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| author | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-06-21 05:11:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-06-21 05:11:56 +0000 |
| commit | 2e71a0e9cafde6815a2ad416d0f529451d3d986f (patch) | |
| tree | 0a58820ce2701b711edc69bb49b9800a3c6e5554 | |
| parent | c0616ba8aaf9cbb46cc7476e5d4b08d0e98863ca (diff) | |
| parent | c4b185fb5a9dbcf097e28496fc19f048c4f0fdbf (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-2e71a0e9cafde6815a2ad416d0f529451d3d986f.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'docs-styleguidelines-nav' into 'master'
Docs: update style guidelines with rules for navigation items
See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!20024
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/development/documentation/styleguide.md | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/development/documentation/styleguide.md b/doc/development/documentation/styleguide.md index e7ffba635c9..a315cfdc116 100644 --- a/doc/development/documentation/styleguide.md +++ b/doc/development/documentation/styleguide.md @@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ Check the GitLab handbook for the [writing styles guidelines](https://about.gitl - Jump a line between different markups (e.g., after every paragraph, header, list, etc) - Capitalize "G" and "L" in GitLab - Use sentence case for titles, headings, labels, menu items, and buttons. -- Use title case when referring to [features](https://about.gitlab.com/features/) or [products](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/), and methods. Note that some features are also objects (e.g. "Merge Requests" and "merge requests"). E.g.: GitLab Runner, Geo, Issue Boards, Git, Prometheus, Continuous Integration. +- Use title case when referring to [features](https://about.gitlab.com/features/) or +[products](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) (e.g., GitLab Runner, Geo, +Issue Boards, GitLab Core, Git, Prometheus, Kubernetes, etc), and methods or methodologies +(e.g., Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Scrum, Agile, etc). Note that +some features are also objects (e.g. "Merge Requests" and "merge requests"). ## Formatting @@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ For punctuation rules, please refer to the [GitLab UX guide](https://design.gitl This is to ensure that no document with wrong heading is going live without an audit, thus preventing dead links and redirection issues when corrected -- Leave exactly one newline after a heading +- Leave exactly one new line after a heading ## Links @@ -95,6 +99,16 @@ For punctuation rules, please refer to the [GitLab UX guide](https://design.gitl E.g., instead of writing something like `Read more about GitLab Issue Boards [here](LINK)`, write `Read more about [GitLab Issue Boards](LINK)`. +## Navigation + +To indicate the steps of navigation through the UI: + +- Use the exact word as shown in the UI, including any capital letters as-is +- Use bold text for navigation items and the char `>` as separator +(e.g., `Navigate to your project's **Settings > CI/CD**` ) +- If there are any expandable menus, make sure to mention that the user +needs to expand the tab to find the settings you're referring to + ## Images - Place images in a separate directory named `img/` in the same directory where |