Getting started
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- Recommended background information
- How to contribute
- Basic overview of what the publishing process looks like:
- Table of contents
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Please take a look at the code of conduct.
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If you encounter any problems or have ideas for improvements to this template repository or this getting started guide, please file an issue here! Your feedback is very much appreciated.
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If you are not familiar with Git and Github, we recommend going through these chapters from our Reproducibility courses for quick orientation:
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If you aren't familiar with markdown this is a nice introduction.
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For information on RMarkdown (a variation of a markdown file that we use here): RStudio has their lessons here.
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If you are looking to write your own course go to: "Start a new course" and start setting up your course repository. After creating your new template, issues will be filed automatically. Follow these issues and the links in them to get going.
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If you want to contribute in ways that are not your writing your own course, you can help us with our courses by:
- Getting started
- Start a new course!
- Start editing course files
- Content creation tips
- Setting up images and videos
- About citations
- About Docker
- Spell check
- Leanpub conversion tips
- Generate docx output
- Borrowing chapters between courses
- Choosing between platforms
- Publishing with Bookdown
- Publishing on Leanpub
- Publishing on Coursera
- Making quizzes private (Leanpub and Coursera)
- Set up user feedback method
- Change title and style
- Credits section
- Adding Google Analytics Traffic Tracking
- Release a course for public viewing