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Update Project Profile: TDM Calculator (Update Project's Description)

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
86/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
docker, markdown
Domain
content

Research direction

Open _projects/tdm-calculator.md and read the existing front matter before changing its description to the supplied text. Run the site locally with Docker and check the TDM Calculator detail page and Projects page; done when both display the updated description and you include before-and-after screenshots in your pull request.

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Description

good first issue P-Feature: Project Info and Page P-Feature: Projects page Ready for Prioritization role: back end/devOps role: front end size: 0.25pt time sensitive
Prerequisites
  1. Be a member of Hack for LA. (There are no fees to join.) If you have not joined yet, please follow the steps on our Getting Started page and attend an onboarding session.
  2. You have already read our How to Contribute to Hack for LA Guide.
Overview

We need to keep project information up to date so that visitors to the website can find accurate information.

Action Items
  • In your IDE, open the _projects/tdm-calculator.md file.
  • Observe the existing syntax of the front matter block [^1] in the file.
  • Find the description variable and change the following:

From:

The LA TDM Calculator is a web app, created in conjunction with the L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) and Los Angeles City Planning, to help real estate developers design better projects for Los Angeles. The Calculator is being implemented alongside a new ordinance reducing over-parking and improving the infrastructure to incentivize public transportation and discourage single occupancy vehicle trips.

To:

The LA TDM Calculator is a web app, created in conjunction with the L.A. Department of Transportation (LADOT) and Los Angeles City Planning, to help real estate developers design projects that comply with the City's TDM ordinance, which aims to reduce vehicle miles traveled and single-occupancy vehicle trips.
  • Verify the changes by viewing the following in your local environment with Docker and include before and after screenshots with your pull request:
    • TDM Calculator page [^2]
    • the project's card on the Projects' page [^3]
Resources/Instructions

[^1]: Info about the front matter block
[^2]: Project detailed info page URL: https://www.hackforla.org/projects/tdm-calculator
[^3]: Projects page URL: https://www.hackforla.org/projects/

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
364
Forks
871
Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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Getting set up

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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