As the interest in this project is rising, I want to list some ideas on how you can easily make a contribution. Just pick one area where you feel most skilled and don't forget to coordinate with me, so your contribution receives full recognition.
Once you start using gatsby-theme-try-ghost or one of its addons, you'll naturally build some knowledge about how to use it. You may also come across some hurdles, see things you like or dislike, find out new things etc. Why not share your experience with others?
You can help this project tremendously by writing a blog article about your experience using this repo, or you make a speed comparison with other blog solutions, or show others how to overcome the hurdles you came across. I'm sure you have even more ideas, as you are most likely already running a blog!
Sourcing in your own content is a first test, as your content may contain elements which are not in our standard demo pages. The build should always succeed, but you may notice something on your site which doesn't quite come through as expected. It might be a wrong meta tag, it might be a displaced image or a colour glitch.
Please open an issue on Github, so this can be corrected in one of the next releases. If you know how to solve it yourself, you can of course also issue a pull request. There are also very different scenarios, where we rely on you reporting an issue. Make tests on different browsers, on desktop or mobile or with different screen sizes to name a few.
When you start using the plugins, you might feel that an important feature or configuration option is missing. Adding a new option to an existing plugin is usually easier than writing something from scratch. So, this is also a good place for first time contributors.
For example, the gatsby-rehype-prismjs plugin could be improved to better support dark mode, font sizing, code highlighting and code numbering. This is just one starting point, start by improving plugins you need most in your own projects.
It's always rewarding to write a new plugin as you really see your own accomplishments. Again, choose something that is missing in your own project. Some obvious plugins that are currently missing are:
- Search plugin (UI and backend)
- A new theme (e.g. London)
- Social link plugin (social links can be more easily added and configured)
- About page (similar to gatsby-theme-ghost-contact)
This project has been written in plain JS and uses runtime type checking with property types. I am in favour of the strongly typed Typescript system, so type issues can already been detected at build time. The great thing about Typescript is that one can migrate to it incrementally. You can pick just one project file, convert it to Typescript and leave everything else as is. So, this is also a good place to contribute to this project.
In order to make this repository more robust and to being able to handle more contributions, unit tests would be a great addition. If you have some prior experience about writing unit tests you are very welcome to add unit tests to this repository.
If you have picked your area, a specific task or an idea where you want to contribute, just send a private message on twitter, so we can coordinate.