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 # Academic Project Page Template
-This is an academic paper project page template.
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+> **Update (September 2025)**: This template has been modernized with better design, SEO, and mobile support. For the original version, see the [original-version branch](https://github.com/eliahuhorwitz/Academic-project-page-template/tree/original-version).
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+A clean, responsive template for academic project pages.
 
 
 Example project pages built using this template are:
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 **IMPORTANT!** Make sure to replace the `favicon.ico` under `static/images/` with one of your own, otherwise your favicon is going to be a dreambooth image of me.
 
+## What's New
+
+- Modern, clean design with better mobile support
+- Improved SEO with proper meta tags and structured data
+- Performance improvements (lazy loading, optimized assets)
+- More Works dropdown
+- Copy button for BibTeX citations
+- Better accessibility
+
 ## Components
+
 - Teaser video
-- Images Carousel
-- Youtube embedding
-- Video Carousel
-- PDF Poster
-- Bibtex citation
-
-## Tips:
-- The `index.html` file contains comments instructing you what to replace, you should follow these comments.
-- The `meta` tags in the `index.html` file are used to provide metadata about your paper 
-(e.g. helping search engine index the website, showing a preview image when sharing the website, etc.)
-- The resolution of images and videos can usually be around 1920-2048, there rarely a need for better resolution that take longer to load. 
-- All the images and videos you use should be compressed to allow for fast loading of the website (and thus better indexing by search engines). For images, you can use [TinyPNG](https://tinypng.com), for videos you can need to find the tradeoff between size and quality.
-- When using large video files (larger than 10MB), it's better to use youtube for hosting the video as serving the video from the website can take time.
-- Using a tracker can help you analyze the traffic and see where users came from. [statcounter](https://statcounter.com) is a free, easy to use tracker that takes under 5 minutes to set up. 
-- This project page can also be made into a github pages website.
-- Replace the favicon to one of your choosing (the default one is of the Hebrew University). 
-- Suggestions, improvements and comments are welcome, simply open an issue or contact me. You can find my contact information at [https://horwitz.ai](https://horwitz.ai)
+- Image carousel
+- YouTube video embedding
+- Video carousel
+- PDF poster viewer
+- BibTeX citation
+
+## Customization
+
+The HTML file has TODO comments showing what to replace:
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+- Paper title, authors, institution, conference
+- Links (arXiv, GitHub, etc.)
+- Abstract and descriptions  
+- Videos, images, and PDFs
+- Related works in the dropdown
+- Meta tags for SEO and social sharing
+
+### Meta Tags
+The template includes meta tags for better search engine visibility and social media sharing. These appear in the `<head>` section and help with:
+- Google Scholar indexing
+- Social media previews (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)
+- Search engine optimization
+
+Create a 1200x630px social preview image at `static/images/social_preview.png`.
+
+## Tips
+
+- Compress images with [TinyPNG](https://tinypng.com)
+- Use YouTube for large videos (>10MB)  
+- Replace the favicon in `static/images/`
+- Works with GitHub Pages
 
 ## Acknowledgments
 Parts of this project page were adopted from the [Nerfies](https://nerfies.github.io/) page.