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How do I submit news stories and articles |
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Written by Darren Gozy
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How to submit news stories and articles to
the web site.
- Open
the web site www.woodturnersguild.com
- Logon
by clicking the “LOGON” button in the main menu.
- Click
the “SUBMIT NEWS” button in the user menu.
- Type
in the information about your article:
- Title
– This is the short title that will be used as a link
- Category
– Select which category you want your article listed under
- Intro
Text – This is the introduction to your article that will be
displayed on the main page followed by a “Read More” link.
This short paragraph should be enough to grab the readers
attention and can contain images.
- Main
Text – This is the rest of your article.
- Images
can be added any where in your Intro or Main Text areas:
- Place
your cursor in the text area where you want to place an image
- Click
the
button below the text area
to place an image placeholder in that spot. You can place as many images
as you want.
- For
each of your placeholders, you now have to assign images to them. Click
the Images tab
- Select
the Sub-folder from the drop down list, these sub-folders represent all
of the online galleries that are on the web site. There is a special
gallery called “Misc Images” which
is used to upload miscellaneous images to use in your articles.
- Select
an image from the Gallery Images list
- Click
the Insert button. This will add that image to the Content Images list,
these will be used to replace your place holders in your text in the
order that they are in the list.
- You
can change formatting of the individual images by selecting it from the
Content Images list, changing the settings and clicking the Apply button.
- Now
you need to specify how and when your article should be published. Click
the Publishing tab and fill in the information.
- State
– Published or Unpublished, you may not have access to this field.
- Access
Level – Choose the level of access you want, usually it is Public
but can be any of the following:
i.
Public – Anyone can view the content
ii.
Registered – Only those with a valid logon can
view the content
iii.
Special – Only those with administrative
privileges can view the content.
- Author
Alias: If you are submitted the article for another member, enter their
name here.
- Ordering
– This defaults to show new articles at the front.
- Start
Publishing – This is when the article will first appear on the
site.
- Finish
Publishing – This is when the article will stop appearing on the
site.
- Show
on Front Page – Check this box if you want the article to show up
on the front page of the site.
- The
Metadata tab allows you to insert metadata about your content to help
search engines find and index the data, this is optional and can be
skipped.
- Once
you have everything to your liking, click the Save Button
Now
your article will be sent to the web site editor, who will then review
your article and then publish it.
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