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RootAdmin Article Types

RootAdmin has a number of different article types. To make your live easier and to help you decide what type of article to submit, all available types are listed and described below.

Article

An article is typically either a tutorial that allows someone to learn about a technique or technology, or an explanation and documentation for code that you are uploading. Articles outline the problem you're trying to solve, the techniques you're using, and a simple explanation of how to use your code or techniques. Interesting gotcha's or trivia are always welcome.

Project

A Project is a code repository imported from a service such as GitHub, BitBucket or Visual Studio online. The repository must have a README file for it to be considered for import, and must adhere to the usual editorial guidelines for articles.

Tip/Trick

A tip has the same spirit of a regular article: it is meant primarily to provide a coding solution. However, tips are not as exhaustive or extensive, or requite as much detail as an article would to explain a problem and its solution. Articles may be several pages long, but tips might be a couple of paragraphs. Simply: state the problem and its solution.

Reference

A Reference article is a short (typically 1 page) article used to lookup common information such as tables (eg. ASCII tables, HTTP codes etc) or function or class explanations. Typically there will be few if any images, and no downloadable code (though both are possible if the author wishes)

Asset

An asset is a piece or set of data that can be used by developers for their work or articles. It should have an exaplanation of what it contains and is useful for, but the focus for this article is the download itself