2020-01-07-contributing-in-4-simple-steps.md

title: Contributing in 4 Simple Steps
date: 2020-01-07
authors:
  - erxleben
layout: blogpost
title_image: default
categories:
  - Tutorial
tags:
  - example
  - markdown
excerpt:
  Want to contribute? No time to read long tutorials?
  Then this contribution quickstart guide is for <em>you</em>.
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What This Guide will (not) Cover

This tutorial will teach you a quick way to get a basic blog post set up and published on hifis.net. If you plan to write something bigger that might take several days to write up and refine, [Christian's Guide][ref1] is the better choice for you.

The guide will not go into the details of fancy formatting and styling, however you might want to check the [Template Blog Post][ref2] for examples of common blogging tasks. Additionally, the [Kramdown Quick Reference][ref3] may prove helpful.

Okay, enough chit-chat, let's write a blog post!

Step 1: Create an Issue

By opening an issue you let the core team know what you are planning (which is a nice thing to do). It helps to gather the important information right from the start.

{: .button-link} Open a new issue on the HZDR Gitlab now

Fill out the information as requested in the

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