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+<!--
+Please complete the following sections when you submit your pull request. You are encouraged to keep this top level comment box updated as you develop and respond to reviews. Note that text within html comment tags will not be rendered.
+-->
+### Summary
+
+<!-- Describe the problem you're trying to fix in this pull request. Please reference any related issue and use fixes/close to automatically close them, if pertinent. For example: "Fixes #58", or "Addresses (but does not close) #238". -->
+
+Fixes #<NUM>
+
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+
+### List of changes proposed in this PR (pull-request)
+
+<!-- We suggest using bullets and filled checkboxes [x] here -->
+
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+
+### Some housekeeping checks
+
+- [ ] If you have added a new blog:
+  - [ ] Did you preview it locally using `quarto render`?
+  - [ ] Is the blog source file listed within the correct year's sub-directory?
+  - [ ] If you are using any images in the blog, are they [optimised](https://github.com/forwards/forwards.github.io?tab=readme-ov-file#optimizing-images)? There is a script available in [R/optimize_photo.R](https://github.com/forwards/forwards.github.io/blob/main/R/optimize_photo.R) to optimise the images.
+  - [ ] Did you go through the [Editing checklist](https://github.com/forwards/forwards.github.io/blob/main/README.md#editing-checklist)?
+  - [ ] Have you set `draft: false` in the YAML header?
+  - [ ] Have you updated the post date?
+
+### What should a reviewer concentrate their feedback on?
+
+<!-- This section is particularly useful if you have a pull request that is still in development. You can guide the reviews to focus on the parts that are ready for their comments. We suggest using bullets and filled checkboxes [x] here -->
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+- [ ] Everything looks ok?
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dir.create("blog/2023/example-blog-post")
 
 where the name of the directory defines the URL of your post.
 
-Within the subdirectory, create a new file, `index.Rmd`, with the following header
+Within the subdirectory, create a new file, `index.qmd`, with the following header
 
 ```yaml
 ---
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ refer them without a file path.
 
 * Update the post date.
 * Check the blog source file is within the correct year's sub-directory.
-* Set `draft:false` in the YAML header
+* Set `draft: false` in the YAML header
 * Click "Render website" on the Build tab in RStudio, or in the terminal run
 
         quarto render