Posting Policy
Welcome to the AWSDA Blog
We invite you to browse the entries, categories and acquaint yourself with the site and with AWSDA. You can learn more about AWSDA by clicking About Us.
Posting Comments
In addition, you may make comments to any of the articles or posts you read by clicking on the title and scrolling to the end of the article. There you will see a comments section you can fill out and click submit. In order to post an article yourself, you must first register to blog.
Register to Blog
Simply click here. Once you are registered you will be taken to the Dashboard where you can fill in your profile, write a post, change your password, and add a link. You can even add pictures to your post. While you are signed-in, you can peruse the site, reading articles, making comments, and if you decide to post, just click the sign-in button and you are taken directly to the dashboard where you can write. You are signed in until you sign-out in the dashboard.
It is simple to post. Click on the Write button, type directly into the text box, or copy text from Notepad or a text editor and paste into the text box of the blog. Select the category you would like the post to show up and click publish. For more detailed information on how to post and use this site, check out:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts
******Important Posting Info******
If you wish to take your posting material from MS Word or any other word processor, you cannot copy and paste it directly into the blog. Unwanted code will be posted and cause page errors. Copy your material into Notepad (not WordPad), then copy and paste from there to the blog. This will eliminate any unwanted code. Or you can type your post directly into the blog.
You can post an item to multiple categories, but do not post to every category. This is viewed as spam.
Anyone wishing to post pictures can do so, but the pictures must be uploaded to the web before posting. They need be in a folder on any website. A url is required to retrieve and publish the pictures. See http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts for detailed information.
What to Post
Posts are to be women’s self defense related. They can be educational information, announcements or a mix as long as it is related to women’s self defense.
Ideas to Blog
- News Items - please list the source of your news items.
- Tell a story - everyone loves to hear a true account of an event or personal journey!
- Announcements - tell us what you or your school is doing, share events anywhere in the world of interest to women’s self-protection and cultural advancement. (AWSDA members only)
- Articles: if you write the article yourself you have three options:
1. Publish the entire article on the blog.
2. Publish it on your own website, then post a paragraph or summary on the blog with a link back to your site.
3. Publish it on AWSDA’s website with your resource box at the end of the article linking back to your website. All new content on the AWSDA website is mentioned on the blogsite.
Articles you publish from someone else or another directory must be posted in their entirety without edits, including their resource box.
Blog Posting Policies and Guideline
Common Blogger Code of Ethics
I will tell the truth.
I will write deliberately and accurately.
I will acknowledge and correct my mistakes promptly.
I will preserve the original post, using notations to show where I have made changes so as to maintain the integrity of my publishing.
I will refrain from posting a link to any material I have not read thoroughly and carefully.
I will strive for high quality with every post including spell checking.
I will stay on topic.
I will link to online references and original source materials directly.
I will disagree with other opinions respectfully.
I will not criticize the opinions of other bloggers.
I will keep private issues and topics private.
I will not post any material that is obscene, defamatory, profane, libelous, threatening, harassing, abusive, or embarrassing to another person or entity.
I will not post any copyrighted material unless a) I am the copyright owner, b) have the express, written permission of the copyright owner to post this material, or c) am reasonably sure that the use of any copyrighted material conforms to the doctrine of “fair use”.
I will not post any material or links that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or any other program routines that would damage or interfere with systems, data or information.