Instructions for creating & editing blog posts about open-austin.github.io HOT 4 CLOSED

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How to draft a blog post for Open Austin

There are three primary options:

• (Easiest) Draft it as a markdown file or Google doc and send it to @mateoclarke or @luqmaan.
• (Hardest) Clone the open-austin-org repo to your local computer and submit your draft via a Pull Request to master. I use an app called MacDown to edit Markdown files. The main advantage to this option is that you can preview what the post will look like on your local machine before deploying.
• (Recommended) Try drafting it on Github.com

How to draft on Github.com

1. Go to: https://github.com/open-austin/open-austin.github.io/tree/master/_posts

2. Create a new file (see image)
   

3. name the file YYYY-MM-DD-title-of-article.md

   • EX: open-austin.github.io/_posts/2016-03-10-code-across-austin-2016-recap.md
     

4. Use the template below at the top of your new markdown file. (It's called YML Front Matter).

   ---
   layout: post
   title: Title of your article
   date: YYYY-MM-DD
   type: post
   published: true
   thumb: filename.jpg
   thumbalt: Alt text describing the thumbnail
   author:
     first_name: First
     last_name: Last
   ---
   Begin your the body content of your post here. Use markdown syntax.
   

5. Draft the body of the post below the --- in Markdown and/or HTML (Markdown compiles to HTML).

6. Upload the thumbnail image (aka: featured image) you specified in the front matter to the assets/images directory. You should be able to click the "Upload files" button.

   • All other photos you want to include in the body of the post also need to be uploaded here and referenced in the post as ![alt text describing the image](/assets/images/imagefile-name.jpg).
   • Thumbnail images shouldn't be wider than 250px.
   • Body images shouldn't be wider than 778px but 500px is recommended.
     
     

7. Once you are done drafting the file and uploading images, save your file creating a new branch, opening a pull request and requesting someone to review and merge.

   • OR Publish it straight to master. Do this if you feel brave.
     

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Can there also be instructions to edit a blog post?

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added the edit this page/post/project link to each page #93

If more instructions are needed on how to edit content, lmk.

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