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====== Article Submissions ====== | ====== Article Submissions ====== | ||
- | The Washington County Public Schools website features news from our schools in the form of articles. | + | The Washington County Public Schools website features news from our schools in the form of articles. |
We do not edit the front page directly, but schedule articles in our database system to be displayed on a certain day. Each article in our news archive **must** have the following: | We do not edit the front page directly, but schedule articles in our database system to be displayed on a certain day. Each article in our news archive **must** have the following: | ||
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* Adjust photos (brighten, crop, etc.) using photo editing software prior to submission. | * Adjust photos (brighten, crop, etc.) using photo editing software prior to submission. | ||
* Have someone else proofread it. | * Have someone else proofread it. | ||
- | * Place the article in the format of the [[web: | ||
* If your are including a photo, save it as a JPEG file if it is not in that format already. | * If your are including a photo, save it as a JPEG file if it is not in that format already. | ||
- | * Put your article directly into an email and attach the photo. | ||
- | * Place the title in the subject of the email | ||
- | * Please send only one article per email to ensure proper scheduling of articles. | ||
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The following things will have an article rejected: | The following things will have an article rejected: | ||
- | * Placement of an article in a Microsoft Word Document. Microsoft Word inserts several non-standard characters that must be stripped out and increases the time to format for the web. | + | * Low resolution photos |
- | * Placement of a photo in a Microsoft Word Document. | + | |
- | * Embedding an image into an HTML formatted email. It is just as tough to extract from an HTML formatted email as a Microsoft Word Document. | + | |
* Inclusion of a student' | * Inclusion of a student' | ||
- | * Merge two photos | + | * Merging of two or more photos into a single photo. |
* Any text or picture which cannot be assigned copyright to Washington County Public Schools | * Any text or picture which cannot be assigned copyright to Washington County Public Schools | ||
* Articles that are not related to school | * Articles that are not related to school | ||
+ | * Caption text copied and pasted in the alternate text field | ||
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====== Example Article ====== | ====== Example Article ====== |