Folio
A website template for a professor homepage
Al-Folio is a clean, centered academic portfolio inspired by the popular al-folio Jekyll theme. It uses a single-column layout with lightweight Roboto typography and magenta accent links for a refined, scholarly aesthetic.
Who Folio is for
Built for these, and tested against them.
- University professors and lecturers
- PhD students and postdocs
- Research scientists
- Academic job seekers
- Anyone migrating from al-folio Jekyll theme
What’s included
Everything below ships with the template, already filled in.
- Pages
- 6 pages, written and laid out
- Grows with you
- 3 publications entries at /publications/, 3 blog entries at /blog/, 3 project entries at /projects/ — add one and its index and detail page both update
- Enquiries
- Email and phone links, no form to maintain
- Type
- Roboto · light theme
- Everywhere
- Built and checked at phone, tablet and desktop widths
- Yours to change
- Every colour, word and photograph — in the editor or by asking an AI agent
About This Template
A beautiful, minimal academic site
Everything in one place
Publications, blog posts and projects are content collections: enter a paper once and it appears on the home page, on its index, and on its own page. A news feed, teaching history and a CV round out the site, all in a consistent lowercase heading style.
Elegantly simple
No sidebar, no clutter. Just your content centered in a narrow column with generous whitespace and ultra-light headings that let your work speak for itself.
Free to use · No credit card required
- 1Opens in the editor with the starter content in place
- 2Change the words and pictures to yours
- 3Publish to a sitelas.com address, or your own domain
Key Highlights
Questions about Folio
Can I change how Folio looks?
All of it. Colours, type, spacing, photographs and every word are yours to edit — in the visual editor, or by asking an AI agent to do it for you. Nothing is locked.
Do I need to know how to code to use Folio?
No. You edit the page by clicking the thing you want to change. There is no code to write and nothing to install.
Can I add more publications entries later?
Yes — that is what the publications collection is for. Adding one from the editor creates its own page at /publications/ and updates the index automatically. You are not editing a list by hand.
What does Folio cost?
Nothing to start, and there is no trial clock. A free site runs on a sitelas.com address; Pro is $9 a month per site when you want your own domain, analytics and more room.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, on Pro. Point your domain at the site and SSL is issued automatically — there is no certificate to buy or renew.
Make Folio yours
It opens in the editor with every page already written. Change what you want, publish when it reads like you.
Free to use · No credit card required
Related Templates
Scholar
A single-page academic homepage — flat navy banner, an identity rail with photo and links, publications grouped by Submitted and Published as an editable collection with full citations, and awards in a dated list.
Tenure
Multi-page academic homepage — bio, research, publications, talks, projects, courses and a blog, all collection-driven.
Thesis
A single-page research project site inspired by the popular Academic Project Page template — perfect for showcasing a paper with title, authors, abstract, results, video, and BibTeX citation.