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Guidelines For Submitting An Article to Tamicraft.com and /or CPFSN.org

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a. Must be an original article that you wrote. This is pretty straight-forward. To copy another's work is an infringement on copyrights and we do not assume any liability as to the veracity of nor the originality of any article that is submitted. Nor do we research any article to ensure it is original. You as the Author/ submitter of the article assume all liabilities as regards the article. Include your email address and name city and State or Country. These will not be posted with the article unless a part of your signature file. Any article that does not include a valid email address and a legal name (First, last and middle initial) will not be posted. We need this information for our records and it will not be posted without permission.

b. You assume all liability for any damages should your article be plagiarized and/or provide incomplete, inaccurate or contain misleading information or if for any reason, real or consequential, damages have resulted to any person or entity by the use of the article. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify  Tamicraft its owners, heirs and or assigns.

c. Your article must not contain affiliate links. They will be removed and/ or the article will not be used. Any links within an article must be to enhance the readers experience and not be self-serving. Your self-serving links will be in your signature file area. Any self serving links in the content section and your article will not be used.

d. Any article must be informative. Including tips, strategies, opinions and commentary based on personal experience and/or education. An article may be a short story or poem provided it is original and does not violate any provisions of the TOS or these guidelines.

e. Any article must NOT be a press release, advertisement, sales letter, promotional copy, or blatant self-promotion or hype. If you write an article about something and within your signature file you place a link to your sales page this would be unacceptable. You may link to a webpage that contains content and have a link to your sales page from the content page. Provided the article gave real and prudent information that did not require a click through in order to be of benefit or use to the reader. Any deemed to be merely hype to click the link to the sales page will not be posted..

f. Any article must be in English, and we would expect you to use a spellchecker and have proper sentence structure and punctuation. We are not as concerned with perfection as many of the sites I personally post to are, as we do not intend to sell the article for publication. But if you submit an article you agree that the article is ours to do with as we wish and that includes, but is not limited to, editing the article for grammatical errors if we feel it is necessary. Your article may be posted as-is if we feel it is comprehensible by most readers. If you do not have an editor with a spell check download the free open source office suite of programs called Openoffice here:  http://www.openoffice.org/ 

g. Your article becomes our property if submitted to us and we can use it as we wish. We can decide to not publish it, we can edit it to conform to certain standards, we can give or sell it or post it to other forums, publish it in virtual or print format or do anything we wish with the article. We would of course always keep your byline intact as you being the author, But we reserve the right to edit any signature file links as we deem necessary. In effect by posting an article with us you are sharing your copyrights with us making the article ours to do with as we wish but you maintain liability for the content of the article and your authorship will remain intact.

h. Any article must NOT contain pornography/adult material, hate or violence, Racial slurs, advocate against any individual or group, have insulting, obscene, degrading tone, or contain excessive profanity and/or profanity that is not necessary to express a thought or opinion. The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not reflect those of Tamicraft its owners, heirs, employees or assigns. However you must realize that should you cross the line and personally attack any individual or entity, you had better be damn sure your attack is based on fact you can back up or you just might have a lawsuit on your hands. We at Tamicraft assume no liability as to the veracity of any article nor do we assume any liability for any damages whatsoever.

i. Any article must NOT contain any elements that would be considered as illegal or promote illegal activity. Any article must NOT contain promotion of hard alcohol/tobacco-related products or prescription drugs. You may speak of the effects of smoking, alcohol and drugs you may speak of your opinion as relates to the effectiveness of any drug or the cost and such maters but you may not promote the item in any way.

j. Any article must Not contain anything that promotes spam or fraud.

k. Any article must NOT contain any content that is a violation of any law, be considered defamatory, libelous, or infringes on the legal rights of others.

l.; Any article must be original in its content not just a variation of a previous article or plagiarized from another. The Author assumes all liability for any copyright infringement.

m. Any article must NOT include a reply to a personal email, letter or other correspondence or a link to a self-serving website. Your ability to promote yourself will be in your signature file NOT within the article body.

n. Any article MUST NOT be keyword stuffed with excessive keywords or key phrases that are repeated too many times in your articles.

