Submittal Requirements :: Authors Please Read
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Greg Koski
Mr. Admin, not to be confused with Mr. Sysop By Greg Koski
Published on 09/30/2007
A quick guide on submitting articles and white papers to plastics.com for publication.
Submitting to plastics.com :: pg 1
Submitting to plastics.com...
Some quick notes on submitting articles. Please adhere to these to ensure a quick approval.
Authors:
Must be approved (for anti-spam reasons). If you apply and do not get a response, email staff@plastics.com to that effect.
Articles:
Also must be approved before publication, same as above.
Creating an article:
Create Article (Step 1 of 3) Page
Title: Do not use ALL CAPS and keep the title short. The accompanying summary will add detail, it only gets in the way in the title.
Summary: Please keep it as short as possible. Long summaries do not get read and do not look good.
Categories: Pick the most obvious one, do not select Category HEADINGS, like 'Manufacturing', select a sub category
Meta Keywords: VERY Important, and if you add them on THIS page, you can leave subsequent pages blank for this as it will use these on every page.
Meta Description: VERY Important, and if you add them on THIS page, you can leave subsequent pages blank for this as it will use these on every page. Suggestion: copy the summary here.
Create Article (Step 2 of 3) Page
Previous and Next Article: Point to other articles of yours that are related, if applicable.
Related Articles: Same as above
Related Links: IMPORTANT! Add links to companies referred to in the article.
Attachment: Self Explanatory, Word Doc version, photos, etc.
Create Article (Step 3 of 3) Page
Create New Page Button & Creating Pages:
Add title in every page and note pg # with this format
Page Title :: Pg 88
Remember: Short Titles, No ALL CAPS
Adding Text: Do NOT use the return key (ie. carriage return) to force spacing on normal paragraphs. Just keep typing and let the program do it. Otherwise your text looks very messed up on some PC's based on their settings.
Do NOT use a font size greater than '4' or multiple lines run together.
You may add links, html, images, colors, etc using the editor window. Take advantage of its abilities.
There is a ms word doc user (authors) guide available by clicking here.
Some quick notes on submitting articles. Please adhere to these to ensure a quick approval.
Authors:
Must be approved (for anti-spam reasons). If you apply and do not get a response, email staff@plastics.com to that effect.
Articles:
Also must be approved before publication, same as above.
Creating an article:
Create Article (Step 1 of 3) Page
Title: Do not use ALL CAPS and keep the title short. The accompanying summary will add detail, it only gets in the way in the title.
Summary: Please keep it as short as possible. Long summaries do not get read and do not look good.
Categories: Pick the most obvious one, do not select Category HEADINGS, like 'Manufacturing', select a sub category
Meta Keywords: VERY Important, and if you add them on THIS page, you can leave subsequent pages blank for this as it will use these on every page.
Meta Description: VERY Important, and if you add them on THIS page, you can leave subsequent pages blank for this as it will use these on every page. Suggestion: copy the summary here.
Create Article (Step 2 of 3) Page
Previous and Next Article: Point to other articles of yours that are related, if applicable.
Related Articles: Same as above
Related Links: IMPORTANT! Add links to companies referred to in the article.
Attachment: Self Explanatory, Word Doc version, photos, etc.
Create Article (Step 3 of 3) Page
Create New Page Button & Creating Pages:
Add title in every page and note pg # with this format
Page Title :: Pg 88
Remember: Short Titles, No ALL CAPS
Adding Text: Do NOT use the return key (ie. carriage return) to force spacing on normal paragraphs. Just keep typing and let the program do it. Otherwise your text looks very messed up on some PC's based on their settings.
Do NOT use a font size greater than '4' or multiple lines run together.
You may add links, html, images, colors, etc using the editor window. Take advantage of its abilities.
There is a ms word doc user (authors) guide available by clicking here.