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You should use 18F/slides if you:

1. Can do Markdown,
2. Want a stupidly simple way to hack up a presentation,
3. Want a URL for your slide deck, and
4. Want git.

To use 18F/slides:

1. Create a new .html file in the _slides directory.

2. Add yaml frontmatter to the file with the following:

   ---
   layout: default
   path: path-to-url
   title: Title for 18F/slides
   ---
   

3. Create slides, using markdown syntax (technically, it's redcarpet, go nuts).

4. Separate slides using --- for horizontal pagination between slides and -- for vertical pagination.

5. Commit the file to the 18f-pages branch of the 18F/slides repo.

6. Profit. See the sample slides to get a feel for how the navigation works.

18F/slides leverages the amazing open-source reveal.js library and jekyll and is hosted on Federalist.

If you'd like to use Slides for your own organization, here are some tips on how to fork it and get your own version:

1. Fork! (of course)
2. Edit _config.yml. Modify title/email and - critically - the "url" field to reflect your GitHub repository, e.g. https://github.com/18F/slides/ becomes https://slides.18f.gov. Make sure you commit to the 18f-pages branch so 18F Pages picks it up.
3. Wait for a little while - Federalist is working behind the scenes for your initial setup, and if you try to actually view your slides right away, you'll probably get a 404. It sometimes takes 5-10 minutes; once it's set up initially, changes take effect pretty quickly.
4. You'll presumably want to define your own theme, or pick one of the existing ones (take a look in ../assets/css/theme), and edit _layouts/default.html to reflect it. Look for the link with id="theme" in it.
5. That's it! Enjoy your slides.

See CONTRIBUTING.md.