update about section

The content for the About Section can be found in the "sitetext-yml". To make changes or additions, perform the following steps:

1. switch to the Content Branch

Before you can make changes you have to switch to the content branch. You can find out how to do this here: Select Content Branch

2. navigate to the "sitetext.yml

The "sitetext.yml" is contained in the folder "_data".

3. Open "sitetext.yml

Once in the "_data" folder, the "sitetext.yml" can be found there.

3. edit "sitetext.yml

The "sitetext.yml" can be edited directly in the browser by clicking on "edit".

4. change contents in the about section

To change the contents of the About section, you need to navigate to the "section: about" location in the file.

5. structure of the about section

The individual blocks of the About section are arranged in a list. For each list item there are three subitems: title, desc and icon. In the first one you change the title and desc stands for description and the third one is an icon. You can find a collection of icons and their correct labels on the following website: https://fontawesome.com/icons.

section: about
    list:
      - title: "Community
        desc: "We bring together people and ideas to help build resilient environments for strong knowledge exchange within numerous communities - in towns, villages, and local neighborhoods, including within refugee or IDP settlements. We strive to harness and make public the collective knowledge and skills of local experts, refugees, activists, and CSOs to deepen local impact and create opportunities for mutual support and collaboration."
        icon: fas fa-users #find more at https://fontawesome.com/icons
      - title: "Media Literacy
        desc: "#ASKnet embraces the philosophy of open knowledge sharing and encourages its community to openly share their work and invite others to engage and learn from it as a means to break down silos and barriers to learning. This catalyzes collaboration, peer-to-peer exchange, and civic engagement, strengthening and creating paths to new opportunities, entrepreneurship, and further networks of skills and resources."
        icon: fas fa-laptop
      - title: "Open Access
        desc: "#ASKnet embraces the philosophy of open knowledge sharing and encourages its community to openly share their work and invite others to engage and learn from it as a means to break down silos and barriers to learning. This catalyzes collaboration, peer-to-peer exchange, and civic engagement, strengthening and creating paths to new opportunities, entrepreneurship, and further networks of skills and resources."
        icon: fab fa-osi

6. commit changes

When all changes have been made, they can be saved with a commit.

7. publish changes on website

In order to publish the change to the website, a pull request from the "Content" branch to the "Main" branch must be made. You can learn how to do this here Create Pull Request.