Blog format

When writing a blog for the https://techmasters.blog publication on Medium, use this guideline to add a level of consistency among article writing and layout standards.

Article contents

Title

Blog title must be attractive and have a level of intrigue to motivate a reader to opening the article

- How to write better documentation
+ Elements of writing better documentation

Introduction

• Motivate the topic
• Add a banner image

Outro

The final paragraph requires the following items:

• a call to action from the reader to engage with the article comments section
• open offer to join techmasters.chat
• embedded link to techmasters.chat at the very bottom

Writing standards

There is no limit to writing style, however we follow certain language and grammatical standards:

• Write in American Standard English (i.e. favorite, color, organize, realize)
• Place punctuation within double quotes `
• Italicize references to media (i.e. Rush's single The Enemy Within)
• Avoid use of tautologies (e.g. your own, I personally)

Stock photo resources

• FoodiesFeed — foodiesfeed.com (Licenses: Free / No Resell)
• Free For Commercial Use — freeforcommercialuse.net (Licenses: CC0)
• Free Nature Stock — freenaturestock.com (Licenses: CC0)
• Gratisography — gratisography.com (Licenses: CC0)
• Life of Pix — lifeofpix.com (Licenses: CC0)
• Magdeleine — magdeleine.co/license/cc0/ (Licenses: CC0 & Attribution)
• MMT Stock — mmtstock.com (Licenses: CC0)
• Pixabay — pixabay.com (Licenses: CC0) - One of the most popular resources
• Public Domain Archive — publicdomainarchive.com (Licenses: CC0)
• Realistic Shots — realisticshots.com (Licenses: CC0)
• StockSnap — stocksnap.io (Licenses: CC0)
• Unsplash — unsplash.com (Licenses: CC0) - One of the most popular resources