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<span style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">With help from Krisha and Sal, we have finally settled on a process for using GitHub and mkdocs to develop an integrated website of documentation
for our Use Case Products.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Here are some specifics:</span><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">The repo has been moved to the DesignSafe organization.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">It can be accessed at
</span><a href="https://github.com/DesignSafe-CI/DS_Use_Case_template"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">https://github.com/DesignSafe-CI/DS_Use_Case_template</span></a><o:p> </o:p></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">If you (i.e., PI) have not yet accessed the template repo, please use the link above and fork the repo into your GitHub account.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Detailed instructions on forking can be found in the readme section of the repo.</span><o:p> </o:p></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">If you had previously forked the repo, you can still utilize the repo you forked.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">However, before continuing to edit your repo, please utilize “Fetch Upstream” to sync your repo with the changes we have made upstream (this is explained in step 9 in the readme section).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
</span><o:p> </o:p></li></ul>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Each use case PI has a folder with their name on it.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">You should only edit the files within your named folder.</span><o:p> </o:p></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Detailed, step-by-step instructions (with screen shots) are provided in the readme section of the repo for modifying the usecase.md file within your named folder.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">As a PI you will only need to perform Step 1 of the instructions, which explains how to fork the repo and set up collaborators
(i.e., students/postdocs) who can edit the use case template.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
</span><o:p> </o:p></li><li>An example of a fully documented use case product can be found in the folder 'rathje'.</li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Please develop a first draft of your documentation and submit a pull request by March 15.</span><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">Questions can be directed to me, Sal, or Krishna.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks,</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ellen</span></p>
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