Advice for contributors to the site!

March 23, 2005 by admin

Something to say?

The Alma Mata is open to contributions from members to share information, news and links. Adding content is as easy as filling in a web based form and requires no website knowledge!

You can:

• add events to the calendar;
• contribute stories, publicise research, campaigns or projects in the Global Health News sections;
• contribute original research papers as a Working Paper in the Research and Advocacy section.
• submit a 'campaign focus' and organisation profile to the research and advocacy section.

Careers interviews, and organisation profiles
We are inviting members to profile research organisations and their current campaigns, NGOs from large charities like Save the Children or Amnesty to smaller local organisations, and individuals working in global health or studying post-grad or under-grad levels. You can fill in a form online on the World Search page.

To create content:
1. Register with Alma Mata
2. On your personalised menu, click 'create content.'

Tips

• Try to contribute balanced commentaries, with good links for others to access more info.
• Make sure you select the right category for your stories, so it will appear on the right page.
• Publicise your article by creating a forum topic.

DOWNLOAD GUIDE TO ADDING NEWS ARTICLES
Read this easy guide with screen shots written by Andrew Khodabukus, including some basic methods for formatting your writing.

You may want to spend a few minutes learning simple html, to add web links and some basic formatting to your feature.

Dave Raggett's Simple HTML: html in 5 minutes

Basic HTML Tutorial: a little more detailed.

We hope this gives you a good start to publishing on the site!

Alma Mata

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