How to post to this site

Sub­mit­ting your response to a nudge is sim­ple. First, reg­is­ter for an account, and then log in. You can log in by click­ing on the “log in” link at the bot­tom of any page (one you are logged in, this link changes into a “site admin” link that takes you to the dashboard).

Once you have logged in, you’ll be pre­sented with the admin­is­tra­tion area, oth­er­wise known as the dash­board. There you can find links to edit your user pro­file, view the queue of upcom­ing posts, and post your own writing.

To sub­mit your writ­ing, click on “write.” This will take you to the post edit­ing screen, where you can either type or paste in your sub­mis­sion. You have the option of either using a rich-text-style edi­tor that looks pretty much like a word proces­sor win­dow or typ­ing your post in HTML code. Use whichever method works best for you. Just note that if you’re using HTML mode, you’ll need to enter an extra line break (double-space) between your para­graphs to make them look right.

Oh, and if you get tired halfway through, you can hit the “save” but­ton to save your text as a draft, which you can then come back and fin­ish later.

You can jug­gle your for­mat­ting as needed — ital­ics and bolds and what-nots and then add a photo or other media if you like (via the lit­tle “add media” menu at the top of the edit­ing box).

Then, when you’ve got every­thing just the way you want it, scroll on down the screen and choose a cat­e­gory for your post. This will be easy, since you’ll just choose the cat­e­gory for the nudge you’re respond­ing to. Put a check mark in the right box, then return to the top of the page and hit the “sub­mit for review” but­ton to sub­mit your… ahem, submission.

(Oh, and don’t go doing things like cre­at­ing new cat­e­gories. They’ll just get deleted. Stick with the pro­vided cat­e­gories, if you please.)

All sub­mis­sions are held for mod­er­a­tion before they are posted live to the site, just to make sure you’re not post­ing any­thing ille­gal or libelous.

Ques­tions about the process? Write to consortium@creativenudge.org.