Contribution, Next Steps

TDC Contribution Guide - Content Next Steps

Congratulations! Your submitted content has been published. But there are a couple more steps you may want to consider. Those are detailed here.

This is my first time contributing to the Tanzu Developer Center, so I need to create an Author page

1. Create a Team template. A Team is just a content type in the Tanzu Developer Center (like a Guide, Blog, or Video). This is just an author page where you can post your bio, role, picture, skills, links to your GitHub and social media platforms, and the like. Just like other content types, templates will be placed in the /content/team directory. The following command will create a code sample, for example.

   make team.firstname-lastname

2. Upload a headshot. Rename your headshot file to the structure firstname-lastname.extension for easy searching later. Then place the file in static/images/team. Note the path as this will need to be used for the next step of filing out the author page content.

3. Fill out the template. Most of the template should be pretty self explanatory; however, below is an example of how to fill one out.

   ---
   name: Jane Doe
   description: "Senior Developer"
   photo: "/images/team/jane-doe.jpg"
   roles: ["author"]
   skills: ["Java", "Spring", "Node", "DevOps", "Kubernetes"]
   location: "Seattle, WA"
   weight: 1
   
   # Social Media 
   twitter: "awesomedev123"
   website: "https://janedoedev.io"
   facebook: ""
   linkedin: "janedoe85"
   github: "janedoe85"
   pinterest: ""
   instagram: ""
   youtube: ""
   ---
   
   Jane Doe is a lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
   
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4. Push your changes and open a pull request as necessary. An author page can be created separately from the initial content and neither is dependent on the other. That said, you can submit both on the same PR if you want. For more information on committing, pushing, and creating a PR, see Contributing Content.

I want to advertise my content on the Tanzu social media platforms (VMware Employees Only)

1. Fill out the Social Media teams request form. Because this guide is primarily self-service, here is the link to the Social Media Teams Request Form. Fill it out and they will take it from there.

2. If you think it is applicable, be sure to add our hashtag. At the end of the form, there will be a section to add additional hashtags to the end of the post. For most content on the Tanzu Developer Center, the #TanzuDeveloper hashtag should be applicable; however only add it if the content would be applicable to a developer specifically.