website/docs: added a new template for "combo" topics (#8595)

* add combo template

* added md template

* add md file

* add more in section

* typo
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@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ In technical documentation, there are document "types" (similar to how there are
The most common types are:
- [**Combo**](./combo.md): For most topics (unless they are very large and complex), we can combine the procedural and conceptual information into a single document. A handy guideline to follow is: "If the actual 1., 2., 3. steps are buried at the bottom, and a reader has to scroll multiple times to find them, then the combo approach is _not_ the right one".
- [**Procedural**](./procedural.md): these are How To docs, the HOW information, with step-by-step instructions for accomplishing a task. This is what most people are looking for when they open the docs... and best practice is to separate the procedural docs from long, lengthy conceptual or reference docs.
- [**Conceptual**](./conceptual.md): these docs provide the WHY information, and explain when to use a feature (or when not to!), and general concepts behind the feature or functionality.