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EDITORALI HAWKEN
NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
Its important that we have consistency on the site, so whilst we like to give you free reign of what you
actually write when it comes to your reviews, we do require you to follow these basic formatting rules.
DEADLINES
For most reviews, we would like to have them unloaded no later than 2 days after the event. We
will then publish your piece ASAP. Some events will be considered a priority or feature and we
will request a review the next day, however these shorter deadlines will be indicated in the regular
email update you receive.
LengthWe want you to have fun with the reviews, but please try and keep all pieces between 400 - 500
words. Unless you have some incredible need to say more, theres no need to go on and on and on.
Band Names
All band/artist names must be bolded the rst time they are used. This helps with search engine
optimisation. You only need to bold the names of those bands/artists who are relevant to the
actual review.
To bold any text, simply put it between these codes:
[b]TEXT[/b]
Dont leave any spaces between the brackets and the text, or it wont work.
Album Titles
All album names must be italicised every time they are mentioned. Do not use in the title of the
article however.
To italicise any text, simply put it between these codes:
[i]TEXT[/i]
Song Titles
All song titles must be put between single inverted commas every time they are mentioned, andthe rst letter of every word in the title must be capitalised.
For example: Born In The U.S.A
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EDITORALI HAWKEN
NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
Numbers
Numbers one to nine must be written as a word. Numbers 10 and above can be written as digits.
When referring to a decade, such as the Nineties, write it in numbers and with an apostrophe
before the number (90s).
Videos
Try and include a video at the end of every news piece, just to add a little something extra for the
reader (especially those who might not know anything about the artist in question).
You can use your own judgement when deciding exactly what to put up, but generally speaking,
when the article is about a tour, unless its a comeback, try and use a recent live video. When
talking about an album, try and get a recent music video or live recording footage if there is any.
At the moment, we can only use YouTube clips, so dont bother trying to embed a Vimeo or any
other format as it wont work (we will let you know once we sort this out).
To embed a video, simply put the YouTube URL between these codes:
[video]http://www.youtubeURL.com[/video]
Again, no spaces between the brackets and text.
NOTE:
- please make sure you use the full URL including http:// at the start.
- sometimes you will copy a YouTube URL and it will use https:// simply change this to http://
and it will work.
Please put 2 line spaces above and 2 line spaces below the embedded video to space the article
out nicely.
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EDITORALI HAWKEN
NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
UPLOADING ADDITIONAL IMAGES
Additional images can also be uploaded with the initial uploading of the article. The rst image
you select will be the thumbnail. Extra images can also be uploaded at this time. These images
once uploaded, can be placed anywhere in the article at the editing stage.
Simply cut/paste the whole line including the tags to wherever you would like the image to be
diaplyed. They will look like this:
[picture]an-image-to-move-in-the-news-story.jpg[/picture]
You can also upload additional images on the editing page. Click the icon to upload a new imageat the top of the page.
All images uploaded must be at least 500 pixels wide.
Click this button to insert more images
Click this eld to show what imageshave been uploaded already
Click the + button to uploadnew images
Youll nd the new images you uploaded.Select them to include in the article.
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EDITORALI HAWKEN
NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
EMBEDDING SOUNDCLOUD PLAYERS
You can embed Soundcloud players directly into any article.
Simply go to the Soundcloud page of what you want to embed and click the share button. There
will be a few options available, but select the Wordpress code that is provided. It will look some-
thing like this:
[soundcloud url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/70214896 params= width= 100%
height=166 iframe=true /]
Simply copy/paste the code provided into the article and it will embed when published.
Please put 2 line spaces above and 2 line spaces below the player to space the article out nicely.
EMBEDDING URLs Into your article
Use these rules to embed a URL:
http://www.example.com.au/news/etcetc
http://example.com.au/news/etcetc
- Both of these URLs will embed directly (you need the full URL, http://etc for it to work)
- They are shortened to display the rst 30 characters of the URL only also.
