Updated README to include information on converting markdown files to…

… pug and keeping the template layout and how to update GitHub pages through the master branch

README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-# New VELMA 2.2 Documentation 
+# New VELMA 2.2 Documentation
 
-Process 
+This is the develop branch for the VELMA documentation GitHub Pages website.
 
-- Files that will be compiled to static .html pages should be placed in the /views directory
-- Run the npm run build command to compile .html pages
-- GitHub actions will
+## Background
+
+- PDF documentation were converted to .pug files and placed in the /views directory
+- Run the `npm run build` command to compile .html pages
 
 Run dev server with the following command to view .pug files in a local host
 
@@ -17,3 +18,50 @@ To turn .pug files into html simply run the following line:
 ```
 node ./htmlify.js
 ```
+
+## Converting Markdown files to pug
+
+1. Place .md file that you want to convert into the views/markdown directory
+2. Run the md_to_pug.js script
+
+Either of these commands will work to run the script
+
+`node md_to_pug.js`
+
+`npm run md-to-pug`
+
+## Pushing changes to GitHub Pages
+
+Once you have made a change that alters the `docs` directory and want to update the GitHub Pages with this change here are the steps you need to take.
+
+### Push changes from develop branch to GitHub
+
+On develop branch run these commands:
+
+```
+git add .
+git commit -m "{insert change description here}"
+git push
+```
+
+### Switch to master branch
+
+```
+git checkout master
+```
+
+### Copy `docs` folder from develop to master
+
+```
+git checkout develop -- docs
+```
+
+### Push the docs folder to GitHub master branch
+
+While still on the master branch run the following commands:
+
+```
+git add .\docs\
+git commit -m "{insert change description here}"
+git push
+```