creating a new author

checklist for creating a new author

• fetch origin from spec-lumber repository in GitHub Desktop
• open Visual Studio Code
• create new markdown file

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Step 1: fetch origin from spec-lumber repository in GitHub Desktop

1. Open GitHub Desktop
2. Set "Current Repository" to "spec-lumber"
3. click "fetch origin"

Step 2: open Visual Studio Code

1. open GitHub Desktop and click "Open in Visual Studio Code." This will open the spec-lumber repository in Visual Studio Code

Step 3: create new markdown file

1. navigate to the "_writers" folder in the left-hand menu of Visual Studio Code

2. open the "_writers" folder

3. right-click on a current markdown file in the "_writers" folder and click on "copy"

4. hit CTRL + V on your keyboard. A copy of that file should appear in the "_writers" folder

5. right-click on the copy file and select "rename" and rename the file to the name of the author

6. edit the information in the file

note

Authors are listed on the About page and are automatically pulled from the "_writers" folder, so you don't need to manually update that page.