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layout: blog-post

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title:

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authors:

Leave the space after the colon blank. The fields below authors should be filled out. Note an unlimited number of authors can appear on a piece of learning content, though we generally encourage no more than four be listed.

- author:

Write the full name of the author as it should appear on the website. Example: John Smith or Mala Kumar

authorTitle:

Write the title that should be displayed alongside the author’s name. Ensure titles are consistent across posts. Note that titles must be manually changed on each post.

authorGitHubHandle:

This is the GitHub handle of a user, e.g. malakumar85

authorGitHubID:

This is the avatar of the user. Go to their user profile - e.g. https://github.com/malakumar85 - and click on their picture. Copy in the number that comes after u/, an example of which is below. Note that you must be logged out to click on your own avatar and see the number. (Suggestion - use a different browser)

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tags:

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- tag:

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featuredImage:

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outgoing:

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outgoingUrl

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