added a getting started guide, and some settings defaults

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "editor.wrappingIndent": "indent",
   "editor.overviewRulerBorder": false,
   "editor.lineHeight": 24,
-  "workbench.colorTheme": "Gray Matter Light",
   "[markdown]": {
     "editor.quickSuggestions": true
   },
@@ -18,5 +17,7 @@
   },
   "vscodeMarkdownNotes.noteCompletionConvention": "noExtension",
   "vscodeMarkdownNotes.slugifyMethod": "github-slugger",
-  "foam.edit.linkReferenceDefinitions": "withExtensions"
+  "foam.edit.linkReferenceDefinitions": "withExtensions",
+  "foam.openDailyNote.directory": "journal",
+  "foam.openDailyNote.titleFormat": "fullDate",
 }

foam-tips.md

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Foam tips
-
-_For up-to-date tips, see [Foam Recipes](https://foambubble.github.io/foam/recipes/recipes)._

getting-started.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Getting Started
+
+Welcome to your new foam workspace, let's get you started.
+
+Let's go through this to set up your repo:
+
+- [ ] you can navigate the links between your notes by `cmd+click` (or `ctrl+click` on Windows) on a wikilink. Here, go to your [[inbox]]
+
+- [ ] to see how your notes are connected, execute the `Foam: Show Graph` command
+  - **tip** - `cmd+click` on a node to navigate to it
+  - **tip** - keep the graph open. As you navigate your files, it will focus on the active note, so you can at a glance see how it's connected in your knowledge base
+
+- [ ] #tags can be used to further organize your content. Look at the `Tag Explorer` view on the left panel to find and navigate the tags in your knowledge base
+
+- [ ] You can use Foam for your daily notes, or journaling. Execute now the `Foam: Open Daily Note` command to create a new file in your `journal` folder.
+  - **tip** - you can customize location, filename and note title for you daily notes in the settings
+
+- [ ] The section at the end of this file contains [wikilink definitions](https://foambubble.github.io/foam/features/link-reference-definitions), which enable navigation of your notes from GitHub's web UI, and in general to make `[[wikilinks]]` understood by any markdown parser.
+  - **tip** - Foam will sync links and definitions  whenever you save the file
+  - **tip** - If you are just using foam in VsCode you can turn off wikilink definitions in your VsCode settings
+
+- [ ] Want to see how to manage your tasks? Go to the [[todo]] note
+
+- [ ] To explore all the Foam settings, press `cmd+,`, then `Extensions > Foam`
+
+- [ ] Living within VsCode, Foam can be customized in many ways! Look at the [Foam Recipes](https://foambubble.github.io/foam/recipes/recipes) for ideas!
+
+
+[//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[inbox]: inbox.md "Inbox"
+[todo]: todo.md "Todo"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

inbox.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 - Some notes don't end up making sense the next day
 - That's ok, you can just delete them!
   - You can always find them in your git history, if you really need it!
-  
+
 [//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
-[todo]: todo.md "Todo"
+[todo]: todo "Todo"
 [//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"

readme.md

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Foam
 
-👋 Welcome to your new Foam Workspace!
+👋 Welcome to your new Foam Knowledge Base!
 
 ## Getting started
 
 This documentation assumes that you have a GitHub account and have [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) installed on your Linux/MacOS/Windows machine.
 
-1. If you haven't yet, browse over to the main [Foam documentation workspace](https://foambubble.github.io/foam) to get an idea of what Foam is and how to use it.
+1. If you haven't yet, browse over to the main [Foam documentation](https://foambubble.github.io/foam) to get an idea of what Foam is and how to use it.
 2. Press "Use this template" button at [foam-template](https://github.com/foambubble/foam-template/generate) (that's this repository!) to fork it to your own GitHub account. If you want to keep your thoughts to yourself, remember to set the repository private.
 3. [Clone the repository to your local machine](https://help.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/cloning-a-repository) and open it in VS Code.
 
-    *Open the repository as a folder using the `File > Open...` menu item. In VS Code, "open workspace" refers to [multi-root workspaces](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/multi-root-workspaces).*
+    *Open the repository as a folder using the `File > Open...` menu item.*
 
 4. When prompted to install recommended extensions, click **Install all** (or **Show Recommendations** if you want to review and install them one by one)
 
-After setting up the repository, open [.vscode/settings.json](.vscode/settings.json) and edit, add or remove any settings you'd like for your Foam workspace.
+After setting up the repository, head to [[getting-started]] to get familiar with your new knowledge base!
 
 To learn more about how to use **Foam**, read the [Recipes](https://foambubble.github.io/foam/recipes/recipes) bubbles of the Foam documentation workspace.
 
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ To learn more about how to use **Foam**, read the [Recipes](https://foambubble.g
 We've created a few Bubbles (markdown documents) to get you started.
 
 - [[inbox]] - a place to write down quick notes to be categorised later
-- [[foam-tips]] - tips to get the most out of your Foam workspace
+- [[getting-started]] - learn how to use your Foam workspace
 - [[todo]] - a place to keep track of things to do
 
 
 
 [//begin]: # "Autogenerated link references for markdown compatibility"
+[getting-started]: getting-started.md "Getting Started"
 [inbox]: inbox.md "Inbox"
-[foam-tips]: foam-tips.md "Foam tips"
 [todo]: todo.md "Todo"
 [//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"