MoonMan
April 28th, 2003, 12:18 AM
OK it has come to my attention (as well as the other news mods) that users are not understanding the basics of submitting news.
I want to clear this up and hopefully get Jorge to maybe add some of this to this (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/submit_news_form.php) page.
First of all, you must remember to add target="_blank" to ALL of your links. It may be on that page, but 9 times out of 10 I have to add it myself.
This isn't too much of a problem for me, but sometimes I DO forget and when the link it clicked, it does not open a new window.
Example:
Click <a href="http://www.zeropaid.com" target="_blank">here</a> to visit Zeropaid.com.
Second, and this is real important, you MUST format your news submission.. especially if it is a large submission.
To do that I prefer using the <br> tag
(you can also use the paragraph tag but I'm not here to teach you html so we will go with one option for now). Here is an example:
Changes: <br><br>
1. Fixed a critical bug which caused Nova to crash.<br>
2. Added an executable to run Nova as opposed to a batch file.<br>
3. General speed improvements, fixes and enhancements. <br><br>
Description: <br><br>
Nova is an open source client operating on the Gnutella network.
The aim of Nova is to provide an uncluttered environment to share all types of files,
not to confuse you with jargon and expect you to learn it all before you can use the application. <br><br>
If you have any questions, problems or suggestions please post on the Nova forums.
Lastly, and this has nothing to do with html but it is a problem. Please do not rip off other sites news.
If you plan to quote a site, then put the source (<a href="http://site.com" target="_blank">Source</a>). We have been getting complaints because of this. Thanks.
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I think that's it. If that sounded bossy or pompus then that was not my intention. Only to try and educate those who submit news on a regular basis (although I am by no means saying that everyone who submits news does this =p).
edit: tried to fix the formatting so it doesn't look weird.
I want to clear this up and hopefully get Jorge to maybe add some of this to this (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/submit_news_form.php) page.
First of all, you must remember to add target="_blank" to ALL of your links. It may be on that page, but 9 times out of 10 I have to add it myself.
This isn't too much of a problem for me, but sometimes I DO forget and when the link it clicked, it does not open a new window.
Example:
Click <a href="http://www.zeropaid.com" target="_blank">here</a> to visit Zeropaid.com.
Second, and this is real important, you MUST format your news submission.. especially if it is a large submission.
To do that I prefer using the <br> tag
(you can also use the paragraph tag but I'm not here to teach you html so we will go with one option for now). Here is an example:
Changes: <br><br>
1. Fixed a critical bug which caused Nova to crash.<br>
2. Added an executable to run Nova as opposed to a batch file.<br>
3. General speed improvements, fixes and enhancements. <br><br>
Description: <br><br>
Nova is an open source client operating on the Gnutella network.
The aim of Nova is to provide an uncluttered environment to share all types of files,
not to confuse you with jargon and expect you to learn it all before you can use the application. <br><br>
If you have any questions, problems or suggestions please post on the Nova forums.
Lastly, and this has nothing to do with html but it is a problem. Please do not rip off other sites news.
If you plan to quote a site, then put the source (<a href="http://site.com" target="_blank">Source</a>). We have been getting complaints because of this. Thanks.
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I think that's it. If that sounded bossy or pompus then that was not my intention. Only to try and educate those who submit news on a regular basis (although I am by no means saying that everyone who submits news does this =p).
edit: tried to fix the formatting so it doesn't look weird.