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StateCU user documentation

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cdss-app-statecu-fortran-doc-user

This repository contains Colorado's Decision Support Systems (CDSS) StateCU user documentation. See the following online resources:

This page contains the following sections:

Repository Contents

The repository contains the following:

cdss-app-statecu-fortran-doc-user/   Repository name and main folder should match.
  build-util/                        Useful scripts to view, build, and deploy documentation.
  mkdocs-project/                    Typical MkDocs project for this documentation.
    mkdocs.yml                       MkDocs configuration file for website.
    docs/                            Folder containing source Markdown and other files for website.
    site/                            Folder created by MkDocs containing the static website - ignored using .gitignore.
  .github/                           Files specific to GitHub such as issue template.
  .gitattributes                     Typical Git configuration file for repository attributes.
  .gitignore                         Typical Git configuration file for ignored file list.
  README.md                          This file.

The following folder structure is recommended for StateCU development. Top-level folders should be created as necessary. Repositories are expected to be on the same folder level to allow scripts in those repositories to work.

C:\Users\user\                              Windows user home folder.
/c/Users/user/                              Git Bash user home folder that overlaps Windows files.
/home/user/                                 Linux user home folder.
/cygdrive/C/Users/user/                     Cygwin user home folder that overlaps Windows files.
  cdss-dev/                                 Projects that are part of Colorado's Decision Support Systems.
    StateCU/                                StateCU product folder.
------------- folder names below must match --------------
      git-repos/                            Git repositories for StateCU.
        cdss-app-statecu-fortran/           StateCU source code development.
        cdss-app-statecu-fortran-doc-user/  StateCU user documentation.
        cdss-app-statecu-fortran-test/      StateCU automated tests.

Development Environment

The development environment for contributing to this project requires installation of Python, MkDocs, and Material MkDocs theme. Python 3 has been used for development. See the MkDocs website and OWF / Learn MkDocs documentation for information about installing these tools.

Also install the following (assuming that Windows py Python is used with MkDocs):

  • py -m pip install python-markdown-math

Editing and Viewing Content

If the development environment is properly configured, edit and view content as follows:

  1. Edit content:
    1. The mkdocs-project/docs folder contains website content.
    2. The mkdocs-project/mkdocs.yml file lists files to include in the website.
  2. Run the build-util/run-mkdocs-serve-8000.sh script (Git Bash, Cygwin, Linux).
  3. View content in a web browser using URL http://localhost:8000.

Style Guide

The following are general style guide recommendations for this documentation, with the goal of keeping formatting simple in favor of focusing on useful content:

  • Use the Material MkDocs theme - it looks nice, provides good navigation features, and enables search.
  • Follow MkDocs Markdown standards - use extensions beyond basic Markdown when useful.
  • Show files and program names as code (tick-surrounded) formatting.
  • Where a source file can be linked to in GitHub, provide a link so that the most current file can be viewed.
  • Use triple-tick formatting for code blocks, with language specifier.
  • Use bold italics when referencing UI components such as menus.
  • Use slashes to indicate Menu / SubMenu.
  • Place images in an images folder or contentpage-images folder if need to separate images.
  • Minimize the use of inlined HTML, but use it where Markdown formatting is limited.
  • Although the Material them provides site and page navigation sidebars, provide in-line table of contents on pages, where appropriate, to facilitate review of page content.

License

The license for this documentation is the Creative Commons Attribution 2-0 Generic (CC BY 4.0) License.

Contributing

Contribute to the documentation as follows:

  1. Use GitHub repository issues to report minor issues.
  2. Use GitHub pull requests.

In order to contribute, you must first sign and submit the Contributor License Agreement (CLA). Need to add the link here to OpenCDSS web page that describes this.

Maintainers

This repository is maintained by the OpenCDSS team.

Release Notes

The following release notes indicate major updates. See the GitHub issues for details.

  • 2023-04-20 - Updated documentation to fix broken links and remediate issues related to accessibility including alt text for images and heading structures.
  • 2019-09-08 - Brian Macpherson ported full Word documentation for StateCU 13.10.
  • 2019-04-26 - Update to use opencdss.state.co.us.
  • 2019-03-23 - Update to MkDocs 1.04.
  • 2018-12-04 - Initial repository - basic MkDocs project wrapping legacy Word/PDF documentation.