This post explains the two types of guest memberships allowed for this website, and in particular, what a second-level membership allows you to accomplish on this site.
About memberships offered here:
A basic, Level 1 registration at keepingwell.net will make you a “Subscriber” member so you can interact by posting comments and/or questions on the blog articles. A Level 2 membership is “Contributor” which provides the privileges of creating posts on the blog. To request either type of membership, you may send an email through our Contact page. Or better still, if you are already connected with the administrator, simply reach out via Signal private messaging and request a registration either to be a Subscriber or a Contributor.
As this site has been designed to be simple, secure and low-profile, the total number of contributing members including the administrator will be maximum seven. That provides for quite a generous amount of blog contributors — more than for most shared-blog websites. Please see our Privacy and Permissions Policy page for more information on Privacy and Terms and Conditions.
How to be active as a Contributor:
Upon successful login via a suitable device (either a computer or a large sized tablet) you’ll have access to the Dashboard on the left, which shows various use options. You will also see a bar at the top of your WordPress screen where you can click + New Post to reveal a writer’s Quick Draft box. Another pathway to that draft box is on left of your screen where you would find Posts >> Add New. Either way, you’re then ready to start composing text and adding media such as images to your post draft. Note: This site is set up for using the WordPress Classic Editor which is easier to learn for those generally familiar with word processing and document composition.
When satisfied with the progress of your post, go to the Publish section at right and click Save Draft, and then review the post via Preview to decide whether you will continue editing it as a draft or publish it. During your editing process, you will need to use the red Update button frequently, and then the View Post button at the top.
When you deem it ready for publishing, you have some choices in the Publish section: Choose either Public or Private accordingly. Be Assured: Your post will not be seen by website visitors until you consider it ready and publish it. Private posts are only accessible by logged in members. (There is also a Password option, but that is only to be used rarely with permission from the Administrator.) Alternately, you may click “Save Draft” to work on your post again later before you publish it.
To find your post draft when you return later and log in, use the Dashboard on the left of your screen and click All Posts. Locate your post by its name and open it. When your post draft is open, you can use the “edit” button at the bottom of the post to continue working on it. You can also use the “Edit Post” link at the top of your WordPress screen whenever that option is visible.
Your Post Title
All posts must have a brief title which you enter in the large box at the very top. The title you provide is important. It will append to the website’s URL after the / slash and be visible as a blog post title URL.
Headings and Text formatting
Please use headings as appropriate. Choices for headings are found in the drop-down box to the left of the B button. (Default text is Paragraph, rather than the bold text you are reading here. ) Experiment with headings to get the appearance you want, as headings can enhance reader comprehension by organizing the post’s content. This post is an example of how to perhaps use headings.
Formatting: Normally, posts are not in bold, as you can see by viewing the main content of this site. Bold was used on this post on purpose, to set it apart in appearance from all the other posts in this blog, as it is an instructional document on how to be a Contributor). To invoke underlining, which should be rare, simply use your Control/Command key and the character “U”.
Use Categories
To categorize your post, simply add a tag and choose a category if a suitable one is available. If you can’t find the category you’d like or need help in creating one, the administrator / editor will be happy to create a category that matches your tag. Thus, we can keep the website organized for maximum benefit to all.
Use of Images
Each post must have a Featured Image. This is quite important to maintain consistency in how the blog-roll appears, and it enhances your message. Go to the bottom right of the editing page to “Featured Image” and add it by clicking the Add featured image link. That takes you to the Media Library that allows you to upload your image.
Sometimes it’s easy to find such an image to upload, especially if you are contributing a recipe. You can simply photograph it.
If you want to also add media to your page content other than the top Featured Image, you may do that via the Add Media button, but it’s generally not necessary. Image sizing options are available but decisions can be a bit time-consuming for you, in respect to getting the desired proportion of the image to the page content.
Language housekeeping for contributors
The obvious, of course: Use professional language.
A gentle note from the Editor: “I’ll be happy to alert our warrior writers to any spelling errors and other inevitable grammatical disasters that might sneak through the front lines of defense. 🙂 I can sometimes use that kind of help, too!”
And a heads-up from the Admin … It’s about those apostrophe catastrophes: they really make our stickler-Editor mad! She notices them! 😐 Examples: Redundant use of an apostrophe to express plurality, or confusing the correct use of “it’s” (a contraction) with “its”; or skipping/misusing apostrophes when they’re required to express possession. Let’s not make Auntie M. mad and the apostrophes sad! 😉
All that said
… let’s help one another to share quality content in word and image for the benefit of one another and future visiting readers.
Writers’ Resources:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/apostrophe/
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