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Resources for Contributors to The Gardens Gazette website 

  • Use the guideline and tool resources below to improve your submissions for publication.
  • Upload using the Submission form when you have your content ready for publication.
  • An established workflow will take your submission through a process of reviews, edits, refinements and publication under guidance of a website editor.
  • Tutorials are available here.    

Photos

Use Submission form to upload photos with articles.
Provide captions, dates, attribution, and background story.
See Tutorials for sending photos from a cellphone.
Writer Style Guide Resources

Writer Style Guide Resources
Web Style Guide Resources
Workflow
Workflow
​Use Submission form to upload documents.
Submissions go through a review and edit process before being published.
See Workflow for details.

Tools for Contributors and Editors

Here you will find free and fremium tools for making and managing online content.
Listicles
Compare Documents
Compare Documents
Online Editors
Online Editors
Browse and compare apps
Browse and compare apps
Desktop publishing
Desktop publishing
Online publishing
Online publishing
Stock photos and images​
Graphics and image editing​
Graphics and image editing​
Screencasts
Screencasts
Video editing and presentation
Mockups and prototypes
Mockups and prototypes
File Conversion
Forms Online
Distribution with File Sharing
Distribution with File Sharing
Distribution with Mashups
Distribution with Mashups
  • IFTTT — Allows you to create ‘recipes’ that automate repeated actions and tasks. Weebly
  • Zapier — Allows you to automate two tasks (similar to IFTTT) Ex. Every time you tweet, it gets posted in your Facebook timeline.
  • Buffer — Lets you schedule and share your post on 4 platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and Google+).  Note: You can only schedule 10 posts at a time for free. $10/mo applies after that.
  • TweetJukebox — Recycle your posts for Twitter. Note: You get 2 jukeboxes that can store up to 300 tweets on a free account.
It Should Be Easy
Creative Commons
Creative Commons
  • Search the Commons
  • You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution.
Creative Commons Resources 
  • ​How to find free music, images, and video you can use or remix in your own creative works.
Flickr: Creative Commons
  • Content categorized by CC licenses
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YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE
  1. Log into your Google Account
  2. Go to YouTube.com
  3. ​Click your icon in upper right > click Creator Studio
  4. You should see on the left: CREATOR STUDIO  https://www.youtube.com/dashboard
  5. You will have access to Dashboard, Video Manager, Live Streaming, Community, Channel, Analytics
  6. Click-toggle the "hamburger" symbol in the upper left corner for more options.
  7. YouTube Audio Library 

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