What will I learn to do?
This lesson will show you the steps to create an article and save it.
An article is one of the two main types of written content on your site - the other one is called a news item. Creating an article is the first step to start the process of publishing content on the site.
Your Launch pad will look like this when you’re done:
In this lesson, you will see the steps to create an article.
Then, you will learn how to transfer an article that was written in another program.
Finally, you will learn how to submit the article for publication.
First, watch the steps
Log in to the site’s private area
You are at the Launch pad.
Click “Write a new article”
The New Article page loads
Click inside the Title box and type the article’s title
Click inside the Subtitle box and type the article’s subtitle
Next you need to choose the name of the section where you want the article to appear.
Click on the drop-down menu
Select the section for the article
Click inside the Deck box and type the introduction to the story
Click inside the Text box. Type your story inside the box
Click the Save button
How to create an article
How do I write a good title and subtitle?
Titles and subtitles should help the audience find the stories they want to read – and entice the audience to read the stories.
Good titles and subtitles:
are short, interesting, and clear
use active verbs, not passive
do not use jargon or acronyms (unless they are widely understood by a global audience, such as “UN” for United Nations)
A subtitle should not repeat any of the main words used in the title. It should offer additional information that is not in the title.
