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layout: static_page
title: How to make a blog post
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### Quick Start
* Make new .md file in _posts (named whatever, no spaces)
* Front Matter (below)
* Write Blog Post
* Test/Build
* Submit PR

### Make a file
Navigate to the _posts folder of the website and make a new file. Be sure the file name has no spaces and the ending is .md

### Front Matter
```
---
layout: post
title: CHANGE TO YOUR TITLE
summary: A BRIEF ONE OR TWO SENTENCE SUMMARY
tags:  [CHOOSE, RELEVANT, TAGS, AND, SEPARATE, THEM, BY, COMMAS, KEEP, THE, BRACKETS]
author: YOUR NAME OR HANDLE HERE
---
```

### Write
After the front matter is finished you are free to write the remainder of your blog post in markdown. 

### Build/Test
Build your website using `jekyll serve` if it's not rebuilding automatically and test that your page appears in the 'News' section of the website, as well as the sidebars.

### Submit Pull Request
You're all done. Submit a PR and wait for it to be reviewed and merged. Be sure to make any changes if requested.