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==='''Technical How-To's'''=== | ==='''Technical How-To's'''=== | ||
==== | ====Bold/Italics/Underline Formatting==== | ||
To apply any of these formatting options to words or segments of text, simply highlight the text you want to format, and click the "B", "I", or "U" buttons above the entry box, which will wrap the proper code around the selected text and make it appear formatted as chosen when the post is published onto the site. | To apply any of these formatting options to words or segments of text, simply highlight the text you want to format, and click the "B", "I", or "U" buttons above the entry box, which will wrap the proper code around the selected text and make it appear formatted as chosen when the post is published onto the site. | ||
==== | ====Hyperlinks==== | ||
Any time you reference an article or a website, readers always appreciate when you hyperlink it (make it clickable to the relevant page). To hyperlink text, follow these steps: | Any time you reference an article or a website, readers always appreciate when you hyperlink it (make it clickable to the relevant page). To hyperlink text, follow these steps: | ||
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#The proper code will wrap around the words you selected and the link will be clickable when the post is published | #The proper code will wrap around the words you selected and the link will be clickable when the post is published | ||
==== | ====Tags==== | ||
If there are any keywords missing from the headline or the first paragraph of the article, you can add that keyword to the Tags field. Separate multiple keywords with commas. | If there are any keywords missing from the headline or the first paragraph of the article, you can add that keyword to the Tags field. Separate multiple keywords with commas. | ||
==='''Publicizing Your Post'''=== | |||
We encourage contributors to promote their pieces and send them around -- many readers arrive at pieces on Patch via links passed on from friends and other sites. Below are a couple of ideas. | |||
====Email Lists==== | |||
Send a short note with a link to your post to any lists you're on -- whether social organizations, extracurricular groups, or even just your typical family/friends list. Encourage them to comment! Our experience shows that often the more comments a post attracts, the better it does in generating clicks and more comments. Create a community around your post, and help it grow by starting with your own personal community. Encourage your friends to share it as well. | |||
====Facebook/Twitter==== | |||
Share your post via Facebook or Twitter! (You can use the handy social tools provided with your published post.) | |||
====Relevant Blogs==== | |||
Most blogs will have a 'contact' email for their proprietor. If you've written something you think a specific blog might be interested in, send it their way with a brief, polite note explaining why you thought they might find it interesting (don't send them everything you write, and don't send to multiple blogs simultaneously, i.e., 'spam' them). It also doesn't hurt to reference individual posts that they've written in your posts, by linking to them. | |||
====Respond to Comments==== | |||
Responding to comments on your own post helps the community grow around it. | |||
== How do you get involved? == | == How do you get involved? == | ||