https://thadfowler.github.io/tags/how-to/Recent content in How-To on Thad FowlerHugoenhttps://thadfowler.github.io/docs/technical/how-to-doc-sequence/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://thadfowler.github.io/docs/technical/how-to-doc-sequence/<p>How-to documents lead readers through a set of steps to achieve a specific goal. The following onboarding articles, which I published in Confluence for The Good Docs Project, provide an example of this type of documentation.</p> <h2 id="read-the-documents">Read the documents<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#read-the-documents" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://thadfowler.github.io/docs/sign-up-for-gitlab.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Sign up for GitLab (PDF) </li> </ul> </a> <ul> <li> <a href="https://thadfowler.github.io/docs/use-gitlab-to-find-your-first-task.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Use GitLab to find your first task (PDF) </li> </ul> </a> <ul> <li> <a href="https://thadfowler.github.io/docs/get-your-work-rolling-using-gitlab.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Get your work rolling using GitLab (PDF) </li> </ul> </a> <ul> <li> <a href="https://thadfowler.github.io/docs/track-work-item-progress-in-gitlab.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Track work item progress in GitLab (PDF) </li> </ul> </a> <h2 id="background">Background<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#background" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2> <p>The Good Docs Project knowledge base team developed an onboarding guide to support new contributors. As a member of (and later a co-lead of) the team, I wrote this series to enable readers to:</p>https://thadfowler.github.io/docs/technical/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://thadfowler.github.io/docs/technical/