[URL=http://www.example.com.au]THIS IS THE TEXT WHICH IS LINKED[/URL]
[URL=http://example.com.au]THIS IS THE TEXT WHICH IS LINKED[/URL]
[URL=example.com.au]THIS IS THE TEXT WHICH IS LINKED[/URL]
- All these URL codes above will work and the text between the [URL] tags will become live as
the links.- There is no need for http or www to be included for these links to work.
Dwarf LIVE review Quick Formatting Guide
Bold (Band/artist):[b]text[/b]
Italics (Album titles):[i]text[/i]
Song Titles:Song Titles (single inverted commas)
Youtube clip:[video]http://www.youtubeURL.com[/video]
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EDITORALI HAWKEN
NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
How to Publish your reviewHere is our how to guide for publishing your review. This will be VERY straightforward for most
of you so we mean not to patronise in any way, but just in case you have any queries whatsoever,
everything is covered. Once youve done it once, youll have the hang of it.
PUBLISHING your review ON THEDWARF.COM.AU
1. Go to: www.thedwarf.com.au
2. Log in to the website, and at the bottom of the page you click hover over publish and
you will see a create article option. If you dont see this option, contact Kelly or Ali as
you may not have the correct permissions set for your account.
3. You will now see a box appear. The rst option is to select what type of article, youd
like to create. Select live review from the dropdown list.
The form will now have changed for you to process your review.
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NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
4. In the Title eld, enter in the Headline Act or the name of the Festival. For example
Ball Park Music or simply Big Day Out.
There is no need to include any dates, or venue details here.
5. In the Subtitle eld, use this to include details of either the support acts on the night
or a list of 6 -8 acts on the festival lineup. For example:
with Alpine
or
featuring Sigur Ros, Ben Folds Five, Beck, Beirut, Cake, The Dandy Warhols and more
6. We now select the venue for the review, in this example we are going to use the Forum
in Melbourne.
In the Venue eld, type out Forum and a list of all venues with Forum in it will be
shortlisted. Select the venue that you require.
Headline act for this night isBall Park Music
Support act is Alpine
Shortlist of venues from the search query used.
Forum is being searched for here
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NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
If the venue you require isnt found in the database, you need to create a new venue to
link the review to.
Well use a new example and call the venue The Purple Venue. In the system, this
venue doesnt exist so we need to create it. Click the Create New Venue link.
A new form will appear for you to create the new venue in the system:
Name: Use the name of the venue. DONT USE ALL CAPS IN THE TITLE
Address: Street address of the venue
Suburb: Type out the suburb into this eld and then select the correct one from the list.
Postcode & State: These elds will automatically complete when you select the suburb.
Phone Number: Box oce phone number if it is available
Website: Full URL of the website for example: http://www.example.com
Click Save and the new venue you created will be saved as your selection in the review.
Click this button to create a new venue
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NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
7. Select the date that the event was on in the date eld.
8. In the related bands eld, type out each band that is associated with the review. The
more names you can link in the better as the review will then start appearing on other
pages across the website related to the bands selected.
In this example, I have selected Ball Park Music and Alpine
9. The nal step is to simply enter in your review in the Text eld using the style guide
provided at the start of this document.
10. When nished you click submit for publishing and it will go to our editors for ap-
proval. You can also click save for draft for further editing later on if you choose. To
nd your drafts, in the toolbar, there is a Manage Content option under the Publish
option. You can edit your draft from here and then submit it for publishing.
Ball Park Music comes up in the selection eld
Ball Park Music and Alpine have been linked to this review.
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EDITORALI HAWKEN
NEWS EDITORKelly Snyders
REVIEWS/PHOTOSLOANI ARMAN
ROBERT CARBONE
MUSIC REVIEWSMATT
LIVE Reviews publishing & STYLE GUIDE
What is this editor role you MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT?
Although not promoted anywhere on the site, we oer a very limited amount of editor roles for
those people who express a strong interest in music journalism / journalism.
This role is one where those people involved, have the ability to work autonomously, publish
content such as news freely and have a much larger say and impact on the website, its content
and in some cases its direction.
This role is perfect for those studying journalism to get on an internship program and / or gain
valuable experience in this eld.
If you think this is something that may interest you, please contact Ali at [email protected]
