Updating directory data

We need to make sure your new essay is visible on the directory page. That page is generated through our shared Google Doc

Update the columns for your new page according to the directions below:

place-name

You should already have added your essay title in the first column (which you can change any time)

This is used on the map page to show where a building is. This column is 1 sentence “teaser” to get people to click on your building. If you don’t have a building to outline, skip this.

card-description

This is the 2 sentence description that displays on each of the cards for our essays. For inspiration, mimic some of the other card descriptions. You can tell which are more intriguing than others.

folder-name

This is super important because it makes the image and the link to your essay work. Make sure this EXACTLY matches your folder name in GitHub that you created under the essays folder. Remember that your folder name should be all lower case, with hyphens instead of spaces.

image-filename

This should match the name of some image in your images folder. Again, it has to match EXACTLY

  • This includes all capitalization. .jpg and .JPG are DIFFERENT!
  • Make sure you are using the corrent file extension. Some of your files might be .jpg, others .PNG, or whatever.

type

Do you best to pick one of the existing building types for yours. Let me know if nothing really fits and we’ll figure what new type to use.

start and end columns

If you know these, or at least the year, add them here. These are really being used at the moment, so they don’t affect anything.