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title: "Contribute Documentation"
date: 2020-06-17T17:31:54+03:00
draft: false
weight: 1
tags: ["contribute"]
---
The `/docs` folder contains the Infection Monkey Documentation site.
The site is based on [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) and the [learn](https://themes.gohugo.io/theme/hugo-theme-learn/en) theme.
- [Directory structure](#directory-structure)
- [content](#content)
- [static](#static)
- [config](#config)
- [themes](#themes)
- [layouts and archtypes](#layouts-and-archtypes)
- [public and resources](#public-and-resources)
- [How to contribute](#how-to-contribute)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Adding and editing content](#adding-and-editing-content)
- [Add a new page](#add-a-new-page)
- [Editing an existing page](#editing-an-existing-page)
- [Building the content](#building-the-content)
- [Serve the documentation locally](#serve-the-documentation-locally)
- [Build the content for deployment](#build-the-content-for-deployment)
- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
- [`Error: Unable to locate config file or config directory. Perhaps you need to create a new site.`](#error-unable-to-locate-config-file-or-config-directory-perhaps-you-need-to-create-a-new-site)
- [`failed to extract shortcode: template for shortcode "children" not found` or theme doesn't seem right?](#failed-to-extract-shortcode-template-for-shortcode-children-not-found-or-theme-doesnt-seem-right)
- [CSS is missing](#css-is-missing)
## Directory structure
By order of importance:
### Content
The most important directory is `/content`. This is the directory which contains the content files. [Read this to understand how pages are organized in that folder](https://themes.gohugo.io//theme/hugo-theme-learn/en/cont/pages/).
### Static
In this directory you should place images, `css` files, `js` files and other static content the site should serve. To access that static content in a page, use something similar to this:
```markdown
![AWS instance ID](../../images/setup/aws/aws-instance-id.png "AWS instance ID")
```
### Config
This folder controls many of the parameters regarding the site generation.
### Themes
This is the theme we're using. It's a submodule (to get it you need to run `git submodule update`). It's our own fork of the [learn](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-theme-learn/) theme. If you want to make changes to the theme itself, or pull updates from the upstream, you'll do it here.
### Layouts and archtypes
This directory includes custom [HTML partials](https://gohugo.io/templates/partials/), custom [shortcodes](https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/) and content templates. It's best not to mess with the existing stuff here too much, but rather add new things.
### Public and resources
These are the build output of `hugo` and should never be `commit`-ed to git.
## How to contribute
### Requirements
You'll have to [install `hugo`](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/), a text editor that's good for markdown (`vscode` and `vim` are good options) and `git`.
### Adding and editing content
#### Add a new page
Run `hugo new folder/page.md`. Optionally add `--kind chapter` if creating a new chapter page. For example, `hugo new usage/getting-started.md` created the Getting Started page.
#### Editing an existing page
Edit the markdown file(s). [Here's a markdown cheatsheet](https://themes.gohugo.io//theme/hugo-theme-learn/en/cont/markdown/). If you want to add images, add them to the `static/images` folder and refer to them by name.
### Building the content
#### Serve the documentation locally
Run `hugo server -D`. The server will be available locally at `http://localhost:1313/`. You can change the content/theme and the site will refresh automatically to reflect your changes.
#### Build the content for deployment
Run `hugo --environment staging` or `hugo --environment production`. This will create a static site in the `public` directory. This directory should be ignored by `git` - **make sure you don't add and commit it by mistake!**
#### Troubleshooting
##### `Error: Unable to locate config file or config directory. Perhaps you need to create a new site.`
Did you confirm your working directory? It should be `monkey/docs`.
##### `failed to extract shortcode: template for shortcode "children" not found` or theme doesn't seem right?
Have you run `git submodule update`?
##### CSS is missing
- Make sure that you're accessing the correct URL.
- Check the `config.toml` file.