Improve CONTRIBUTING.md for Web-dev-mini-projects
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 76/100
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- css, html, javascript
- Domain
- documentation, web-dev
Research direction
Start by reading CONTRIBUTING.md and compare its current guidance with the requested beginner workflow. Done means adding the sample index.html, style.css, script.js, and README.md structure, branch and PR examples, and the Fork → Clone → Add Project → Test → Commit → Push → PR checklist; visuals are optional.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Description
The current CONTRIBUTING.md explains how to contribute, but it could benefit from examples and a step-by-step checklist for beginners.
Suggestions
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Add a sample project folder structure
- Include
index.html,style.css,script.js, andREADME.md.
- Include
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Clarify branch naming and PR process
- Give an example branch name and a simple PR title template.
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Add a checklist for first-time contributors
- Fork → Clone → Add Project → Test → Commit → Push → PR
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Optional: Visuals
- Screenshots or GIFs can guide beginners on how to structure files.
Improving the CONTRIBUTING.md will make it easier for new contributors to follow and increase engagement.
- Dominant language
- HTML
- Stars
- 4.5k
- Forks
- 1.7k
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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