Contributing

Add your talk

Create a new file under _talks/ with a name that describes your topic
Define the details about your talk
- Available front-matter properties are as follows:
  - title: title of the talk
  - date: meeting date. ensure this date matches the date of the meeting for the night
  - tags: a list of tags that describe the content of the talk
  - speaker: your name
  - twitter: your twitter account (without the @)
  - slides: link to a web hosted version of the slides for the talk. up to you whether you include this before the talk to give a preview or allow attendees to follow along, or wait until after the talk.
  - code: link to code examples from the talk. up to you whether you include this before the talk to give a preview or allow attendees to follow along, or wait until after the talk. attendees to follow along, or wait until after the talk.
  - video: link to a recording of the talk. up to you whether you include a previous version before the talk to give a preview to potential attendees, or wait until after the talk.
- Add your talk description as markdown below the front-matter

Add the meeting

If you are coordinating hosting and/or sponsorship, feel free to also add the meeting.

Create a new file under _posts/ with the format YYYY-MM-DD-DESCRIPTION.md
Define the details you have available about the meeting. Available properties are:
- layout: this should always be defined as post
- date: meeting date. ensure this date matches the date of the talk(s) for the night. if multiple talks are added for the same date, they will all be listed under the meeting.
- time: meetings are normally scheduled 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- location: name and address of hosting location
- city: host city
- state: IA
- zip: host zip code
- pizzaSponsorName: sponsor name
- pizzaSponsorSite: sponsor website
- tiklyWidgetID: Please do not define this property. It will be added by a dsmJS lead
- tiklyWidgetURL: Please do not define this property. It will be added by a dsmJS lead