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Dedicated Newshounds wanted to join the good fight of updating EN Worlders about what's going on in the d20 world. Must be willing to scour far flung sites, and write well enough for the average half-orc to understand.
Apply within. Those who can commit long term prefered.
Benefits: Newshound groupies, but they tend to be invisible faeries.
Originally posted by Kajamba Lion Okay. Sounds good, Krug.
Best,
tKL
Thanks for volunteering to be a newshound , tKL.
Basically, we'd like you to regularly check the Wizards D&D site. When updates appear (e.g. articles, downloads, free adventures, chat sessions, announcements, product news, etc), report them to us. Here's how:
1. If you haven't done so already, you need to register for an account with the EN World news site. This is in addtion to your account with the forums. Go the this link to register.
2. Once registered, you can submit news by clicking the 'Submit a Scoop' link to the left of the main news page.
3. Keep your submissions brief. You might want to look back at some previous newsposts to get a feel for the style. Refer to companies (e.g. Wizards of the Coast) in the plural. Post links to any articles, downloads, and other features you refer to. If you have question about html tags, post questions here (I knew next to nothing when I started ) Note that quoted text should be put in orange.
4. After you submit something, your submissions should be posted as soon as we're able; Your submission may be edited.
That's pretty much the deal. If you already knew a lot of the above information, sorry about that.
Thanks again for offering to help out.
John
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Last edited by johnsemlak; 28th February 2003 at 08:12 PM..
That sounds fine to me. I've tried to register, but apparently (and I don't remember doing this) I've tried to register before — my e-mail address is in the system and it won't let me sign up. Any chance someone could clear out any accounts associated with kajambalion@hotmail.com so I could sign up again (or have the site send out my password). Your instructions are fine, John; I didn't have any of that information.
Originally posted by Kajamba Lion That sounds fine to me. I've tried to register, but apparently (and I don't remember doing this) I've tried to register before — my e-mail address is in the system and it won't let me sign up. Any chance someone could clear out any accounts associated with kajambalion@hotmail.com so I could sign up again (or have the site send out my password). Your instructions are fine, John; I didn't have any of that information.
Best,
tKL
Perhaps Blacksway can have a look at it?
I've entered the WotC info for today.
This may be an odd question, but is there a way to add a section on sites that carry the EN News Feed or even pub sites where one could click on a button and send a "quick notice" to a News Hound to make them aware of News or an Event. Poster Bard is pretty good about getting CMG News to the EN World News page as scoops, but maybe something like this would be a failsafe sort of thing... *shrug*
Originally posted by Mark CMG This may be an odd question, but is there a way to add a section on sites that carry the EN News Feed or even pub sites where one could click on a button and send a "quick notice" to a News Hound to make them aware of News or an Event. Poster Bard is pretty good about getting CMG News to the EN World News page as scoops, but maybe something like this would be a failsafe sort of thing... *shrug*
Sorry, Mark - I don't understand what you mean. Could you clarify for me? Thanks!
Originally posted by Kajamba Lion I've gotten it fixed, so I'm all set and ready to go. Sorry about that, folks. I'll have my eyes on the Wizards site tonight and today.
Best,
tKL
Super!
I'm sure that this is obvious to you, but I thought I'd help point out the various places at Wizards.com where you'll find updates (they're not all in one place, unfortunately):
Originally posted by Kajamba Lion That's actually wicked helpful, Morrus. I'll be sure to go ahead and bookmark those links (well, those I haven't already).
Well seeing as I'm always after help from people for editing the reviews site I thought I should probably put my hand up here as well. Perhaps just two or three medium sized publishers sites you want me to keep an eye on every couple of days (and hey, I can also use the information I gleem to update the d20 reviews site )? Just suggest away and I'll get too it...
Originally posted by Morrus Sorry, Mark - I don't understand what you mean. Could you clarify for me? Thanks!
Well, someone suggested something along the lines of an automated service that sends a notification everytime a site gets updated but d20 pubs make chanegs all the time and some of them are housekeeping moreso than news worthy information. I guess I was just kicking around the idea of a button or something that would be a more delibearate notification that required actual clicking to get an Email sent in. I'm not real sure about the idea, as I said, just throwing it out to see if it could be tweeked into something useful. *shrug*
Newshounds still sought.. training provided.
All you have to do is check a few sites we assign you on a twice-weekly basis, and submit if you see an update. Easy as Pi.
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