Updating General information

Most general information can be changed in the _config.yml file found in the main code folder.

• Open _config.yml
• Click edit pen button
• Update information
  • There are comments for which variables are not to be changed
  • Information variables are labeled so they are easy to find and easy to know what they will be representing
• Once finished inputing new information, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page

Update About page information

• Open about.md file from main code file
• Click edit pen button
• Update information you wish to change
  • Do not change layout, title, or permalink
• Review and Review Author can be updated to add a review to the about page.
  • No review segment will appear if you leave this blank, but will appear once Review and Review Author are filled in and committed
• Once finished inputing new information, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page

Adding Projects

This is how to get a new project to appear on the projects page and a link to that project will work as well.

• When looking at the code open the _projects folder
• Open a current file
• Click "Raw" button to view Raw code for page and copy the contents of that file.
• Go back two pages to _projects folder
• Click "New File" button
• Paste the copied information in the new file and change the data for the new project
  • Do not change layout
• Once finished inputing new information, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page
• Go back to the code and open assets folder
• Open images folder
• Upload a full size image of the project by clicking "Upload Files button"
• Once uploaded, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page
• Then go into assets folder, then images folder and then open resized folder
• Upload a 400x300 sized copy of the same image put in images file
  • If no image is added to these two folders, a broken image will appear on the pages
• Once uploaded, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page

Adding Career Posting

This is how to get a new career posting to appear on the careers page and a link to that career will work as well.

• When looking at the code files, open the _careers folder
• Open a current file
• Click "Raw" button to view Raw code for page and copy the contents of that file.
• Go back two pages to careers folder
• Click "New File" button
• Paste the copied information in the new file and change the data for the new career posting
• Once finished inputing new information, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page

Updating Services

There are two places that you will need to update services information :

• When on your site, on the home page there is a services segment
  • To update this information you need to :
  • From code files, open index.md
  • Click the edit pen button
  • Update information for commercial: residential: and excavation: to have a little info about each on home page
    • Do not update layout or title
  • Once finished inputing new information, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page
• Again when on your site, on each individual service page there is information to update as well
  • To update this information you need to :
  • From code files, open _services folder
  • Open desired service you want to update
  • Click the edit pen button
  • Update information in the content of this file with info you want about the services
    • Do not update title, layout, permalink, or image
  • Once finished inputing new information, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page
• Also on the services page showing all services, there is a section called "What We Offer"
  • To update this information you need to :
  • From code files, open services.md
  • Click the edit pen button
  • Update information in the list of offers to your liking
    • Do not update layout or permalink or the main title
  • Once finished inputing new information, click commit changes to master branch found at the bottom of the page

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