Why this change
When you propose an article to be published on a Mutu network site, you must register and go through an interface that does not resemble the site at all: it is the sites' private interface. This is where you can write an article, edit it, access messages sent by moderators, see other articles awaiting publication… Unfortunately, this interface does not operate intuitively, and it has a fairly austere appearance, even more so when you are used to using social networks or other commercial sites.
To compensate for this, we coded a new interface, which is integrated into the public appearance of the site, with a more guided article proposal than previously. !
In practice
There are 5 steps:
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Step 1 : this is where you connect if you already have an account, or where you can register otherwise. In the right column there is a drop-down menu with some information on how it works.
Screenshot of step 1
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Step 2. On this page, you can choose the section in which you wish to publish your article.
It is also on this page that we can access the articles that we left in draft the last time, the articles that we proposed for publication, and the articles that have already been published.
Screenshot of step 2
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Step 3. Form to write the title, description and text of your article. If you wish to integrate images into the text, it is possible to upload them at the bottom of the page, then integrate them into the text using a “ tag ».
Screenshot of step 3
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Step 4. This is where you enter everything related to the article: an image for the article thumbnail, keywords associated with the article, an event if there is an appointment at put in the site calendar, a possible message to the site moderators. If everything is ready, we can submit the article for publication. Otherwise, you can keep it in draft, or even delete it.
Screenshot of step 4
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Step 5 : depending on the choice we made in the previous step, a message tells us the rest of the process. If the article is proposed for publication, you must wait for feedback from the moderation team.
Screenshot of step 5
And the old interface ?
The private interface will remain accessible, it is still there that the articles will be moderated and that we will be able to access the messages sent by moderation. And it is always possible to offer articles there. There are several ways to access it:
We hope that this will allow more contributors to use the site, see you soon on Paris-luttes !
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