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| author | Divay Prakash <divayprakash@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-12-23 23:14:50 +0530 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-12-23 23:14:50 +0530 |
| commit | 16dc074e39f5f996639f23f4d6812c211ae5d22d (patch) | |
| tree | 63be0d1a3885201f3d13f1dc00266fb719f304a7 /CONTRIBUTING.markdown | |
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| parent | 1d5f3671ea4bc6d7a70c3026c1ae6857741c50a6 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.markdown b/CONTRIBUTING.markdown index 5fa1d03d..18a5a5d7 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.markdown +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.markdown @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ languages: Other fields: +- **category**: The category of the article. So far, can be one of *language*, + *tool* or *Algorithms & Data Structures*. Defaults to *language* if omitted. - **filename**: The filename for this article's code. It will be fetched, mashed together, and made downloadable. + For non-English articles, *filename* should have a language-specific @@ -71,3 +73,33 @@ contributors: lang: ep-ep --- ``` + +### Should I add myself as a Contributor? + +If you want to add yourself to contributors, keep in mind that contributors get +equal billing, and the first contributor usually wrote the whole article. Please +use your judgement when deciding if your contribution constitutes a substantial +addition or not. + +## Building the site locally + +You can buid the site locally to test your changes. Follow the steps below. + +* Install Ruby language runtime and RubyGems. See [here](https://middlemanapp.com/basics/install/) for more details. +* Clone or zip download the [learnxinyminutes-site](https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-site) repo. + * `git clone https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-site` +* Install Middleman and other required dependencies using Bundler. + * `cd learnxinyminutes-site/` + * `bundle install` +* Get the source in place + * Copy the contents of your clone of the fork of learnxinyminutes-docs repo + into the `source/docs` folder. There shouldn't be a `learnxinyminutes-docs` + folder inside the `docs` folder, it should just contain all the repo + contents. + * Checkout your fork of the learnxinyminutes-docs repo as `source/docs`. + * `cd source/docs/` + * `git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/learnxinyminutes-docs ./source/docs/` +* Build the site or run a development server to test your changes (NOTE: run +these commands at `learnxinyminutes-site/`). + * Build - `bundle exec middleman build` + * Dev server - `bundle exec middleman --force-polling --verbose` |