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# CONTRIBUTING
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Don't hesitate to send a merge request!
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Two easy and most welcome ways to contribute are:
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1. submitting short news to The Chronicles
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2. writing an internal article for the website
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### Submitting news
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**Data located in**: `/source/_posts` folder
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**[Chronicles](https://fediverse.party/en/chronicles)** page aggregates latest news about major releases, development, interviews, related projects of Fediverse *social networks* (i.e., all the networks listed on main page).
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Posts are available via [RSS](https://fediverse.gitlab.io/atom.xml) subscription.
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`Preview` is rendered on Chronicles page (limited ammount), text after metadata is shown in RSS (unlimited).
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Every post **must have** the following __metadata__:
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```
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layout: "post"
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title: "some title"
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date: 2222-01-25
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tags:
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- pleroma
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preview:
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"short gist..."
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url: "https://pleroma.social/link-to-news-source"
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lang: en
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```
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`Tags`
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A post may have one of these tags: fediverse, gnusocial, diaspora, friendica, hubzilla, mastodon, postactiv, pleroma, socialhome, ganggo, misskey, peertube, aardwolf
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`Preview`
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Limit 150 characters - for "regular" and "wanted" posts, limit 350 characters - for "featured" post.
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Please, make preview a 150-characters note (350-characters for "featured"), otherwise it gets truncated half-sentence and will be posted that way on the Chronicles front page. Not good.
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__Optional metadata__:
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```
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wanted: true
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featured: true
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banner: "pic.jpg"
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```
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`Wanted`
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Add this metadata to a post that you wish to show in the upper visible part of the Chronicles page. Calls for contribution, donations, help should be posted with this metadata.
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`Featured`
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Add this metadata to a new internal website's article, to show the post in a prominent part of the Chronicles page.
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`Wanted` and `featured` can't be mixed and are temporary. This metadata should be removed from an older post when creating a new "featured" or "wanted" post.
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`banner`: required for "featured" posts only, an image wide enough to be used as a fullscreen background, should be placed in `/source/_posts/exact-post-file-name` folder. See [example](./source/_posts/Why-use-federated-networks).
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### Writing an internal article
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Please, feel free to work on [FAQ](https://fediverse.party/en/post/FAQ-for-newcomers), [Why use federated networks](https://fediverse.party/en/post/Why-use-federated-networks) stub articles, or submit a piece dedicated to the topic of your own choosing (related to Fediverse social networks).
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Each new internal article will be posted as "featured" in the prominent part of the Chronicles page, and will stay there for a while. It will also be distributed via RSS subscription. Your name and avatar will be featured as the author(s).
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Please, consider submitting an original text that hasn't yet been published elsewhere. If you have a good relevant post on your own blog, submit it as a link addition to any Network page or Fediverse page. It doesn't make much sense to duplicate content.
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A merge request with an article will include all the things mentioned above for a `featured` post: a file placed in `/source/_posts` folder with necessary metadata, a 350-character preview and full text after metadata section, written in markdown. A banner image should be added to `/source/_posts/exact-post-file-name` folder that you'll create. Any other images used in the article may be placed there as well.
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**Thanks in advance!**
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