SPH Web Communication Working Group - Documentation

Existing documentation:

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Documentation writing conventions:

The following are some of our documentation creation best practices and conventions. For a more comprehensive instruction, please refer to Google developer documentation style guide.

  • Title your page with a description of the issue or question that you're answering (For example, "Adding Page Title" instead of "How to Add a Page Title").
  • Write a brief introduction and include a full-size screenshot of the end result.
  • Use step by step instruction and include cropped screenshots when necessary.
  • For screenshots, Use "Resize image to large and link to the original"
  • For screenshots, Use red arrows to point to where the action that needs to be taken is located.
  • Use 'yellow' highlight color when highlighting text in your documentation.
  • Use Active voice in your language.
  • If your documentation has more than one section, please use the 2 columns layout with the table of content on the left.
  • Use positive terms vs oppressive ones (press vs hit, primary vs master, etc..)
  • Be consistent. For example, use the same term throughout when referencing a service in an article.
  • At the end of your tutorial, include the following information for help: 
    Have questions? Need help? Contact us at  webteam@hsph.harvard.edu


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