[inbox] FAQs / Howtos to answer

[rufuspollock]

Inbox

Put text on the web

• How to quickly add a simple Markdown-based page
• How to edit or add Markdown-based pages locally on your computer
• How to quickly edit text on a single Markdown-based page
• How to add images to a Markdown-based page
• How to format a perfect Markdown-based page **💬 we have a basic draft but needs refinement **
• How to quickly create a sandbox website
• How to push an Obsidian vault to a GitHub repository

Publish Collections

• How to propose changes to someone else's website
• How to edit the people page
• How to debug and fix 404 errors
• How to hide a Markdown-based page without removing it from the content folder
• How to add a signup form
• How to theme the website
• How to redirect pages
• How to add tables, charts, or maps
• How to create and use custom React components in Markdown pages?

From specific people

Nathen https://github.com/orgs/life-itself/discussions/393#discussioncomment-5460864

How to correct a pull request

One thing I keep getting stuck on is how to not include changes into a pull request and to remove those changes as if they didn't happen. For now I just commit and then do the fixes, but this seems inefficient.

Other questions

• How to make two different pulls requests
• How do we symlink pages. And what is symlinking?
• How to update the teams page
• How to use components 💬2023-05-24 relevant for using components provided by that platform
  • How to create and use bespoke components? ✅2023-05-24 ❌ not so relevant as we don't support bespoke components so much
• How to use tailwind
• How to use css
• How to redirect pages

Zaib https://github.com/orgs/life-itself/discussions/393#discussioncomment-5502358

I have learned how to use Obsidian from Nathen, he showed me how to use it and we recorded the video. I followed the video later to create the project pages and people page. The problems I encountered are:

• A clear understanding of the flow of Syncing the Fork, Pull origin, and push origin and creating the pull requests.
• How to add images from Vault
• How to add internal and external links
• how to edit the people page
• The protocols around making edits in Obsidian, for instance, I had to delete the image from the vault when I removed it from one of the pages, I didn't know this from the start.
• Lastly, the protocol around updating the Issues in the "current iteration" in Backlog All.
• On-going Problem: How to fix merge conflicts

I have a clear understanding of these right now, but in the start it was confusing. A walk-through guide in navigating GitHub and Obsidian would be very helpful for people just getting started.

Rufus https://github.com/orgs/life-itself/discussions/393#discussioncomment-5461119

• How to use excalidraw and specifically auto embed the svgs (cf https://github.com/life-itself/diginomics/blob/main/content/notes/combining-pieces.md)
• Why svg over png (if you have a choice)
• Storing image files locally?

From Lauren - Aug 2023

Useful How to's for newer members of the team, or less frequently completed actions

• Add a page with a Hero + Content layout
• How to open new repositories on Obsidian / general How to of where to go for what overview
• How to sync Obsidian so that it represents the actual Github repo
• How to delete old branches
• How to complete a review when you are assigned as a reviewer
• How to add and link an image into a page/post (for example I had an issue with the tenzo 9 blog and the main image showing up on the page) (Lauren to create issue)
• Templates specific to LI section for main pages/posts/layout
• How to find the link to an image in the asset list (if you know the name) so you can drag it into a blog