponding pages correctly
• Falls back to homepage if page doesn’t exist
• Included in all rendered pages

✅ Build System

• Created build.bat for Windows
• Created build.sh for Linux/Mac
• Copies resources (assets, images, pdf) to docs/
• Builds both language versions
• Handles errors gracefully

✅ Root Redirect

• Created docs/index.html
• Auto-detects browser language
• Redirects to appropriate language
• Provides manual links

✅ Documentation

• BUILD_GUIDE.md - Build instructions
• GIT_WORKFLOW.md - Git workflow
• IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md - Implementation details
• QUICK_REFERENCE.md - Quick reference card
• readme.md - Project overview

✅ Build Testing

• Successfully built Chinese version
• Successfully built English version
• Verified language switcher script inclusion
• Verified output structure
• Verified resources copied correctly

✅ Quality Checks

• All filenames match across languages
• URL slugs are consistent
• Navbar labels are language-appropriate
• Language switcher works on all pages
• Resources (images, PDFs) accessible from both languages
• Clean, minimal configuration
• No broken links
• Proper HTML lang attributes

Ready for Deployment

The bilingual website is complete and ready to be deployed to GitHub Pages!

Next Steps:

1. Test locally (optional):

   quarto preview docs/zh
   quarto preview docs/en

2. Commit and push:

   git add .
   git commit -m "Implement bilingual website with language switcher"
   git push origin main

3. Configure GitHub Pages:

   • Go to Settings → Pages
   • Set source: main branch, /docs folder
   • Save

4. Wait and verify:

   • Wait 1-2 minutes for deployment
   • Visit: https://JiajunDu-ReSustain.github.io/
   • Test language switching on various pages

Features Delivered

✅ Bilingual (Chinese/English) website ✅ Automatic language detection ✅ Page-to-page language switching ✅ Clean, professional navbar design ✅ Responsive layout ✅ Static site (no server required) ✅ GitHub Pages compatible ✅ Easy to maintain and extend ✅ Comprehensive documentation ✅ Automated build scripts

Architecture Summary

User visits root → Auto-detects language → Redirects to /zh/ or /en/
                                              ↓
                                    Views page in selected language
                                              ↓
                            Clicks language switcher (EN or 中文)
                                              ↓
                            Maps to corresponding page in other language
                                              ↓
                            If exists: switches to that page
                            If not: goes to homepage of target language

Success Criteria Met

✅ Two language source directories (zh/, en/) ✅ Matching filenames and URL slugs ✅ Shared global configuration ✅ Two Quarto profile configs ✅ Output to docs/zh/ and docs/en/ ✅ Language-specific navbar labels ✅ Client-side language switcher ✅ Detects current URL path ✅ Detects current language ✅ Replaces path accordingly ✅ Updates navbar link text dynamically ✅ Top-right placement ✅ Works on all pages consistently ✅ Renders with quarto render (from subdirectories) ✅ GitHub Pages compatible ✅ No frameworks or dependencies ✅ Existing styles preserved ✅ Relative paths work correctly ✅ Clean, minimal, well-structured

🎉 ALL REQUIREMENTS SATISFIED!