Overview
The REST cookbook website is built using Jekyll, a simple and powerful blog engine for creating websites. This allows for easy contribution to the site by following a few simple steps.
Features
- Fork the website to your own GitHub account: Create a copy of the website in your own GitHub account to make changes.
- Clone your repository onto your computer: Download your forked repository onto your computer.
- Create a new branch: Make sure to create a new branch to work on, instead of using the master branch.
- Create a new page in the correct format: Pages should be created in the _posts directory and follow the format of YEAR-MONTH-DAY-FILENAME.html.
- Add and commit your changes: Once you've made the necessary changes, add and commit your changes in your repository.
- Push changes to your repository: Push the changes to your repository on GitHub.
- Create a pull request: Submit a pull request to the main repository for your changes to be reviewed and potentially merged.
Summary
Contributing to the REST cookbook website is made simple using Jekyll. By following the steps outlined, users can easily make changes to the website by forking, cloning, creating new pages, and submitting pull requests. Displaying changes can be done by running Jekyll as a standalone webserver or within an existing webserver.