README.md

NHS Notify Web CMS Repository

About this project

• This site includes the content for the public [N]HS Notify web site](https://notify.nhs.uk/)
• It uses Jekyll to generate static web HTML files from markdown content
• The source code for the web site is in /docs directory
• Page content is inside the /docs/pages directory
• Page CSS is inside /docs/_sass directory
• The webpage is published to GitHub Pages using this GitHub Actions workflow

Pre-requisites

• A GitHub account
• For submitting changes; code must be signed with a GPG key linked to your GitHub account.

Setup guides

• GPG setup for Codespaces
• First-time Codespaces setup
• GitHub Copilot quick start
• FAQ

Making a changes checklist

• Create a new branch in your workspace
• Commit the changes to your new branch
• Push (publish) the new branch to your remote
• Create a Pull Request for requesting that your remote branch is merged into main
• Seek and await approvals
• Do not merge changes if all checks or are not passing.

Open existing Codespaces

• You can reuse existing Codespaces that have been setup.
• Visit https://github.com/codespaces to see a list of Codespaces
• Active Codespaces are charged. Everyone gets 150 hours free per month.
• Click on the three dots and then click stop codespace to change it to inactive
• A stopped code space does not loose data
• You can delete a Codespace, but this will loose any data that you have not pushed (published) to a remote git branch.