Soul Source - Articles Feature 2016
improvements during the last few weeks
Just a quick word about the 2016 version of Soul Source Article feature.
The feature is one of the main blocks of Soul Source. It's a long running and busy part of the Soul Source site. Offering the latest soul related news, reviews, informative articles and much more
Over the last few weeks a heavy hands on sort out of this feature has been going on. As now at a pause it makes sense to post up a quick shout to let you all know the score
Soul Source Articles Feature 2016
Both the layout and the structure of this feature have seen improvements during the last few weeks
There is now a one page article index, which is titled... Articles
You can view via this link (which also shows at the top menu level)...
https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/
This is the top layer of the article feature - this acts as the index...
Here the 5 article categories are listed complete with links. Plus the categories latest posted articles.
Categories
There are now just 5 different categories and they are as follows...
Soul News:
Latest soul related news, release news, major event news and more
Features
Lengthy informative feature type articles
Reviews
A new section that is just a month old and is going well. It's staffed by a review team of 6 members who take a look at the latest soul related projects and let you know the score
If you are involved with any soul related projects then get in touch with us about possible reviews. The contact us feature is here - click here
Artist Sad news
A section where members can read and share sad news of soul artists passing on
Northern Soul Hall Of Fame
Dave Moore and co's informative project
That's the 5 main categories covered. Take a look and you will find 1000s of articles ranging from the early 1997 days right up to till today here in 2016. From a wide range of members, sources and indeed viewpoints.
Posting News/Articles
All members can use this feature to pass on news, views and such to other soul music fans.
To do this just use the "add +" link which is at the top of every page on desktops (use the hamburger menu on phones)
( look up now to the top menu for a real time view )
1. Hit the add+ link and choose article
2. Select the category
3. Read the Guidelines, if ok and all fits in then just submit your views/news
4. Add a cover image - ideal size 760 x 400 pixels
4. Once posted there will be a short delay before publishing. This is so the layout and the content can be reviewed to ensure that the article will work well
Endword
As said the Article features has over the years been one of the main blocks of Soul Source, the improvements should help this to continue
Soul Source Support.
If you do have any questions or suggestions about this or any other feature then as always feel free to post them up in the support forum.
That is always the best place both to pass on and also to find out all you need to know about the site
Cheers
mike
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