{% capture stripe_ad_content %} <p class="lead"> Font Awesome has a vibrant community centered around the <a href="{{ site.font_awesome.github.url }}">GitHub project</a>. You can request new icons, report bugs, submit pull requests, and check upcoming milestones. </p> {% endcapture %} {% include stripe-ad.html %} <div> <h2 class="page-header">Requesting New Icons</h2> <p> New icons mostly start as requests by the <a href="{{ site.font_awesome.github.url }}/issues">Font Awesome community on GitHub</a>. Want to request a new icon? Here are some things to keep in mind: </p> <ol> <li>Please be nice. Font Awesome is a happy place.</li> <li>Please <a href="{{ site.font_awesome.github.url }}/search?type=Issues">search</a> to see if your icon request already exists.</li> <li> Please and thank you if you include the following: <ul> <li> Title your <a href="{{ site.font_awesome.github.url }}/issues/new?title=Icon%20Request:%20icon-name">new issue</a> <code>Icon request: icon-name</code>. </li> <li>Include a few use cases for your requested icon. How do you plan on using it?</li> <li>Attach a single color image or two that represent the idea you're going for.</li> </ul> </li> <li> Concrete objects make good icons, since abstract concepts are, well, abstract. It's harder to make an icon to represent happiness. It's easier to make a smiley face. <i class="icon-smile"></i> </li> </ol> </div> <section> <h2 class="page-header">GitHub Project</h2> <p class="lead"> Found a bug? Want to request a new icon? Want to see what's up next for the project? <a href="{{ site.font_awesome.github.url }}/issues">Submit an issue</a> or a <a href="{{ site.font_awesome.github.url }}/pulls">pull request</a> on the <a href="{{ site.font_awesome.github.url }}">GitHub project</a>. Here are a few guidelines: </p> <ol> <li>Be nice. No one likes a jackass.</li> <li>Check to see if your issue you want to open already exists. Search is a beautiful invention. <i class="icon-smile"></i></li> <li> If you're making a request for a new icon, it's helpful if you include the following: <ul> <li>Title your request <code>Icon request: icon-name</code></li> <li>Icon use cases. How do you want to be using it?</li> <li>Attach an image or two that represent the idea you're going for. Remember that font icons are a single color.</li> </ul> </li> <li> If you're submitting a pull request, make it on the latest -wip branch. All pull requests against master will be ignored. </li> </ol> </section> <section id="say-thanks"> <h2 class="page-header">Say Thanks</h2> <p class="lead"> Hopefully you think Font Awesome <em>is</em> awesome. I've put hundreds of hours into the project to give back to the open source community. If you'd like, here are a couple of ways you can tell me thanks for all my hard work. </p> <div class="row"> <div class="span6"> <h3><a href="http://www.shareagift.com/pages/giftpage.aspx?giftid=2472" target="_blank">Help me buy an iMac</a></h3> <p> <a href="http://www.shareagift.com/pages/giftpage.aspx?giftid=2472" target="_blank">Contribute</a> to a shiny new iMac for me to keep making great icons. </p> </div> <div class="span6"> <h3><a href="http://amzn.com/w/G64X58AY416W" target="_blank">My Amazon Wish List</a></h3> <p> Or pick something straight from <a href="http://amzn.com/w/G64X58AY416W" target="_blank">my wish list</a>. Gift cards are great. </p> </div> </div> </section>