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 ## Contributing
 
-Contributions from the community are very welcome. Please contribute by cloning the `go-ethereum` repository, checking out the `website` branch and raising pull requests to be reviewed and merged by the repository maintainers. Issues can be raised in the main `go-ethereum` repository using the prefix `[website]: ` in the title.
+Contributions from the community are very welcome. Please contribute by cloning the `go-ethereum` repository, checking out the `website` branch, creating a new branch with the prefix `website-` and raising pull requests to be reviewed and merged by the repository maintainers. Issues can be raised in the main `go-ethereum` repository using the prefix `[website]: ` in the title.
 
 ### The geth.ethereum.org stack