contributor-guide-index.md

#Azure technical content contributors' guide index

##General guidance

• Contribute to Azure documentation

• Content channel guidance

• Style and voice

##Authoring articles: tools, processes, guidance

• Tools and setup for authoring in GitHub

• Git commands for creating a new article or updating an existing article

• Git commands for staging an article on the internal preview site

• File names and locations for Azure technical articles

• Linking guidelines

##Authoring articles: markdown

• Markdown basics

• GitHub-flavored markdown

• Create tables in markdown

• Custom markdown extensions used in our technical articles

• [Markdown template for technical articles](../markdown templates/markdown-template-for-new-articles.md)

• Metadata for Azure technical articles