Would you like to be an Author or Editor for our forum websites? We’re looking for people to represent our forum communities with news and thoughts related the overall forum subjects. It’s pretty fun and similiar to what you’re reading right now.
INTERESTED?
If you’re interested please PM (private message) the admin from your forum account. If accepted you will receive a PM with your seperate login info for your author account. You must PM from your forum account so we can verify who you are. PM the admin and say “I’d like to be an Author” or “I’d like to be an Editor”.
AUTHORS
An author is a member who writes articles, news and thoughts that would be of interest to the community as a whole. If you’re a member of our forums, you’ve already been an Author!
EDITORS
Editors can also write articles, but also can edit submitted articles and news posts. Editors need basic knowledge of HTML. An HTML view panel is provided if needed for articles. If you use FrontPage, Dreamweaver or have built websites, then you probably have all the tools you need. Editors do NOT need to know how to code HTML by hand, but need to be able to spot layout or code problems if it arises. It’s not very scary if you know a little about HTML.
WHAT’S THE POINT?
We are in the process of updating our online communities and this is a first step into moving them towards more interactive portals. There are a lot of exciting things in the works and you’re involvement is crucial to the growth of our communities. If you are passionate about the subject matter on your particular forum, then you are the perfect person for this.
HOW OFTEN DO I HAVE TO WRITE ARTICLES?
There is no set requirement. You can write one every day or once a month. Your involvement is up to you.
AN EXAMPLE OF ARTICLE POSTS
Let’s say the website you’re a member of is a Snowboarding forum. You could write reviews of snowboarding equipment, post links to new snowboarding products, talk about beginner tricks and tips, post weather conditions at featured ski resorts, talk about your last snowboarding trip, write thoughts about snowboarding articles on CNN.com with a link to the original article, write about the music snowboarders listen to – that’s just a start. You write about what you are interested and passionate about.
ONE PER NETWORK
To encourage the diversity of our communities, members can only be an author on one of our sites.
Im an Editor I’d like to settle a few questions by you will you PM me
Fantasy on Rapdogs.com … And how many of each are there going to be?
Most sites will have one or two editors and several authors. RapDogs.com may have more authors because the community is so large.
The first time you post articles it will seem very awkward, but once you get the hang of it, it’s a blast.
I don’t see any PM from you on that site, please PM your questions or post here if you think it’s usefull for editors/authors on other websites.
Editors and Authors – As you can see here, others will be able to leave comments on your articles so you can interact with members.
I was offered to be an author to this forum board. I am interested in doing so. What exactly might all the responsibilities of this placement be?
No specific responsibilities. Just submit articles for consideration. Approved articles will appear on the front of sites. After a several articles have been approved, contributors may be upgraded to Author status which will show a link to their profile on the front of the site. To sign up as a contributor, go to the front of your forum website to the bottom left and click “Register” (Do not click the “Forum Register” link, the forums have seperate registration). Instructions for submitting articles are on all forums at the top “Submit Articles” link.