Follow these guidelines when writing for SitePoint, and refer to them before submitting articles and topic pitches to your editor.
- Peer Review
- What is Peer Review? - An in-depth introduction to SitePoint's peer reviewing process, how it works, and FAQ's.
- Guidelines for Peer Reviewers - Tips on how to be a good peer reviewer, and what to keep an eye out for.
- Submitting a draft for Peer Reviewing - What format the article should be in before submission (hint: MarkDown), plus step-by-step instructions on how to submit your article.
- Style Guide - Important information on how to format articles, English language, spelling/grammar and acceptable language.
- Working with Editors - Ideas for getting the most out of the author-editor relationship, plus a description of the editorial process.
- Quick Tips - Quick Tips are a new article format - this doc explains how they're structured and how to produce them.
- Demos and Downloadable Code Samples - GitHub, CodePen, JSBin, JSFiddle, Plunker - we use a wide variety of services to show code demos, this doc explains how we manage them and how to do so yourself.
- Code - How to present code.
- Accessibility - How to make code (and articles) more accessible.
- Using Trello - How to use Trello to manage your article pitches. (Recommended read for first time users).
- Using Slack - We use Slack to keep in touch, discuss pitches, and socialize. (Recommended read for first time users).
- Using Images - How to use images in your article and image specifications.
- Invoicing - Contains information on our invoicing form, how and when to invoice for your work.