ADD BLOG

Please follow these steps to add your blog to Falco blog folder:

1. Fork the Falco repository.
2. Clone the repository locally or work directly on GitHub.
3. In the path falco-website/content/en/blog/ create a directory to contain your Markdown index.md file and a subdirectory called images/.
   • The directory name should not contain any space. For better readability, kebab-case is recommended (lowercase words separated by dashes).
   • It is recommended to match the directory name to the slug of the blog post.
   • Keep it short but informative.
   • Example on GitHub:
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     falco-website/content/en/blog/gitops-your-falco-rules/
     falco-website/content/en/blog/gitops-your-falco-rules/index.md
     falco-website/content/en/blog/gitops-your-falco-rules/images/
     

4. Add related images to the images directory. The recommended naming convention is to name them using the slug plus a sequence number.
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   gitops-your-falco-rules/images/
   gitops-your-falco-rules/images/gitops-your-falco-rules-01.png
   gitops-your-falco-rules/images/gitops-your-falco-rules-02.png
   gitops-your-falco-rules/images/gitops-your-falco-rules-03.png
   gitops-your-falco-rules/images/gitops-your-falco-rules-04.png
   

5. In case of addding a featured image, name it using the -featured suffix before the file extension. This setting will display the image at the top of the article substituting the default featured image.
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   gitops-your-falco-rules/images/
   ....
   gitops-your-falco-rules/images/gitops-your-falco-rules-featured.png
   

6. Add file called index.md with the content of the article, like in this example.
7. Copy the following template at the top of the newly created index.md file and replace these fields with your data. The list of available tags can be found here.
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   ---
   title: Article name
   date: 2023-01-01
   author: FirstName FirstLastName, SecondName SecondLastName, ...
   slug: aricle-name-with-dashes
   tags: ["Falco", "Rules", ...]
   ---
   Content of the article ...
   

8. Set the date of the blog post to the day it should be published. This field sets the order in which the posts are shown on the blog landing page.
   • If it got merged before the date, it will not be displayed.
   • It will be displayed in the preview render despite having a date in the future.
9. In the header of the index.md file (the front matter), set the web featured image. It will be displayed when sharing the blog post on social networks.
   • Use the URL path (without the domain name). If the slug does't match the directory name, use use the former.
   • The recommended size of the featured image is 1200 x 628 pixels.
   • Add only one featured image to this list that will be displayed as cover. Make sure that the file name contains the word featured.
   • Example:
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     ---
     title: GitOps your Falco Rules
     ...
     slug: gitops-your-falco-rules
     images:
       - /blog/gitops-your-falco-rules/images/gitops-your-falco-rules-featured.png
     ---
     

10. Create a pull request to the Falco repository with your changes.
    • Uncomment the /kind content and /area blog lines to set the right labels.
    • Add any relevant information to the PR message.