[pull] main from MichaelCade:main

.github/CODEOWNERS

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+/blog/** @MichaelCade
+

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/blog_post.md

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+## Blog Post Submission
+
+### Summary
+
+Describe your post in 2-4 sentences.
+
+### Checklist
+
+- [ ] I added my post under `blog/posts/` with filename format `YYYY-MM-DD-short-title.md`
+- [ ] I used the metadata schema from `blog/_template.md` (`title`, `author`, `date`, `tags`, `summary`)
+- [ ] My post is original and relevant to the 90DaysOfDevOps community topics
+- [ ] I verified local markdown links and image paths
+- [ ] I have read and followed `CONTRIBUTING.md`

.github/workflows/blog-post-validation.yml

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+name: Blog Post Validation
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "blog/posts/*.md"
+      - "blog/_template.md"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate-blog-posts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Collect changed blog posts
+        env:
+          BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+        run: |
+          git diff --name-only "$BASE_SHA" "$HEAD_SHA" -- 'blog/posts/*.md' > changed_blog_posts.txt
+          echo "Changed posts:"
+          cat changed_blog_posts.txt || true
+
+      - name: Validate metadata and local links
+        run: |
+          python - <<'PY'
+          from pathlib import Path
+          from datetime import datetime
+          import re
+          import sys
+
+          changed_file_list = Path("changed_blog_posts.txt")
+          changed_files = []
+          if changed_file_list.exists():
+              changed_files = [line.strip() for line in changed_file_list.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines() if line.strip()]
+
+          if not changed_files:
+              print("No changed blog post files detected.")
+              raise SystemExit(0)
+
+          required_fields = ["title", "author", "date", "tags", "summary"]
+          all_errors = []
+
+          for rel_path in changed_files:
+              path = Path(rel_path)
+              if not path.exists():
+                  continue
+
+              text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+              lines = text.splitlines()
+              errors = []
+
+              if not lines or lines[0].strip() != "---":
+                  errors.append("Missing YAML front matter opening delimiter '---'.")
+              else:
+                  end_idx = None
+                  for idx in range(1, len(lines)):
+                      if lines[idx].strip() == "---":
+                          end_idx = idx
+                          break
+                  if end_idx is None:
+                      errors.append("Missing YAML front matter closing delimiter '---'.")
+                      front_matter_lines = []
+                  else:
+                      front_matter_lines = lines[1:end_idx]
+
+                  if end_idx is not None:
+                      front_matter_text = "\n".join(front_matter_lines)
+                      for field in required_fields:
+                          if not re.search(rf"(?m)^{field}\s*:", front_matter_text):
+                              errors.append(f"Missing required metadata field: {field}")
+
+                      date_match = re.search(r'(?m)^date\s*:\s*"?(.*?)"?\s*$', front_matter_text)
+                      if date_match:
+                          date_value = date_match.group(1).strip()
+                          try:
+                              post_date = datetime.strptime(date_value, "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+                              if post_date > datetime.now().date():
+                                  errors.append("Date cannot be in the future.")
+                          except ValueError:
+                              errors.append("Invalid date format. Expected YYYY-MM-DD.")
+
+              for link in re.findall(r"\[[^\]]+\]\(([^)]+)\)", text):
+                  target = link.strip()
+                  if not target or target.startswith(("http://", "https://", "mailto:", "#")):
+                      continue
+                  target = target.split("#", 1)[0].split("?", 1)[0]
+                  if not target:
+                      continue
+                  resolved = (path.parent / target).resolve()
+                  if not resolved.exists():
+                      errors.append(f"Broken local link: {link}")
+
+              if errors:
+                  all_errors.append(f"{rel_path}:")
+                  all_errors.extend([f"  - {err}" for err in errors])
+
+          if all_errors:
+              print("Validation failed:\n")
+              print("\n".join(all_errors))
+              sys.exit(1)
+
+          print("All changed blog posts passed metadata and local link validation.")
+          PY

.github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml

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+name: Deploy GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-pages
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Deploy to gh-pages branch
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          publish_dir: .
+          publish_branch: gh-pages
+          exclude_assets: '.github,template_repository'

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -38,6 +38,28 @@ To send us a pull request, please:
 6. Send us a pull request, answering any default questions in the pull request.
 7. Pay attention to any automated failures reported in the pull request, and stay involved in the conversation.
 
+## Submit a Blog Post
+
+We welcome community blog contributions for publishing on the GitHub Pages site.
+
+Please follow these requirements:
+
+1. Create your post file in `/blog/posts/` using this filename format: `YYYY-MM-DD-short-title.md`.
+2. Start from `/blog/_template.md` and include all required metadata fields:
+   - `title`
+   - `author`
+   - `date` (YYYY-MM-DD)
+   - `tags` (list)
+   - `summary`
+3. Keep content original, respectful, and relevant to DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, cloud, automation, SRE, or adjacent community learning topics.
+4. Add local images under a suitable folder in the repository and use relative links.
+5. Open a pull request with the **Blog Post Submission** template and complete every checklist item.
+
+Review expectations:
+
+- Blog pull requests require maintainer review.
+- Posts may be edited or declined if they do not meet topic, originality, quality, or community standards.
+
 GitHub provides additional document on [forking a repository](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) and
 [creating a pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
 

README.md

@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ The project is not a sponsored operation by any vendors and everything is access
 
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-[![Discord Invite Link](https://dcbadge.vercel.app/api/server/vqwPrNQsyK)](https://discord.gg/vqwPrNQsyK)
-
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_sidebar.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 - 90DaysOfDevOps
   - [2022 Version](2022.md)
   - [2023 Version](2023.md)
+  - [2024 Version](2024.md)
+  - [Community Blog](blog/README.md)
 
 - Info
   - [Resources](Resources.md)

blog/README.md

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+# Community Blog
+
+Welcome to the 90DaysOfDevOps community blog.
+
+This section is for community-submitted posts merged through pull requests.
+
+## Blog Posts
+
+- [Welcome to the Community Blog](/blog/posts/2026-06-24-community-welcome.md)
+
+## Submit a Blog Post
+
+1. Copy the template from [`blog/_template.md`](./_template.md).
+2. Create a new file in `blog/posts/` using `YYYY-MM-DD-short-title.md`.
+3. Open a pull request using the **Blog Post Submission** template.
+

blog/_template.md

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+---
+title: "Your Post Title"
+author: "Your Name"
+date: "YYYY-MM-DD"
+tags:
+  - devops
+summary: "One or two sentence summary of your post."
+---
+
+# Your Post Title
+
+Write your post here.
+

blog/posts/2026-06-24-community-welcome.md

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+---
+title: "Welcome to the 90DaysOfDevOps Community Blog"
+author: "90DaysOfDevOps Maintainers"
+date: "2026-06-24"
+tags:
+  - community
+  - devops
+summary: "An introduction to community blog submissions in this repository."
+---
+
+# Welcome to the 90DaysOfDevOps Community Blog
+
+This new blog section allows community members to submit practical DevOps write-ups through pull requests.
+
+Use the template in `blog/_template.md`, add your post to `blog/posts/`, and open a pull request for review.
+

index.html

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   <meta name="description"
     content="A learning resource for the community to pick up a foundational theory and hands-on knowledge and understanding of the key areas of DevOps. Follow along and join the community!">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify/themes/dark.css" />
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/docsify/themes/vue.css" />
 </head>
 
 <body>