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+# Contributing Guildelines for the L.E.O WEBSITE
+
+* * *
+
+There are mainly three sectors in which anyone can contribute to the our Website:
+* Authoring a post (The Blog could be about anything realted to **Literature**.)
+* Reporting an issue and giving suggestions.
+* Localizing it or contributing to the code.
+
+---
+
+## Points to remember:
+### 1. Local Setup:
+
+   For setting up locally Fork the repositry and clone it using the commands given below in the terminal.
+
+ ```sh
+    # create a local clone of the repository
+    git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/leomvit.github.io.git
+    # switch to the created directory
+    cd leomvit.github.io.git
+    # start local server
+    bundle exec jekyll serve
+ ```
+  This will start the Jekyll Server.
+
+   If the server does not start, you might not have the necessary dependencies installed. Refer the next section.
+
+### 2. Dependencies Required: 
+
+   This website is built with **Jekyll**, which is a website generator it is designed for building static blogs.
+
+   Please follow the steps below to setup the dependencies:</br>
+    1. Install Jekyll locally via command line.</br>
+    2. Clone a starting point to local machine, build the website and serve it locally.
+
+   For above stated steps and more you need to get familiar with GIT and GITHUB to know more about it and installation refer : [GIT/GITHUB](https://blog.glugmvit.com/gitpart2/)
+
+   To know about how to contribute to open source and setting up refer: [CONTRIBUTE](https://blog.glugmvit.com/opensource/)  
+
+   * * *
+
+ ## Adding Post :
+  There are two ways you can add posts:
+   * Using _Github Editor_
+   * Using _Local Editor_
+
+   The Second way is more preferable more begineers as there are less chances of making mistakes and all the changes one can check on Local server.
+   1. **Using _Github Editor_**
+       * You can easily write your blog by adding the contents uder the _posts category.Make sure you write the content in the markdown format and save the file in filename.md
+       form. '.md' refers to Markdown one can easily learn [Markdown](https://www.markdowntutorial.com/), it helps the author to write thhe content with ease and make the blog look decent. 
+       * Change the file in name to today's date and the title of the post. Jekyll needs the file to be named year-month-day-title.md format. Update the title at the top of the Markdown file.
+       * You can check the sample blogs and add headers from there.The sample blogs are in _drafts folder.
+   2. **Using _Local Editor_**
+       * You can use any editor of your choice but the most common editor used is [VScode Editor](https://code.visualstudio.com/download).Then add yout post under the _post category and name the file in year-month-day-title.md format.
+       * Commit your post's markdown fike and push to your GITHUB repository. The steps to commit and pushing the file is included in above shared links.
+
+      **Adding Author Details:**
+       - You can add the your details while adding your post. 
+       - Go to _config.yml file and make changes as stated there and save the file.
+       - Go to _pages and add make a newfile and add your details.
+
+      **Adding images:**
+       - Navigate to _assets and then images. 
+       - For adding **author profile**, go to authors and add yoir image.
+       - For adding **images for posts**,either make your own folder or just add your images.
+         (Images should be in .jpg, .jpeg or .png format)
+
+   * * *
+   ## Hosting on GitHub and Pull Request 
+   You can use the following commands to push your changes.
+
+ ```sh
+
+       # Check the staus of files changed 
+       git status
+       # Adding the files to Commit
+       git add <file name>
+       # Commiting the chnages 
+       git commit -m "message"
+       # Pushing the changes to your github repo
+       git push
+
+```
+
+  After the changes being pushed go to your Github Repository and make a Pull request.The maintainer will go through your changes and suggest if any more changes nededs to be done and merge your changes. 
+
+  This is how easily you can write a blog and contribute to Our L.E.O Website.
+
+  Thank you!
+
+
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