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Updating the handbook page to include more information about GitHub and Slack for new contributors #188

Closed santanainniss closed 1 year ago

santanainniss commented 1 year ago

The Marketing Handbook page includes information about GitHub for new contributors.

Link: [https://make.wordpress.org/marketing/handbook/getting-involved/new-contributor-orientation/#managing-tasks-with-github]

This is the text from the handbook page:

The Marketing team uses GitHub for managing tasks and assets.

lab.github.com has several free courses available for learning. Courses that will be specifically helpful for contributing to this team are:

In creating this year's Contributor Day activities for WordCamp Asia, I identified that some helpful information was missing:

I'm going to to add these pieces of information to the Handbook page!

santanainniss commented 1 year ago

I have updated the handbook page to read:

The Marketing team uses GitHub for managing tasks and assets. If you do not have a GitHub account already, you can set one up by visiting https://github.com/login and following the account setup instructions.

Once you have an account with GitHub, you can find and join the Marketing Repository here at this link: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team.

Marketing tasks are typically divided into two types: Issues and Discussions. Discussions are most often used before an action has been decided on. Issues are created when a clear action is needed.

If you need additional training resources, lab.github.com has several free courses available for learning. Courses that will be specifically helpful for contributing to this team are:

Introduction to GitHubCommunicating using MarkdownCommunity starter kit

sereedmedia commented 1 year ago

I've updated the handbook even more:

  1. Separated out the WP ID and Slack section
  2. Made ordered lists for each section (WP, Slack, GH)
sereedmedia commented 1 year ago

We are done editing the handbook for today. New edits can be part of a larger team convo and be on a new ticket.