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== Writing Event & Meeting Posts == | == Writing Event & Meeting Posts == | ||
Blog posts about events should always, always, and '''always''' include the date they will be happening. If you fail to include it, people '''will''' get the date wrong, no matter how many times its mentioned in bold anywhere else in the post. I guarantee you this. Titles should be short and sweet, and preferably include just a dash of relevant humor. | |||
Not all blog posts require photos, but photos make the post more visually appealing, attention-getting, and share-friendly*. | |||
Because the PIrate Party does not dominate American/Arizonan politics, we can't just use any random photos we find in cybersauce in our own content. Preferably, any photos used in blog posts should be Creative Commons licensed. Fully copyrighted images should only be used with the explicit permission of the author. Most CC licenses require attribution, so please include the author's name and a link to their photo's original home in cybersauce if one exists. This can go in a small caption reading something like: | |||
"Photo by Matt Mets. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License." | |||
Alt text should be included for the visual impaired and/or bored. Something like "IMMA CHARIN MAH LAZAH" for a blog about laser cutters, for example. | |||
* Share-friendly, in this case means that when someone shared the blag post link on Facebook/Reddit/Stumbleupon/etc, the photo will show up in the link summary, which makes it more attention-getting than just a plain link with a summary that most people aren't actually going to bother reading until a coo photo catches their attention. | |||
== Shooting and Sharing Pretty Pictures == | == Shooting and Sharing Pretty Pictures == | ||
Our Flickr stream is full of awesome photos that let the world know how active we are and what sort of cool stuff we do. | |||
== Making Arizona makers internet-famous == | == Making Arizona makers internet-famous == | ||
Revision as of 05:45, 19 December 2010
Running the office of the Editor requires a certain attention to detail and knack for creativity. The position exists for people that might suck as soldering but want to contribute their right brain for the cause, since a lot of engineers suck as writing. Here's some tasks the Editor does with some instructions on how to be pro at them:
Writing Event & Meeting Posts
Blog posts about events should always, always, and always include the date they will be happening. If you fail to include it, people will get the date wrong, no matter how many times its mentioned in bold anywhere else in the post. I guarantee you this. Titles should be short and sweet, and preferably include just a dash of relevant humor.
Not all blog posts require photos, but photos make the post more visually appealing, attention-getting, and share-friendly*.
Because the PIrate Party does not dominate American/Arizonan politics, we can't just use any random photos we find in cybersauce in our own content. Preferably, any photos used in blog posts should be Creative Commons licensed. Fully copyrighted images should only be used with the explicit permission of the author. Most CC licenses require attribution, so please include the author's name and a link to their photo's original home in cybersauce if one exists. This can go in a small caption reading something like:
"Photo by Matt Mets. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License."
Alt text should be included for the visual impaired and/or bored. Something like "IMMA CHARIN MAH LAZAH" for a blog about laser cutters, for example.
- Share-friendly, in this case means that when someone shared the blag post link on Facebook/Reddit/Stumbleupon/etc, the photo will show up in the link summary, which makes it more attention-getting than just a plain link with a summary that most people aren't actually going to bother reading until a coo photo catches their attention.
Shooting and Sharing Pretty Pictures
Our Flickr stream is full of awesome photos that let the world know how active we are and what sort of cool stuff we do.