Here are some tips to avoid pitfalls when submitting an article. First sign into RIcaring.org, then click Submit and Article:
- Below the Editor area is the Publishing area. You must choose a section (usually newsletter) and a category or your article will have no menu to point to it and cannot be viewed. If your article is very important and to be shown on the front page choose the PSA section and catagory. If you choose to show your article on the front page don't forget to come back in a future time and unpublish the article by signing into RIcaring.org and clicking the edit icon next to the article.
- Optionally in the Metadata area add a description and a few keywords that you think someone may type into a search engine to locate your article.
- To erase an article from view sign into RIcaring.org and click the edit icon next to the article then click the no box next to the word Published in the Publishing area below the Editor area.
- To locate and repair an article that has been saved without a section or category, has errors in it, needs to be removed from view, or to add or remove article text, first sign in to RIcaring.org, then use the site search box located on the home page to find the article by the title it was given or content. Click the edit icon near the right hand of the article to open the editor.Then make the changes you require before saving again.
- (Expert users only) To add an image that can be clicked to view an enlargment, first edit your image to 600 pixels tall at the maximum using photo editing software installed on your computer. After entering your article text, place your cursor where the image is to be located. Click the Insert/Edit Image icon above the text entry area. Locate and open the folder that corresponds to the current year then locate and open the folder that corresponds to the current month (numerically) then click the Upload icon followed by Add and browse your computer for the edited image. Select your image and click Upload. Once uploading of all the images desired is completed click the image's name so that a preview of the image appears then type the number 300 over the digits (deleting them out) that are in the box to the right of the word Dimensions and click Insert.
- CAUTION: IMAGES NEED TO BE EDITED TO 600 PIXELS TALL AT MAXIMUM ON YOUR COMPUTER FOR THIS SITE TO WORK PROPERLY.
- CAUTION: IMAGES INSERTED INTO ARTICLES THAT ARE OVER 300 PIXELS WIDE THAT HAVE NOT HAD THE DIMENTIONS REDUCED TO 300 PIXELS WIDE WHEN INSERTED INTO THE ARTICLES WILL CAUSE DISPLAY ERRORS ON THE WEBSITE.
- (Simple insert) To add an image that will not be clickable to view an enlargment, edit your image to 300 pixels wide using photo editing software installed on your computer. After entering your article text, place your cursor where the image is to be located. Click the Insert/Edit Image icon above the text entry area. Locate and open the folder that corresponds to the current year then locate and open the folder that corresponds to the current month (numerically) then click the Upload icon followed by Add and browse your computer for the edited image. Select your image and click Upload. Once uploading of all the images desired is completed click the image's name so that a preview of the image appears and click Insert.