Author also represents and understands that Author will not receive any form of compensation from Tamicraft.com and or CPFSN.org its owners, assigns, or any connected party, for the Content Author is submitting. Author further understands that submission of any Content to the Site does not in any way guarantee the Content will be published or appear on the Site. 
In addition to any rights discussed above the Author grants to tamicraft.com and or CPFSN.org the following rights to the Content: 
i. The worldwide and perpetual right to electronically publish and distribute the Content in all versions posted on any Site we own in any language and the right to translate and electronically publish and distribute the Content to other sites under license or contract with our site for free or profit; In electronic, data, print, image or any form we choose. Your authorship of the article will remain intact though we reserve the right to remove or replace self serving links if the article is used on any site we do not own or if published in print.
ii. The worldwide and perpetual right to include the Content in advertising and promotion; 
iii. The worldwide and perpetual right to include the Content in print and non-print products anywhere in the world. 
We may delete any Content at any time, without any notice to the Author. 

Author Represents and Warrants that:
Author is the sole author and owner of the Content and has full power to enter into this Agreement and to grant the rights herein stated. 
The Content does not and will not infringe upon any copyright or any proprietary right at common law or otherwise. 
The Content is based on true facts and diligent research. 
Author will not enter into any subsequent Agreement or understanding with another person or entity which might conflict with the rights granted to This Site under this Agreement regarding the Content. 
Author acknowledges that the fee paid for the Content will be $0.

The only compensation will be the right of the Author to place a self-serving link  or links in the signature file.  

The Site reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend, or terminate the Site at any time, for any reason without prior notice or liability. The Site may change, suspend, or discontinue all or any aspect of The Site at any time. 

The author agrees that in submitting the article he/she has complied with all legal formalities and laws that might govern the submission of the article to include but not limited to copyrights laws, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights. Author also agrees that they have complied with any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Author agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Site, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and any third party information providers to the Site from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of this Agreement (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by Author or any other person accessing the Site.

2. Editorial Guidelines:

a. Any article must contain a Title (maximum Total 80 characters and spaces combined) to list it under and must be In Upper and Lower Case Letters With The First Letter of Each Major Word Capitalized.

i. If you submit your TITLE in all CAPS, we will change it to Upper and Lower Caps.

ii. It is ok not to capitalize common words such as "a", "the", "to", "for", etc... unless they are at the beginning of the Title.

iii. Please do not put QUOTES around your TITLE.

iv. Do NOT end your TITLE with a period.

v. Please do not submit an article that has hidden html, graphics or verbiage. All articles are opened in a simple text editor, which will remove all formatting. If your article contained hidden text or html graphics it may jumble the article to the point we may not use it.

vi. Refrain from excessive repetitive punctuation in your article. One exclamation "!" or question mark "?" is enough to make a point.

vii. We do not allow HTML tags of any kind in your article. Remember we open the article in a simple text editor which removes all HTML formatting. example; a 'Click here' with embedded link to another site the embedded link will be removed automatically when we open your article in a simple text editor. Any link to a site from the content part of your article must be written out as (http://www.that_domain.com) No embedded links will survive the simple text editor. You can place something like " For more information of Mopar Parts click here: http://mopar or whatever you want.com

viii. We do not allow excessive use of white space.

ix. We do not allow your AUTHOR NAME or any WEBSITE URL that benefits you to be in your TITLE nor in the Content.

x. Please do NOT repeat your TITLE in the ARTICLE BODY. However keywords used in the title may appear in the body.

xi. Your TITLE should read as a natural language that anyone could easily understand. The Title should be as close to expressing the content of the article as possible.

xii. We do NOT allow titles that contain prescription drug names of any kind.

xiii. One (1) word titles will be rejected, a MINIMUM of two (2) unique words are required. Again the maximum length of a Title is 80 characters including spaces.

b. You must include your real first and last name as the author of the article. However you may publish under a pen name if you wish. You real name provided with the submission of an article will not be published without your permission. All articles must have a Pen Name or can be posted as anonymous so long as we have on file a real name.

