Added "General Best Practices" page and fixed minor formatting issues (#1)

fixed typos and needless information

added more details to title section

fixed formatting issue

added general best practices page

changed to relative links

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To submit changes, please open a pull request (after forking) and submit your changes.
I only have a few rules for formatting which I'll explain below:
- Use `##` for each section
- Use `###` for the subsection headers
- Provide a rule

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(2): gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~swiftmandolin/gemlog/2020-09-07-re-experimenting-with-ways-to-format-documents-on-gemini.gmi
## Table of Contents
[gemlog](https://tildegit.org/swiftmandolin/gemini-style-guide/src/branch/master/gemlog.md)
[general best practices](general-practices.md)
[gemlog](gemlog.md)
To contribute, please see [the contribution guide](https://tildegit.org/swiftmandolin/gemini-style-guide/src/branch/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

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## Title
All gemlogs should contain a title denoted by a single `#` with one whitespace afterwards, then the title.
All gemlogs should contain a title denoted by a single `#` with one whitespace afterwards, then the title. The title doesn't have to be the first line, but it should be the first header in the document.
### Why
Besides # denoting h1, which is common for titles, the single space afterwards looks nice if the gemini client does not render the #.

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# General Best Practices
## File Naming
Filenames should use '-' to replace spaces, and should have no special characters. Gemtext documents should have the extension `.gmi` or `.gemini`. Mixed case can be used, but if you are on a case sensitive filesystem (ext4, etc) you should not have 2 files with the same name and different cases (e.g. 'hello-world.gmi' and 'HELLO-WORLD.gmi')
### Why
This follows the convention for the web and ensures compatibility with most filesystems. Dashes are preferred to underscores as a separator because underscores can be hidden by an underline if a client underlines links.
### Example
```
my-cool-page.gmi
```
## Preformatted alt text
The alt text after the opening preformatted text line (`````text here``) should be used as an alt text describing the content if it is not machine-readable. For instance, ASCII art should have a brief description in the alt text, but a code block does not need alt text.
### Why
This ensures that people using gemini with something like a screen reader are able to understand all the aspects of the site.
### Example
```ascii banner saying "ART"
_ ____ _____
/ \ | _ \_ _|
/ _ \ | |_) || |
/ ___ \| _ < | |
/_/ \_\_| \_\|_|
```
## Links
TODO: probably similar to gemlog links
## Navigation
TODO: probably similar to gemlog links with some modifications