hub-news-posts

name	hub-news-posts
description	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. Use when this capability is needed.
metadata	{"author":"galaxyproject"}

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"
tags: [galaxy, training, tools]
subsites: [all]
contributions:
  authorship:
    - contributor-id        # GitHub username or ID from hub contributors
---

Note: The contributions block replaces the old authors field. Contributor IDs (not free-text names) are used — these must match entries known to the hub. You can also add optional funding entries (e.g. funding: [deNBI]) under contributions.

Tags

IMPORTANT: All tags must exist in content/TAGS.yaml. CI validation (scripts/validate_news.py) will reject unknown tags. Before using a tag, check the file to confirm it's in the allow-list. Tags are case-sensitive.

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

1. Create feature branch: git checkout -b news/post-slug
2. Create directory: mkdir -p content/news/YYYY-MM-DD-slug-name
3. Add index.md with frontmatter
4. Verify all tags exist in content/TAGS.yaml
5. Add images (resize large ones first)
6. For Vega charts: create gist, use raw URL
7. Test locally: yarn develop
8. Commit, push, and open a PR against galaxyproject/galaxy-hub

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
CI fails on unknown tags	All tags must exist in content/TAGS.yaml — check before using

References

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

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