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| <h1>NetBeans Newsletter Publishing Guidelines</h1> |
| <p>This page is intended as a resource for NetBeans Newsletter Editors |
| and Contributors, and contains guidelines on the preparation and |
| distribution of |
| the <a href="index.html">newsletters</a>. |
| For additional guidance, visit the <a href="archive.html">Newsletter |
| Archives</a> and view previous issues. |
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| <h2>Newsletter Schedules</h2> |
| The NetBeans Weekly Newsletter is published on Mondays, latest 6pm CET, |
| with the exception of issues delayed to include information about major |
| product releases scheduled for Mondays PST time. Localised editions are |
| published a day or two after the English issue. Current language |
| editions include <a href="index_pt_BR.html">Portuguese</a>.<br> |
| <br> |
| The Edge, the monthly newsletter, is currently defunct.<br> |
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| <h2>Content & the Newsletter Tool<br> |
| </h2> |
| The newsletter is prepared and published using the <a |
| href="http://netbeans.info/appl2/?mod=newsletter_admin">Newsletter Tool</a>. |
| (For login access, please contact the <a |
| href="../../../about/contact_form.html?to=1">webmaster</a>.)<br> |
| <br> |
| The editor gathers content by selecting items from the NetBeans site, |
| searching external sites (such as <a href="http://planetnetbeans.org/">PlanetNetBeans</a>) |
| for NetBeans-related content, and by sending out a content call to a |
| mailing list of contributors on Fridays, with a submission deadline of |
| Monday, 1pm CET.<br> |
| <br> |
| Contributors can email their items directly to the editor, or |
| alternatively, use the newsletter tool to submit their items and to |
| check the stats of their respective entries. Regular contributors are |
| encouraged to use the tool as it allows them to submit entries at any |
| time. (For login access, please contact the <a |
| href="../../../about/contact_form.html?to=1">webmaster</a>.) |
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| <br> |
| All submitted content (via the newsletter tool or email) should include |
| a title, a referring link and a <span style="font-weight: bold;">detailed</span> |
| summary of no less than two sentences. Images (110 x 110 pixels) are |
| optional. Check <a href="index.html">recent editions of the Newsletter</a> |
| to see examples of typical entries.<br> |
| <br> |
| Contributors with "user" rights can submit entries, while editors |
| with "admin" rights can additionally review, edit and approve |
| entries |
| submitted by other users. |
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| If a submitted entry is unclear or contains inadequate information, the |
| editor should/will contact the contributor and ask for more details. |
| The editor may decide not to use all contributed entries for a current |
| issue, and instead reserve them for future ones.<br> |
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| <h2>Formatting the Newsletter<br> |
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| The ideal length for the newsletter is 10 - 12 items. The |
| newsletter |
| tool offers categories for entries, of which the following six are the |
| most commonly used:<br> |
| <br> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Articles - Stories about the NetBeans IDE, press and |
| reviews, |
| interviews with users and companies developing with the NetBeans IDE |
| and Platform<br> |
| </li> |
| <i><i> </i></i> |
| <li>Blogs - Entries that offer useful information about NetBeans such |
| as IDE tips & tricks and work-arounds, project updates, and event |
| review<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Calendar - NetBeans events, conferences, chats and webinars<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Community - NetBeans podcasts, stories about community |
| members, |
| community news and more<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Project News - Product releases, contests, module |
| developments |
| and bug fixes<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Training - Tutorials and screencasts (sometimes includes |
| blog |
| entries)<br> |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| Editors should strive to make the entries concise, detailed and |
| typo-free. Humor (clean and audience appropriate, please) is highly |
| welcome! While a newsletter issue is not required to have entries for |
| all six categories, it is recommended that it contain at least two |
| tutorials and two blog entries.<br> |
| <br> |
| <h2>Publishing</h2> |
| <ol> |
| <li>In the newsletter tool, preview the newsletter (HTML |
| version), |
| check for typos and make sure the links work.<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>Hit the "Publish" button. </li> |
| <li><a href="../../../about/contact_form.html?to=1">Ask the |
| webmasters</a> to approve the issue.</li> |
| <li>After the webmasters approve it, the issue will be <a |
| href="index.html">published to the NetBeans site</a>, and delivered to |
| the appropriate mailing list.<br> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| <h2>Translating the NetBeans Weekly Newsletter</h2> |
| <p> |
| Join other language communities in translating the news items in |
| <a href="index.html">The NetBeans Weekly News</a>. The NetBeans web |
| team has created a user-friendly tool to help you add news items in |
| your language or translate existing English items. You will then be |
| able to publish it and automatically have it delivered to your NetBeans |
| language mailing list. For information on gaining access to this tool, |
| visit the <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/NBWeeklyNewsML">How to |
| Publish the NetBeans Weekly Newsletter in Your Language</a> web page. |
| </p> |
| <h2>External Contributions</h2> |
| To submit content for the newsletter, please send an email to: <a |
| href="mailto:nbnews_contrib@netbeans.org">nbnews_contrib@netbeans.org</a>.<br> |
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