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