Merge branch 'leecalcote/gatsby-mdx-plugin-upgrade' of https://github.com/layer5io/layer5 into leecalcote/gatsby-mdx-plugin-upgrade

Author: leecalcote

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/news.md

@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
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 name: 📰 Layer5 News Update
-about: News items to be listed on https://layer5.io/news
+about: News about Layer5 and it's projects to be reprinted on https://layer5.io/news
 title: '[News]'
 labels: 'area/news, help wanted, framework/gatsby, language/markdown, good first issue'
 assignees: ''
 ---
-We're in the news! Using the contributing instructions for [adding news](https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-news), please add the following article to the [Layer5 Newsroom](https://layer5.io/news).
+#### Description
+We're in the news! When this happens, we take a moment to reprint that news in our [newsroom](https://layer5.io/news). 
+
+#### Task
+1. Create a copy of the [news template](https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/tree/master/src/collections/news/news-template/0000-00-00-news-title).
+1. Follow the instructions included in the news template and rename the new file after the title of the news article using lowercase, kebab casing.
+   1. Understand that this is a reprint request and that you are to copy/paste the published article verbatim. Be sure that you have included the filled in each of the front matter of properties. And have provided a hero image from the original article as well as that you use the original article authors name.
+1. Please add the following article to [src/collections/news](https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/tree/master/src/collections/news):
 
 **Article:**
-- Title:
-- Link:
+- Title: 
+- Link: 
 
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 <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/layer5io/layer5/master/.github/assets/images/layer5/5-light-small.svg" width="24px" align="left" /><h2>Contributor Resources and <a href="https://layer5.io/community/handbook">Handbook</a></h2>

CONTRIBUTING.md

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 ## Adding News
 
-1. In order to add/update news items, fork this repository, clone it, create a new branch, and navigate to the `src/collections/news` directory.
-2. Create a copy of the [news template](https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/tree/master/src/collections/news/news-template/0000-00-00-news-title).
-3. Follow the instructions included in the news template and name the new file after the title of the news article.
-4. Entries will be listed in chronological order automatically.
+1. In order to add/update news items, see the detailed instructions in the [news issue template](https://github.com/layer5io/layer5/issues/new?template=news.md).
 
 # Contributing to Layer5's Sistent
 

src/collections/blog/2025/11-19-kanvas-like-miro-but-more/post.mdx

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-title: "Kanvas: Like Miro, But Much, Much More—A Real Engineer's Tool"
+title: "Kanvas: Like Miro, But Much, Much More"
 subtitle: "Why infrastructure teams are choosing Kanvas over traditional whiteboard tools"
 date: 2025-11-19 10:30:05 -0600
 author: Layer5 Team