Please note

The repository contains some cards based on an old file format. Please make sure to use the new format: https://github.com/WeAreDotnet/dotnet-creator-cards/blob/main/creator-cards/_creatorTemplate.json

Welcome!

Welcome to https://www.wearedotnet.io

If you write about .NET or create .NET-related content, we are happy to have you here!

We would love to add your content. Just make sure to follow our Code of Conduct

You must add the full URL to your GitHub profile to your card, so we can assign it to the member account that used the same GitHub account for sign-up.

Two Steps

To become a creator a card and a member account is required. When your card has the GitHub URL of the account you have been using to sign-up we are going to link your account automatically to your card.

#WeAreDonet Creator Submission Guidelines

• Make sure to follow our Code of Conduct

• We do not accept submissions with the sole intention of promoting a product or company.

• We add you as a creator, not your company.

• The moderator team decides whether we accept or reject a submission.

When Do We Accept Someone's Creator Card Submission?

• You must have published at least three content pieces (long form content) since 2022 on any of your channels.

• .NET itself

• .NET libraries and projects

• .NET languages C#, F#, Visual Basic

• Tools needed during development (for .NET)

• CI/CD

• Only in combination with .NET: SPA Frontend technologies like Angular, Vue.js, React etc.

• Cloud services related to .NET applications (AWS, Azure...)

• There must be three content pieces in English.

• There needs to be more than tweets.

• Longer-form article on LinkedIn is good, but a self-hosted blog or one on a well-known platform like Hashnode, medium etc., is better.

• Alternatively, you contributed with another form on a platform like YouTube, Twitch, Udemy or Pluralsight. If you have some recorded talks of conferences or anywhere else, that counts too! So in the form of a recorded video or a book.

RSS or Atom Feed

• The content with feed.type = dotnet must be .NET related:

• .NET itself

• .NET libraries and projects

• .NET languages C#, F#, Visual Basic

• Tools needed during development (for .NET)

• CI/CD

• Only in combination with .NET: SPA Frontend technologies like Angular, Vue.js, React etc.

• Cloud services related to .NET applications (AWS, Azure...)

• the content under feed.type = personal may contain off-topic posts.

• Project management

• leadership

• Other

• Submit an Atom or RSS URL inside your creator card that belongs to your blog

• If you do not submit an RSS or Atom URL. We cannot consider your feed for the aggregation feature.

Content Guideline

• If you have a self-hosted blog, please ensure you have a valid HTTPS certificate.

• We host NO malicious or offensive content on the blog (including photos, swearing, etc.)

• You must add the full URL to your GitHub profile to your card, so we can assign it to the member account that used the same GitHub account for sign-up.

• My feed was sucessfully checked against this validator https://validator.w3.org/feed/

• The repository contains some cards based on an old file format. Please make sure to use the new format: https://github.com/WeAreDotnet/dotnet-creator-cards/blob/main/creator-cards/_creatorTemplate.json

JSON Card Format

Name	Description
name	First and Lastname
type	CREATOR or MAINTAINER
channels	Max. 5 channels (Blog, Site etc.)
Feeds	Max. 5 Feeds

Sample Card

{
  "name": "FirstName LastName",
  "type": "CREATOR|MAINTAINER",
  "tags": ".NET, C#, ASP.NET",
  "github": "https://github.com/username",
  "channels": [
    {
      "name": "Blog|Site|Twitch|Youtube|Book|etc",
      "url": "https://www.wearedotnet.io/"
    }
  ],
  "feeds": [{
    "type": "personal|dotnet",
    "url": "https://...feeds/dotnet/rss.xml"
  }],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Project Name",
      "description": "Project Description",
      "url": "https://github.com/<org>/project"
    }
  ]
}