# Templates

&ldp-markup;

## Document Templates

1. ### HOWTO (Article)

   Most HOWTO documents will use this template.

2. ### Guide (Book)

   Use this template to create a full book (like this Author Guide, for instance). Templates provided by Tille Garrels.

3. ### FAQ

   A standard article for writing a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list.

4. ### LinuxDoc

   A standard template both in HOWTO length and Guide length.

5. ### Disclaimer

   A standard disclaimer which warns readers that (1) your document may not be perfect and (2) you are not responsible if things end up broken because of it.

## Style Sheets

The following style sheets can be used to make your document nicer to look at. Remember that the LDP will use its own style sheets to distribute your documentation.

1. ### DSL Style Sheet

   This DSL style sheet was provided by Tille and is to be used with DSSSL transformations.

2. ### Cascading Style Sheet

   This CSS file was provided by Saqib Ali and Emma Jane Hogbin. The ob is for orange and blue. Use this CSS file with an HTML file. Instructions are included in the CSS file.

## GNU Free Documentation License

The GFDL (GNU Free Documentation License) is available in XML format at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.xml. For a version in appendix format suitable for including in your document, you can see get the XML for this document from GitHub at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tLDP/LDP/master/LDP/guide/docbook/LDP-Author-Guide/fdl-appendix.xml.

TLDP template files for DocBook (XML and SGML) and Linuxdoc SGML are available from the TLDP website at http://www.tldp.org/authors/index.html#resources.