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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
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lang: ep-ep
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+
+### 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`