Adding a Blog Post - mdsimpson42/converse GitHub Wiki

To add a blog post to the ConveRSE site, you need to add your blog (as a Markdown file) into the _posts folder in the project's codebase.

Filename

The naming convention for files is date (in ISO Date format - YYYY-MM-DD), followed by a short title, separated by dashes (-).

i.e. 2025-03-14-backstory.md

Content

Your blog post should include the following at the top of the file.

---  
author: {author_filename}  
date: {current_date}  
tags: [anxiety, depression, burnout]  
title: {The Title of Your Post}  
image: {image_name.jpg}
---  

Additional Files

If you are submitting a blog post for the first time, you will also need to:

  • Create an Author File

You may also need to:

  • Add An Image to a Blog Post
  • Add a New Post Tag