Author Guidelines and Submission Criteria

The Web Squeeze is always looking for new authors interested in writing articles on web design and development topics as well as tutorials on all aspects of web design. Please read the following guidelines and criteria.

We’re sorry, The Web Squeeze cannot accept previously published material.

Your Benefits

As a “thank you”, all articles and tutorials will include information about the author as well as back links to your site of choice.

For every three articles and/or tutorials you submit which are approved for publication, a Squeeze Square will be placed on our homepage.

What Steps to Follow

The guidelines below are provided to make your article or tutorial submission the most positive experience for you.

Please read the article and tutorial Specifics.

Contact Us

Please contact The Web Squeeze via the contact page with the topic you are interested in writing about. In the proposal, please include a summary of your intended article as well as three key messages or points of interest you wish your piece to communicate. If you are interested in writing a tutorial, please give a brief summary as to what the tutorial will be about as well as the benefits and usefulness of this tutorial.

Accepted?

If your proposal is accepted by The Web Squeeze

  1. Start writing!
  2. Proofread your article at least two times. Please test tutorial code at least two times.
  3. Have someone else proofread your article or test your tutorial.
  4. Include one paragraph “About the Author” and one backlink to your website.

Attachments

Attach images/graphics that you feel will add interest See Graphic specifications.

*Please note, The Web Squeeze will not be able to make major revisions or major edits to any submissions due to time constraints. For more information please see Revisions and Editing.

Specifics

Length of article or tutorial

All submissions should be between 800 and 3000 words in length. Each article and tutorial should have a title, subtitle (if any), content (body of article) and author’s bio. Remember to include the three key messages or points of interest.

File Types

Articles should be submitted as attachments as .txt (plain text files), XHTML or .rft files. Hyperlinks should be clearly marked.

Graphics

We encourage you to include one copyright free image or graphic with each submission you write. JPG or GIF files should also be attached to email. Size should be no more than 150 x 150 pixels. Tutorials often need many images. These images should be in JPG or GIF format and no larger than 400 x 400 pixels.

Author Photo

If you would like to include a photo of yourself to be included in the “About the Author” section, please attach. Size should be no larger than 100 x 100 pixels.

Revisions and Editing

All articles and tutorials submitted for publication will be screened and edited by The Web Squeeze. Most often editing is minor and limited to spelling, grammar or flow. The purpose of editing is to allow ease of reading.

If edits and revision are minor, often the article or tutorial will be published without further communication with the author. However, in most cases we will try to email the edited version of the submission to the author for approval or for rewrite tips. At this time, we ask that you submit a second draft for approval.

Submissions that have major grammatical errors will be returned without editing.

We will not publish articles that we deem to be libelous, slanderous or untruthful. We also reserve the right to reject any submission we feel do not meet the site’s standards.