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Learn how you can contribute to Mozilla Support by writing or improving support articles.
Learn how you can contribute to Mozilla Support by writing or improving support articles.
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Thank you for your interest in contributing to our Knowledge Base. This resource serves as a vital link between Mozilla and millions of users worldwide, offering support and answers for their product-related queries. The active participation of our community is crucial for the Knowledge Base to thrive, directly impacting the assistance provided to tens of thousands of users every week.
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Broadly speaking, there are two main pathways through which you can contribute to the Knowledge Base:
*'''Write new support articles''': Are there [/products support topics for Mozilla products] we haven't covered? You can do a [/search search] to find Knowledge Base articles that already exist.
<!-- {note}'''Tip:''' A great place to get started is with one of these '''[/en-US/questions?tagged=needsdoc support forum solutions that need to be documented]'''.{/note} -->
*'''Help us improve existing articles''': The most common thing we do in the glamorous world of Knowledge Base maintenance is to try to improve the articles we already have.
{note}'''Before you write or edit an article, make sure to read [[About the Knowledge Base]].'''{/note}
If you're really interested in editing and writing documentation, here are a few resources that should help explain how we do things:
=Create new support articles=
* [[Writing guide for Knowledge Base articles]]: Guide to writing techniques and styles that we use to make articles more engaging and effective. For the mechanics of actually creating or editing articles, see:
** [[Create a new Knowledge Base article]]: Steps for creating a new article along with some sample wiki markup to get you started
** [[Anatomy of a Knowledge Base article]]: Explains the basics of how articles are built
** [[Article Description]] - Explains how to write description for a support article
=Improve existing support articles=
* [[Improve the Knowledge Base]]: Learn how to improve SUMO Knowledge Base
* [[Edit a Knowledge Base article]]: Steps for editing an existing article
=Other guidelines=
* [[About the Knowledge Base]]: An overview of the mechanics of our Knowledge Base
* [[Article Review Guidelines]]: Reviewer guidelines for Knowledge Base
* [[How to make screenshots]]: A step-by-step guide to creating screenshots to use in articles
* [[Add images and screenshots to Knowledge Base articles]]: Explains how to add and get screenshots and other images to display correctly in articles
* [[Markup cheat sheet]]: The most commonly used wiki markup in our articles
* [[Markup chart]]: Wiki markup reference. It gives examples and shows the markup that produces them
* [[How to use "For" tags|How to use <nowiki>{</nowiki>for}]]: Special wiki markup that lets us show instructions ''for'' different application versions (for example, Firefox 90) and operating systems such as Windows and macOS.
* [[Using Templates]]: Templates are reusable pieces of content. You can include a complicated set of step-by-step instructions in multiple articles by using a template.
* [[When and how to use keywords to improve an article's search ranking]]: Explains when adding keywords to an article is appropriate
* To see more guidelines on Knowledge Base contribution, click [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/contributor/kb here].
<!--need to replace this so Michael doesn't get inundated with emails [[Video:http://youtu.be/y4B5UDW_D9s]]-->
Thank you for your interest in contributing to our Knowledge Base. This resource serves as a vital link between Mozilla and millions of users worldwide, offering support and answers for their product-related queries. The active participation of our community is crucial for the Knowledge Base to thrive, directly impacting the assistance provided to tens of thousands of users every week.
__TOC__
Broadly speaking, there are two main pathways through which you can contribute to the Knowledge Base:
*'''Write new support articles''': Are there [/products support topics for Mozilla products] we haven't covered? You can do a [/search search] to find Knowledge Base articles that already exist.
<!-- {note}'''Tip:''' A great place to get started is with one of these '''[/en-US/questions?tagged=needsdoc support forum solutions that need to be documented]'''.{/note} -->
*'''Help us improve existing articles''': The most common thing we do in the glamorous world of Knowledge Base maintenance is to try to improve the articles we already have.
{note}'''Before you write or edit an article, make sure to read [[About the Knowledge Base]].'''{/note}
If you're really interested in editing and writing documentation, here are a few resources that should help explain how we do things:
=Create new support articles=
* [[Writing guide for Knowledge Base articles]]: Guide to writing techniques and styles that we use to make articles more engaging and effective. For the mechanics of actually creating or editing articles, see:
** [[Create a new Knowledge Base article]]: Steps for creating a new article along with some sample wiki markup to get you started
** [[Anatomy of a Knowledge Base article]]: Explains the basics of how articles are built
** [[Article Description]] - Explains how to write description for a support article
=Improve existing support articles=
* [[Improve the Knowledge Base]]: Learn how to improve SUMO Knowledge Base
* [[Edit a Knowledge Base article]]: Steps for editing an existing article
=Other guidelines=
* [[About the Knowledge Base]]: An overview of the mechanics of our Knowledge Base
* [[Article Review Guidelines]]: Reviewer guidelines for Knowledge Base
* [[How to make screenshots]]: A step-by-step guide to creating screenshots to use in articles
* [[Add images and screenshots to Knowledge Base articles]]: Explains how to add and get screenshots and other images to display correctly in articles
* [[Markup cheat sheet]]: The most commonly used wiki markup in our articles
* [[Markup chart]]: Wiki markup reference. It gives examples and shows the markup that produces them
* [[How to use "For" tags|How to use <nowiki>{</nowiki>for}]]: Special wiki markup that lets us show instructions ''for'' different application versions (for example, Firefox 90) and operating systems such as Windows and macOS.
* [[Using Templates]]: Templates are reusable pieces of content. You can include a complicated set of step-by-step instructions in multiple articles by using a template.
* [[When and how to use keywords to improve an article's search ranking]]: Explains when adding keywords to an article is appropriate
* For more guidelines on Knowledge Base contribution, see [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/contributor/kb these articles].