Publishing Checklist

Have you reviewed the following?

Pre-Joomla

Spell check and double-check spellings of all names and double-check all facts

Run text through the smart quote cleaner

Format text cleanly in plain text document

Copy only the text, with no extra line breaks at top or bottom

Working in Joomla

Insert using the plain text icon

Metadata: Keywords

Metadata: Description

AP style (short version, long version)

Headline format

Introtext/Lede (40 words or less)

Proper paragraphing for lede and body text

Good quality image from an official source, cropped to the right size (600x400 for most articles)

Image credit and/or caption: nameofsite.com

Tags

Proper linking for important words or phrases, using converted URLs for internal KDHX links

Proper semantic linking (do not just paste in a raw URL to your text)

Proper attribution for outside source material

Preview work before publishing

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