Article Submission Process

Submit Your News Article, Commentary, Essay…

We welcome all article submissions by Latter-day Saints & friends on the subject of freedom, politics, government, constitution, etc.

A 2-3 page maximum is recommended though we will also accept longer articles.

To submit an article first please register on the site, by following these directions:

Registration Process

1. Go to:  http://www.ldsfreemen.com/wp-login.php?action=register
2. You will be prompted to choose a username and enter your email address, click ‘register’ after doing so.
3. Check your email for your password.
4. Login at:  http://www.ldsfreemen.com/wp-login.php
5. Once you login you should see your ‘Profile’. If not, click ‘Profile’ on the menu on the left-side.
6. Fill out your first and last name, website address and biographical info. Click ‘update profile’.

If you already have a username and password, please login to submit your article.

Get Approved

Get approved as a Contributor on LDSFreemen.com

The first time you submit an article to LDSFreemen.com (see instructions below) it will be held in our moderation queue for review. Once we review and accept your first article you will be able to submit future articles instantly, without review. If this privilege is abused we reserve the right to revoke it at any time.

If you want to speed up the review process please email brian [at] ldsfreemen.com AND jeremy.ashton [at] ldsfreemen.com. Be sure to let us know what username you are registered as and let us know the title of the article you submitted.

Login

Login at:  http://www.ldsfreemen.com/wp-login.php

Submit an Article

After you have successfully logged in to the website (and have already been approved as a contributor to LDSFreemen.com) follow these steps to submit an article:

Below the following steps are some screenshots to help guide you along the steps to submitting an article… If you are already familiar with WordPress you probably won’t need this guide…

1. Click on ‘Posts’ (from the left side menu)
2. Click ‘Add New‘ (also left side menu). You should now see a page titled “Add New Post”
3. The first box is for the Title of your article.
4. The second box is for the article content. You can either paste your article into this box, or type your article (if it’s not already written). If you are pasting from Microsoft Word choose the “Paste from Word” option . You’ll find that by clicking the ‘Show/Hide Kitchen Sink’ button . There are also options for styling your content.
5. To add an image click the ‘add an image’ icon next to “Upload/Insert”. (If this is your first article submission you won’t yet have the ability to add an image.) You can add an image from your computer or from another URL (another website). It is recommended that you choose the ‘From Computer’ option. If your image comes from somewhere else online, find the image and save it to your computer first. If you are adding an image from your computer click ‘Select Files’ on the ‘From Computer’ tab. A box should come up that allows you to browse your computer to find the image you want to upload. Once you have find the right image, select it and click ‘open’. The image should now be uploaded and you’ll be presented with some options regarding how you want the image displayed within your article (size, aligned to the left, right or center, etc). Click ‘Insert into Post’. You should now see the image within your article. If you want to adjust something click on the image and you’ll see one icon that allows you to adjust the options and another icon to delete the image. After editing image options click ‘update’ to apply the changes.
6. Once you are done with the article content, and any images, add an excerpt into the box labeled ‘Excerpt’. The excerpt is typically one sentence long and it is the article excerpt or ‘teaser’ that will be displayed on the front-page of LDSFreemen.com along with the article title. (see: http://www.ldsfreemen.com ).
7. You typically won’t need to do anything with the other boxes: trackbacks, custom fields, Discussion, etc.
8. Now create a thumbnail based on the article image you used. The thumbnail will be displayed on the front page of LDSFreemen.com. First click on ‘Save Draft’ (in the box near the upper-right corner). Now go to the ‘WP Post Thumbnail’ area. There are 3 options, go to option 2. Select the photo you want to crop to use as a thumbnail. If you don’t see any photos there click ‘Reload’. If you still don’t see any photos you probably didn’t add a photo to your article via the add an image ‘From Computer’ option (see step 5). Once you select the photo you should see the photo load underneath with a box that allows you to select the crop area for the thumbnail. Once you have selected the area to be cropped, click ‘Save Thumbnail’ (thumbnail step 3). Once you click ‘Save Thumbnail you should see your new thumbnail appear under thumbnail step 1.
9. Add “tags” to your article in the ‘Post Tags’ area. Tags are keywords or topics related to your article. If your article is about ‘freedom’ and ‘economics’ using those as tags will help people find your article among other articles of similar topics.
10. Categories: Choose ‘Article’ if you are submitting an article, choose ‘Blog’ if you are submitting a blog post. Simple. What’s the different between an article and a blog? Not much. Typically an Article is longer, more well-thought out and researched, whereas a Blog post is typically shorter and is often a quicker statement of your thoughts on an issue, or could be your commentary on other online articles.
11. Now you’re ready to publish your article. Click ‘Publish’ or ‘Submit for Review’ (if this is your first article submission).

If you have any questions about the article submission process post them below as a comment or email brian [at] ldsfreemen.com or jeremy.ashton [at] ldsfreemen.com

Thank You.