Hello World
This was surprisingly easy to set up! The guide to getting started here is excellent:
https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/
Deployment is done using Github Pages, and I got a custom domain name for this - setting up DNS forwarding was the most difficult part but worked on following the guide here:
https://medium.com/@hossainkhan/using-custom-domain-for-github-pages-86b303d3918a