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Add a footer with a link to the site repo on GitHub
Let's make it easy for potential contributors to know how to contribute to this website by adding a footer and linking to the site repo.
Include '/fork' in the URL so it's even easier.
Closes git/git.github.io#434
In the first paragraph of each edition we already say:
"For our goals, the archives, the way we work, and how to contribute or to subscribe, see the Git Rev News page on git.github.io."
with a link to: https://git.github.io/rev_news/rev_news/
When we send the edition by email, we also add a footer with links to "unsubscribe", "update subscription preferences" and "add us to your address book" and with the following:
" You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive the Git Rev News newsletter.
Our mailing address is: Software Freedom Conservancy - Git Project 137 Montague ST STE 380 New York, NY 11201"
On the edition on our web site I would be ok to add a footer with a link to the repo on GitHub, but on the edition we send by email it might be a bit too much.
@jnareb, @mjaix and @sivaraam what do you think about such a footer?
Yes I was thinking more of the website. This way if people get to the website by other means (ex. Google search, or from the link at git-scm.com/community), then they have a link back to the repo if they wish to tweak the content.
@jnareb, @mjaix and @sivaraam what do you think about such a footer?
Yeah, I believe such a footer would be fine. Though I do wonder if it's adding anything more useful than what we have in the initial paragraphs of each edition. It's likely to be helpful in non-Rev News edition pages e.g., Hacking Git", "General Microproject Information".
Given the current suggestion of footer text, I wonder if using a "Fork me" ribbon might also be a possible solution. We could also consider not showing it in Rev News edition pages as it's likely not useful there. Just a suggestion that came up to mind. 🙂
I also think it's reasonable to keep the email version as short as possible. Don't like the ribbon that much ...
