feat: change deployment to pixi, added news article

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SCM syntax highlighting & preventing 3-way merges
+pixi.lock merge=binary linguist-language=YAML linguist-generated=true -diff

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -14,20 +14,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Setup conda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      - uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0
         with:
-          channels: conda-forge
-          environment-file: environment.yaml
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          cache: true
 
       - name: Generate page
-        shell: bash -l {0}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          python src/scripts/generate_page.py
-          python src/scripts/generate_workflow_md.py
+        run: pixi run generate-page
 
       - name: Upload page data
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml

@@ -12,20 +12,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Setup conda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      - uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0
         with:
-          channels: conda-forge
-          environment-file: environment.yaml
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          cache: true
 
       - name: Generate page
-        shell: bash -l {0}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          python src/scripts/generate_page.py
-          python src/scripts/generate_workflow_md.py
+        run: pixi run generate-page
 
       - name: Upload page data
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

.gitignore

@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ docs/workflows/all_workflows/*.md
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
+# pixi environments
+.pixi/*
+!.pixi/config.toml

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # mpusp.github.io
 
 [![Deploy to GitHub Pages](https://github.com/MPUSP/mpusp.github.io/actions/workflows/deploy.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/MPUSP/mpusp.github.io/actions/workflows/deploy.yml)
-[![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/MPUSP/mpusp-github-io)](https://github.com/MPUSP/mpusp.github.io/actions/workflows/deploy.yml)
+[![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/MPUSP/mpusp.github.io)](https://github.com/MPUSP/mpusp.github.io/commits/main)
 
 A homepage for the bioinformatic platform of the Max-Planck-Unit for the Science of Pathogens ([MPUSP](www.mpusp.mpg.de)).
 This website is built using [Docusaurus](https://docusaurus.io/), a modern static website generator.
@@ -22,17 +22,16 @@ The website is automatically updated and built once per week, and on pull reques
 
 ### Dependencies
 
-To develop the page locally, create a conda environment with the required packages:
+To develop the page locally, use [pixi](https://pixi.prefix.dev) to set up the local environment from the `pixi.toml` file:
 
 ```bash
-conda create -n docusaurus -c conda-forge python pygithub jinja2 nodejs
-conda activate docusaurus
+pixi shell
 ```
 
-To create a test page, run:
+The `pixi.toml` file has predefined tasks to fetch data and generate content for the website:
 
 ```bash
-npm create-docusaurus@latest docusaurus-test classic
+pixi run generate-page
 ```
 
 ### Local Development

blog/2026-04-13-catalog/index.md

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+---
+slug: new-catalog-features
+title: New features for the Snakemake Workflow Catalog
+authors: [michael]
+tags: [announcements]
+---
+
+The [Snakemake Workflow Catalog](https://snakemake.github.io/snakemake-workflow-catalog) is rolling out **two new features**!
+
+1. The Catalog now supports automatic rendering of **Tube Maps** using [snakevision](https://github.com/OpenOmics/snakevision). Tube maps will automatically show up on your workflow page if the workflow has an executable test case in `.test` ([details](https://snakemake.github.io/snakemake-workflow-catalog/docs/about/adding_workflows)).
+
+2. The Catalog will automatically render a **Workflow Parameter Table** if your workflow repo contains a `workflow/schemas/config.schema.y(a)ml` or `config/schemas/config.schema.y(a)ml` ([details](docs/about/adding_workflows)). No need to manually maintain a table of parameters on your workflow page anymore.
+
+Here's an [example for a workflow](https://snakemake.github.io/snakemake-workflow-catalog/docs/workflows/MPUSP/snakemake-simple-mapping.html) with a tube map and a parameter table, `MPUSP/snakemake-simple-mapping`.
+
+<!-- truncate -->