{"id":3226,"date":"2017-08-15T20:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T00:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kscgd.com\/2026spring\/466\/?page_id=3226"},"modified":"2022-01-19T06:29:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T11:29:01","slug":"post-style-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kscgd.com\/2026spring\/466\/home\/post-style-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Style Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong class=\"spot\">Use these guidelines when making posts for the site.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Everything is a design problem and your posts will be evaluated on these criteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use proper categories for all posts (not \u2018zero\u2019).<\/li>\n<li>Use proper capitalization, spelling and grammar.<\/li>\n<li>Cite the authors for all included example work (if possible).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Paragraphs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use simple <strong>bolding<\/strong> of headers in most cases.<\/li>\n<li>Remove colons \u201c:\u201d after headers on their own line as they don&#8217;t need them.<\/li>\n<li>Use shift+return between paragraph header and paragraph to keep them together like this:<strong>Header<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a paragraph. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Avoid centering the page titles or headers.<\/li>\n<li>Remove all extracharacter returnsbetweenelements.<\/li>\n<li>Create clear divisions for different sections using headers images and horizontal rules.<br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Do not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">underline<\/span> text anytime.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Do not use<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">multiple<\/span> <span style=\"color: #339966;\">colors for text<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">or header elements.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Test all links before publishing.<\/li>\n<li>Use descriptive link names.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/20\/movies\/scary-movies-summer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times Article on Scary Summer Movies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Do not use \u2018naked\u2019 URL links such as:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/20\/movies\/scary-movies-summer.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/20\/movies\/scary-movies-summer.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Links should open a new page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Images<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resize huge (over 2000 pixels width or height) images in PhotoShop before uploading. They slow down the site.<\/li>\n<li>Use medium sized images for design examples (600px or less)<\/li>\n<li>Use the gallery function for 4 or more images<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Watch this short tutorial!<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Using the Site and Making a Post \/ Part I\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cM3aKzsNvtQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Using the Site and Making a Post \/ Part II\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FH3EslKOE7M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use these guidelines when making posts for the site. Everything is a design problem and your posts will be evaluated on these criteria. General Use proper categories for all posts (not \u2018zero\u2019). Use proper capitalization, spelling and grammar. 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