Galaxy Hub News Posts

Galaxy Hub News Posts

Create news posts for the Galaxy Project website (galaxyproject.org).

Directory Structure

Posts live in /​content/​news/​YYYY-MM-DD-slug-name/:

content/​news/​2025-01-15-my-announcement/
├── index.md           # Main content file
├── hero.png           # Images in same directory
└── images/            # OR in images/ subdirectory
    └── figure1.png

Required Frontmatter

---
title: "Post Title"
date: "YYYY-MM-DD"
tease: "Short description for listing pages"
authors: "Author Name"
tags: [galaxy, training, tools]
subsites: [all]
---

Optional Frontmatter Fields

Image Handling

Option A - Same directory (simpler):

![Description](./​image.png)
![Description](image.png)

Option B - images/ subdirectory (for many images):

<img src="./​images/​figure1.png" />

CRITICAL: HTML img tags MUST use ./ prefix:

• <img src="./​images/​x.png"> ✓
• <img src="images/​x.png"> ❌ (build fails!)

Vega Charts

Use external URLs only (gists work well):

<vega-embed spec="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/​user/​id/​raw/​hash/​chart.json" />

Create gist: gh gist create chart.json --public

Local file paths do NOT work with vega-embed.

Styled HTML Tables

<table class="table">
  <tr>
    <td style="background: linear-gradient(135deg, #667eea, #764ba2); color: white; padding: 15px;">
      <strong>Value</​strong><br/>label
    </​td>
  </​tr>
</​table>

Supported styles:

• background-color: #xxx
• background: linear-gradient(...)
• color, padding, border-radius
• Emojis work (flags: 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇦🇺)

Workflow

1. Create branch: git checkout -b news/​post-slug
2. Create directory: mkdir -p content/​news/​YYYY-MM-DD-slug-name
3. Add index.md with frontmatter
4. Add images (resize large ones first)
5. For Vega charts: create gist, use raw URL
6. Test locally: yarn develop
7. Commit and push

Common Issues

References

• See references/​formatting.md for detailed formatting guide
• See examples/​sample-post.md for complete template