Editing Content - lifelines-project/howarewefree.org GitHub Wiki

Editing Content

1) Select the file you want to edit

Here are links to folders with the different kinds of content on the site:

Editing specific pages:

2) Edit using Markdown

Here's a useful Markdown cheatsheet in case you need to use more options than appear in the editor

  • Carriage returns will not render. If you need to force a newline for example in formatting poetry, use the code <br/>.
  • [ images! feel free to upload any images using the image icon in the editor menu]
  • [ emoji! 🍕 these shortcuts work if you're into that kind of thing 🍕 ]

3) Edit the metadata

  • "title" This will appear as the post title, unlabeled top bar
  • "date" Date of post affects in which order posts appear
  • "categories" choose existing or add categories
  • "published" Check if you'd like to see this post published to the public site
  • "title" Work title
  • "categories" whether the work is in response to portrait, incarceration or freedom
  • "contributors" select the pair of contributors from the dropdown
  • "featured" "Check if you'd like to see this post appear in the featured gallery"
  • "featured_order" "Enter the numerical order in which works should appear"
  • "image" Filename for the image
  • "published" Check if you'd like to see this post published to the public

4) Save!

Saving is a two step process:

  1. select the 💾 from the sidebar menu
  2. select the commit button in the pop-up window
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