student@hack3rs:~$ cat content-maintenance-process.md
How hack3rs.ca Content Is Maintained and Updated
The site uses an evergreen-first maintenance approach: update core learning pages and tool guides when workflows, terminology, or practical guidance improves, while keeping blog posts date-aware and historical.
prerequisites
- $Interest in white-hat network security learning.
1. Evergreen Core Pages vs Date-Based Posts
Learning modules, threat pages, FAQs, and tool guides are intended to remain useful over time. They are updated when explanatory clarity, workflows, references, or defensive guidance can be improved.
Blog posts are date-based by design and often tied to seasonal operational priorities. They are retained as published context but may be linked to newer evergreen pages if the topic expands.
This split keeps the site useful for both current learning and historical operational context.
2. What Triggers an Update
Updates are triggered by content gaps, new supporting curriculum pages, improved internal-linking opportunities, recurring learner confusion, changes in tooling workflows worth teaching, and better ways to explain a concept defensively.
The site also updates pages to improve navigation between learning modules, threat workflows, and tool guides so readers can move from fundamentals to practice without guesswork.
Changes prioritize clarity and educational value over cosmetic rewrites.
3. How Readers Should Use Content Dates
For evergreen pages, focus on the concepts, workflows, and evidence patterns. For blog posts, use the publication date to understand seasonal framing and chronology.
When planning production changes, always validate commands, versions, and vendor-specific behavior against official documentation and your environment.
The goal of this site is to improve understanding and workflow quality, not replace your environment-specific runbooks or change processes.
maintenance-process-checklist
- $Evergreen pages are updated for clarity and workflow improvements.
- $Blog posts preserve publication context and chronology.
- $Internal links are improved as new related pages are added.
- $Readers should validate environment-specific commands before use.
- $Official docs remain the final source for product/version specifics.