Merge pull request #555 from BioKIC/docs-template

Create new Style Guide to maintain Docs consistency

Author: ljwalker

content/contribute/style_guide/_index.en.md

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+---
+title: "Formatting Symbiota Docs"
+date: 2024-06-13
+weight: 2
+draft: false
+authors: ["Lindsay Walker"]
+keywords: ["contribute", "documentation"]
+---
+
+## Style Guide
+
+If you intend to contribute Markdown (.md) files to Symbiota Docs, please review the [Style Guide](resources/templates/styleguide.md) to ensure your contributions are formatted consistently with other pages in this repository.
+

resources/templates/styleguide.md

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+# Symbiota Docs Documentation Style Guide
+Please refer to and update this style guide to help maintain consistency and readability across the user documentation for [Symbiota](https://github.com/BioKIC/Symbiota).
+
+## Page-level Frontmatter
+Each page in Symbiota Docs should contain the following elements, some of which format the citations on the bottom of each page:
+```
+title: "Page Title in Title Case"
+date: 20XX-MM-DD
+weight: #
+draft: false
+authors: ["Firstname Lastname"]
+keywords: ["x", "y", "z", "etc"]
+```
+- `date` should refer to the first day that the page was created, not modified (see below).
+- Title values should be succinct and often reflect an action using a gerund, e.g. "Deleting Records".
+
+If a page is modified, add values for `lastmod` and `editors`:
+```
+lastmod: 20XX-MM-DD
+editors: ["Firstname Lastname"]
+```
+
+Include a weight value (an integer) to organize the order in which a page's title appears within the left-hand navigation menu in Symbiota Docs. It's best to keep the organization alphabetical:
+```
+weight: #
+```
+
+## Formatting Conventions
+
+Introduce the topic on a page using classes, e.g.
+```
+{{< notice info >}}
+  This Symbiota Docs page is about...
+{{</ notice >}}
+```
+Or to add tips:
+```
+{{< notice tip >}}
+  Here's a tip about this feature...
+{{</ notice >}}
+```
+
+Use _italics_ for:
+- Filenames, e.g. _identifications.csv_  
+- Names of columns/fields, e.g. _Additional Identifier Value_ or _basisOfRecord_
+- File and navigation paths paired with carrots, e.g. _My Profile > Occurrence Management > Administration Control Panel_ or _Sitemap > Additional Resources > Glossary_
+
+Use quotation marks `"..."` when referencing:
+- Example values, e.g. "PreservedSpecimen"
+- Buttons, e.g. "Create/Refresh Darwin Core Archive"
+
+Use capitalization for:
+- Tabs, e.g. Traits tab
+- Modules, e.g. Material Sample module
+
+Use **bold** for:
+- emphasis, e.g. "Before batch editing, remember to **backup your dataset**".
+
+For code and commands:
+- Format shorter code snippets with \`...\`, e.g. `bundle exec jekyll serve`.
+- More extensive code and commands can be recorded à la:
+```
+{{< highlight batchfile >}}
+cd Documents/symbiota-docs/
+hugo server -D
+{{< /highlight >}}
+```
+
+Additionally:
+- Top-level headings within documentation pages should use `##` and generally should be written in title case.
+- File extensions written as part of a filename are lowercase, e.g. *example.jpg*, but when written alone are uppercase, e.g. "The file should be a JPG."
+
+## Including Media
+To include a basic image with a caption, do so e.g.:
+```
+{% include figure image_path="/symbiota-docs/static/images/edittaxon.png" alt="alt text goes here" caption="Figure caption text goes here." %}
+```
+
+```
+| ![Image Title](/symbiota-docs/images/filename.png) |
+|:--:|
+| Caption. |
+```
+
+To include a basic image without a caption, do so e.g.:
+```
+![Image Title](/symbiota-docs/images/filename.png)
+```
+To resize, align, or add an alt attribute (for screenreaders) to an image:
+```
+<img src="/symbiota-docs/static/images/filename.png" alt="Description of image" width="100"/>{: .align-right}
+```
+
+To include a video, do so e.g.:
+```
+{{< youtube ed2VEZCJwEI >}}
+```
+
+## Naming Files
+Markdown files (.md) being added to Symbiota Docs should be named descriptively yet succinctly. Do not use any character other than `a-z`.
+
+Image files should be named descriptively in lowercase. Do not use any character other than `a-z`, `-`, or `_`. Images (.png, .jpg) should be saved to `/symbiota-docs/tree/master/static/images`.
+
+## Related Resources
+- [GitHub Formatting Syntax](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax)
+- [Markdown Guide's Cheatsheet](https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/)
+- [Markdown Emojis Directory](https://gist.github.com/rxaviers/7360908)