hub-news-posts

Business

This skill should be used when creating Galaxy Hub news posts, writing content for galaxyproject.org/news, or converting content to Galaxy Hub markdown format.

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Galaxy Hub News Posts

Create news posts for the Galaxy Project website (galaxyproject.org).

Directory Structure

Posts live in /content/news/YYYY-MM-DD-slug-name/:

content/news/2025-01-15-my-announcement/
├── index.md           # Main content file
├── hero.png           # Images in same directory
└── images/            # OR in images/ subdirectory
    └── figure1.png

Required Frontmatter

---
title: "Post Title"
date: "YYYY-MM-DD"
tease: "Short description for listing pages"
authors: "Author Name"
tags: [galaxy, training, tools]
subsites: [all]
---

Optional Frontmatter Fields

Field	Description
`main_subsite`	Primary subsite (eu, freiburg, global)
`supporters`	Funding/support logos [elixir, denbi, eosc]
`location.name`	Event location
`hide_tease`	Set false to show tease on listing
`autotoc`	Enable/disable table of contents

Image Handling

Option A - Same directory (simpler):

![Description](./image.png)
![Description](image.png)

Option B - images/ subdirectory (for many images):

<img src="./images/figure1.png" />

CRITICAL: HTML img tags MUST use ./ prefix:

<img src="./images/x.png"> ✓
<img src="images/x.png"> ❌ (build fails!)

Vega Charts

Use external URLs only (gists work well):

<vega-embed spec="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/user/id/raw/hash/chart.json" />

Create gist: gh gist create chart.json --public

Local file paths do NOT work with vega-embed.

Styled HTML Tables

<table class="table">
  <tr>
    <td style="background: linear-gradient(135deg, #667eea, #764ba2); color: white; padding: 15px;">
      <strong>Value</strong><br/>label
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Supported styles:

background-color: #xxx
background: linear-gradient(...)
color, padding, border-radius
Emojis work (flags: 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇦🇺)

Workflow

Create branch: git checkout -b news/post-slug
Create directory: mkdir -p content/news/YYYY-MM-DD-slug-name
Add index.md with frontmatter
Add images (resize large ones first)
For Vega charts: create gist, use raw URL
Test locally: yarn develop
Commit and push

Common Issues

Problem	Solution
Build fails on images	Use `./` prefix in HTML img src
Vega chart blank	Must use external URL (gist), not local file
Large images slow build	Resize with PIL before committing

References

See references/formatting.md for detailed formatting guide
See examples/sample-post.md for complete template