Blog format - TechnologyMasters/techmasters.chat GitHub Wiki
When writing a blog for the https://techmasters.blog publication on Medium, use this guideline to add a level of consistency among article writing and layout standards.
Article contents
Title
Blog title must be attractive and have a level of intrigue to motivate a reader to opening the article
- How to write better documentation
+ Elements of writing better documentation
Introduction
- Motivate the topic
- Add a banner image
Outro
The final paragraph requires the following items:
- a call to action from the reader to engage with the article comments section
- open offer to join techmasters.chat
- embedded link to techmasters.chat at the very bottom
Writing standards
There is no limit to writing style, however we follow certain language and grammatical standards:
- Write in American Standard English (i.e. favorite, color, organize, realize)
- Place punctuation within double quotes `
- Italicize references to media (i.e. Rush's single The Enemy Within)
- Avoid use of tautologies (e.g. your own, I personally)
Stock photo resources
- FoodiesFeed — foodiesfeed.com (Licenses: Free / No Resell)
- Free For Commercial Use — freeforcommercialuse.net (Licenses: CC0)
- Free Nature Stock — freenaturestock.com (Licenses: CC0)
- Gratisography — gratisography.com (Licenses: CC0)
- Life of Pix — lifeofpix.com (Licenses: CC0)
- Magdeleine — magdeleine.co/license/cc0/ (Licenses: CC0 & Attribution)
- MMT Stock — mmtstock.com (Licenses: CC0)
- Pixabay — pixabay.com (Licenses: CC0) - One of the most popular resources
- Public Domain Archive — publicdomainarchive.com (Licenses: CC0)
- Realistic Shots — realisticshots.com (Licenses: CC0)
- StockSnap — stocksnap.io (Licenses: CC0)
- Unsplash — unsplash.com (Licenses: CC0) - One of the most popular resources