This article is for contributing writers. It contains guidelines designed to keep the database organized.Tags and labels can mean so many different things online. But for writers of this blog, they work in a particular way.
Formatting
In the interest of consistency, consider the following:
- Keep text to a minimum (unless it's an article/interview).
- Use short titles. Not too many characters.
- Display photos ahead of words.
- Put articles and interviews beneath photos.
- Put videos below any article/interview.
Dimensions
The width of the blogger format is about 640. Here are some guidelines for the size of images, video, and other content so that it fits nicely on screen:
- Videos should be sized to 640x400 (width = "640" height = "400").
- Pictures (images) should be sized to the specification "Extra Large."
Tag / Label Theory
Use tags that already have been listed. You can find them easily in the drop-down menu next to "Post Settings" in the editor screen. You should only have to create a new tag when listing a new artist, or a new location such as a venue. Most the tags already exist.
Tags allow every mention of that particular topic to be searched upon. Meaning that, if properly done, you should be able to condense every mention of, for example, Cafe Nine, by searching the tag. It should include every audio recording, flyer, and show that has ever been mentioned on the site. But if something is not tagged in a post about it, then it will not appear in its label search.
Here are some things you should consider tagging in a post:
- The name of the location, if it's a show.
example: "Anna Liffeys", "CafeNine" - If it's an article or interview, the label "Article" or "Interview"
Interviews contain words taken from the artists. Articles do not. - The label "Flyers" if it's a flyer.
this works with the dropdown menu feature "Flyers" - The label "Videos" if it's a video.
"music videos" is for official versions of music videos only - The name of the band, if it's a band.
"Call It Arson" label will bring up all mentions of "Call It Arson" - If the post is a release of a record, then the name of the label.
If "Estrogen Highs" releases a single, then tag "Safety Meeting Records"
If it's a live recording at "CafeNine," tag that too.
It's unnecessary to do the following:
- using multiple versions of same tag
example: New Haven, NHV, NewHavenCT - using the pound symbol
explanation: Site isn't searchable by Twitter - creating tags that don't already exist (see above)
most tags already exist.
All posts not adherent to this criteria are subject to being reverted into a draft until properly formatted.
