Here we go then, the first proper post in the VolunteeringInfo development blog.

New feature - article submission

We've had quite a few people, mainly other webmaster whose sites are in similar niches, ask us whether we accept content submissions. While we do - we've had lots of people write posts for us, Jay Chavez and her Jay's Journey article series, for example, as well as one-offs - the only way to send us stuff so far has been to, well, send us stuff.

Receiving the articles that way meant that we had to transfer whatever people wrote from e-mails and word-files to the website, though, which isn't the most practical/efficient way of doing things in the long run. So, as of a few weeks, some of our registered users have been able to submit articles directly to the site (they aren't published until approved by a moderator, however, in order to assure that they adhere to our guidelines). Since that test has worked out well, we're about to open the content submission up to anyone who's registered to the site - including new members.

So, what can you write about?

In short: anything to do with volunteering. If you represent an organisation, for example, you're welcome to send in an article about that. If you've volunteered and want to share your experience, send it on in! If you've tried to volunteer but couldn't find an organisation that suited you and want to have a rant about the cost of volunteering (or whatever else you feel is holding you back), send it in! While we can't guarantee that your article will be posted, anything that is related to volunteering in any way will be considered. If you article isn't accepted, it will most likely be because:
1) it's not about volunteering or even vaguely related to it,
2) it's offensive or
3) it didn't follow our general guidelines (which you can find on the article submission page, however you will have to register and log in before you'll be able to access it!).

You're also more than welcome to upload images to go with your article. Adding one is pretty similar to how you'd do it in word, except you have to upload it first. While it's all fairly straight forward, we will be adding a guide soon. One thing worth mentioning is that when you upload your images you've got access to most of our image folders; if there's one that seems to be a good fit for the image you're uploading, feel free to upload it to there. If not, you can either create a new folder (which is very similar to doing it in Windows) or simply upload to the default uploading location and we'll sort it out before publishing your article.

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