daCode User's Guide: Submitting news: the news submission form

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## 4. Submitting news: the news submission form

## 4.1 First stage

Click on "Submit a news" in the daCode box on the front page, upper left.

Type your name, (fake) email and the subject (title) of the news. You have to choose the most relevant option from the list of topics and the list of sections. Please choose an appropriate topic and section. The department is free space, you can put anything there, or just leave it empty. You have then to choose the formatting you want from the pull-down menu on the next line. This can be text or html. If you choose text the news will appear exactly as you typed it. If you choose html you are allowed a limited selection of html tags in your news. You should specify line breaks and paragraphs with <br> and <p>. Then type in your text. If you want to attach a file to your news, then check the « Attached file » checkbox.

## 4.2 The HTML links section

If you want to add some links to pages related to your news, this is where to do it! Type the name (what will appear on the news) in the left column. Type the address of the page you are linking to on the right. This adress should begin with http://; You must also always set the language! (pull-down menu on the far right). If you don't tell daCode what language a link is your link will be silently erased.

## 4.3 Second stage: verification

You can view how the news will be displayed. If it's ok, then click on the « Submit » button. You will be taken to stage 3 if you checked the « Attached file » checkbox, or stage 4 if you didn't. If you forgot to do that in the first stage, you can still do it here.

If you want to change the news, you can edit it and verifiy it as many times as you want. You will remain at stage 2 as long as you modify your news.

## 4.4 Third stage: specifying attached files

Just type in the complete paths to the files you want to attach, or use the « Browse » button; then click on « Next »

## 4.5 Fourth stage: confirmation

If all went well, you should see a page saying your message has been added to the moderation queue. If not, something went wrong, so please retry. If there were any problems you should contact the webmaster of the news site with any error messages.

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