Updating the academic CV

[ofmla]

I have an academic CV built with Wowchemy (https://github.com/ofmla/starter-academic/tree/master). I recently updated a publication and successfully deployed my CV on Netlify (https://oscar-mojica.netlify.app/). Despite it is working, I noticed that many things have changed, and there is a new template that seems to be better (https://github.com/HugoBlox/theme-academic-cv). Is there a way to transition from the old to the new version without much work, or is it better to create a new template from scratch and forget the older one?

[gcushen]

Great to hear you prefer the look of the latest version :)

TLDR: if your site is based on quite an old template then likely you'll find it easier starting fresh.

The best option for you can depend on factors like what you feel comfortable with, how old your site is, and how customised/complex your site is. Some users prefer to upgrade their existing site, some like to start fresh, some are happy with their existing site. Either you can start fresh with the latest template and gradually copy your content across, checking it continues to build, or you can compare the differences between the files in your site folder with those in the latest template and apply the improvements you want. If you aren't familiar with tools like git diff, then you might not feel comfortable with the latter.