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Magazine Cover Upload Procedure

This guide explains how to add the cover artwork to the repository for a NFJS, the Magazine issue.

Git setup

Begin by downloading and installing GitHub for Mac. Next, walk through the First Launch of the Getting Started Guide to get the application set up.

Tip
 Refer to the Getting Started Guide for additional help performing the steps in this guide.

Cloning the repository

Once you have GitHub for Mac running, you’ll need to clone the repository for a month. The repositories are named using the following pattern:

where V is the volume number and I is the issue number. For example, the repository for the October 2014 issue is located at:

Visit the repository URL in your browser and click the Clone in Desktop button to import the repository into GitHub for Mac.

Open repository in Finder

Once the repository has been imported into GitHub for Mac, you’ll want to open the repository folder in Finder.

  1. Find the repository in the sidebar (i.e., repositories list)

  2. Control-click the repository name

  3. Select the menu item Open in Finder

Adding files

Copy the following files to the images/jacket folder inside the main repository folder:

  • front-cover-no-titles.jpg (1600x2056)

  • back-cover.jpg (1600-2056)

  • front-cover-original.jpg (full size, as designed)

  • back-cover-original.jpg (full size, as designed)

Note
 The front-cover.jpg and the thumbnail files will be created automatically by the magazine publishing tool.

Also, create a front-cover.yml file in the images/jacket folder to specify the style of the article titles. Here’s the seed contents of that file:

front-cover.yml
alignment: southwest
side-margin: 100
bottom-margin: 50
title-spacing: 90
font-color: 'FFFFFF'
shadow-color: '401505'
shadow-thickness: 1
shadow-blur: 4

The important values are the font and shadow colors, specified in hex.

Commit the files

Switch back to GitHub for Mac and click the repository name in the sidebar (i.e., repositories list). This will show the files you added.

Follow these steps to commit the files:

  1. Type "Add cover artwork" in the Summary text box

  2. Leave the Description text box blank

  3. Check the [check square o] Select All option

  4. Click the Commit button

Once the commit is complete, simply sync the changes to GitHub by clicking the Sync button.

Congratulations, the cover artwork has been uploaded!