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diff --git a/doc/development/doc_styleguide.md b/doc/development/doc_styleguide.md index bb78a0de0c5..5b09f79f143 100644 --- a/doc/development/doc_styleguide.md +++ b/doc/development/doc_styleguide.md @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ The table below shows what kind of documentation goes where. | `doc/legal/` | Legal documents about contributing to GitLab. | | `doc/install/`| Probably the most visited directory, since `installation.md` is there. Ideally this should go under `doc/administration/`, but it's best to leave it as-is in order to avoid confusion (still debated though). | | `doc/update/` | Same with `doc/install/`. Should be under `administration/`, but this is a well known location, better leave as-is, at least for now. | -| `doc/topics/` | Indexes per Topic (`doc/topics/topic-name/index.md`); Technical Articles: user guides, admin guides, technical overviews, tutorials (`doc/topics/topic-name/`). | +| `doc/topics/` | Indexes per Topic (`doc/topics/topic-name/index.md`): all resources for that topic (user and admin documentation, articles, and third-party docs) | +| `doc/articles/` | [Technical Articles](writing_documentation.md#technical-articles): user guides, admin guides, technical overviews, tutorials (`doc/articles/article-title/index.md`). | --- @@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ The table below shows what kind of documentation goes where. located at `doc/user/admin_area/settings/visibility_and_access_controls.md`. 1. The `doc/topics/` directory holds topic-related technical content. Create `doc/topics/topic-name/subtopic-name/index.md` when subtopics become necessary. - Note that `topics` holds the index page per topic, and technical articles. General - user- and admin- related documentation, should be placed accordingly. + General user- and admin- related documentation, should be placed accordingly. +1. For technical articles, place their images under `doc/articles/article-title/img/`. --- @@ -197,10 +198,17 @@ You can combine one or more of the following: the `.md` document that you're working on is located. Always prepend their names with the name of the document that they will be included in. For example, if there is a document called `twitter.md`, then a valid image name - could be `twitter_login_screen.png`. + could be `twitter_login_screen.png`. [**Exception**: images for + [articles](writing_documentation.md#technical-articles) should be + put in a directory called `img` underneath `/articles/article_title/img/`, therefore, + there's no need to prepend the document name to their filenames.] - Images should have a specific, non-generic name that will differentiate them. - Keep all file names in lower case. - Consider using PNG images instead of JPEG. +- Compress all images with <https://tinypng.com/> or similar tool. +- Compress gifs with <https://ezgif.com/optimize> or similar toll. +- Images should be used (only when necessary) to _illustrate_ the description +of a process, not to _replace_ it. Inside the document: |