>For the purpose of the articles signature file:

i. Your AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME must have a First name and a Last name.

ii. Your AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME must begin with a Capital Letter.

iii. We do not allow company names to be your AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME.

iv. We do not allow email addresses to be your AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME.

v. We do not allow adjectives or nouns or descriptors to be part of your AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME.

vi. You may NOT include your title before or after your AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME unless you hold a doctorate-level degree (Dr., MD, DDS, PhD, etc.)

vii. We do not allow religious titles before or after your AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME.

viii. We do allow more than ONE AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME if your article was co-authored but any additional AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME would be subject to all the terms of this agreement and their REAL name and email address must be submitted with the article.

ix. You may use an AUTHOR NAME/ PEN NAME as a signature if you wish but your true Name, City, State or Country and email must accompany any submission. This information will be kept private and only that which you post to your signature file will be published.

c. Your Article: Should be a minimum of 250 words and no more than 5,000 words. Give or take as we might be lenient if the article is of great interest. We may break the article into sections or pages if it is too long. Any article that is over 5000 words will not be posted unless you can give good reason why it needs to be longer.

i. Your Title and Author/Pen name should not be mentioned in the article body.

ii. Any copyrights should be at the bottom of your article. By submission of your article to us tamicraft.com and/or cpfsn.org you have given us license to do with your article as we wish. In effect though others would be bound by copyrights we would not be. You have in effect sold us your article including all the aforementioned rights for $0.00 and a signature file containing self-serving links.

iii. There will be no articles published that include any reprint rights. As stated earlier any article submitted to us becomes our property to do with as we wish and you cannot restrict our rights nor give others rights that infringe on our rights. ( in other words you cannot place in your article the right for any other to copy it and place it on their site without our permission, though you as the Author may place the article on other sites.)

iv. If you self promote within the article we will not use the article or edit out any self promotion if we do decide to use the article.

v. No HTML TAGS, javascript, bbcode, css or any formatting is allowed in the ARTICLE BODY: The title will be bolded and your signature file will allow for (URL’s) URL’s in the body must pertain to the content of the article and not be self serving. Remember to use inactive links ( links written out like http://www.some_domain.com  not linked words like Some Domain) as we remove all formatting in a simple text editor prior to posting.

vi. Remember to keep white space to a minimum.

d. We allow a maximum of 3 inactive "Self-Serving" Links/URL’s to an email or website that you own, control or have an interest in placed AFTER your Author Signature or Pen name at the end of the article. Please note that emails are farmed by bots and posting an email may result in spam. If you do not have a web presence and an email is all you have to post Please let me know and I will encode it in javascript so the bots do not find it. I will only do this for those who do not have any other web presence and ask it be done.


Sorry but when we use a simple text editor this removes all formatting including any active links. If you have for instance: The word “Crafts” linked to http://www.tamicraft.com what will remain is “Crafts” with no link. Therefore all links must be inactive. In other words you cannot use a word or phrase and link to it, you must place your link as a written URL or Email address. Though you could add a short 1 line descriptive of the website: Example.

Author:

Robert Taormina

Email: robert@my-domain or ISP.com

Website:  

http://www.tamicraft.com  

 Embroidery, Crafts, Home Improvement/Decorating, Gardening, Small Business

http://www.cpfsn.org

Cerebral Palsy Family Support Network

If any link appears in the content section it also must be in the form of an inactive link (URL). Links in the content section may NOT be self-serving.

i. I personally have dozens of emails and 5 domains and several sub-domains but would be limited to only 3 self-serving links. Here I chose 1 email and two websites. I could have chosen three emails or three websites or any combination thereof.

ii. Double check your inactive links before submitting to be sure they are correct in their spelling and format so they work. All links will be checked and if any violate this agreement or the TOS the entire article will not be published or the link removed a our discretion.

iii. Your links may NOT go straight to a file to be downloaded of any type.

iv. We do not knowingly allow any URLs in any of our articles that are banned by our TOS or these guidelines or if your website engages in questionable SEO practices -- we may reject your articles.

v. We do not accept articles that have the same link more than once. Do not submit duplicate identical URLs.

vi. We will not accept articles with links to adult-oriented websites, racist sites, hate sites, sites that promote any illegal activity, pornography, adult-oriented sexual content or any site that is not content driven. In other words if you have a site filled with affiliates or Google adsence links or a just links site with no actual content it will not be allowed.

vii. We do not allow links to websites that are under construction. Websites must be active and have content in order for you to link to them from your article. We will reject your article if it contains a link of this nature. We understand websites are in a state of constant change but your primary content pages must be complete and of use to our readers.

viii. We do NOT allow the promotion of an online prescription pharmacy in your links nor links to illegal software, music, DVD’s or any other illegal activity we also will not allow links to pornography sites.

ix. We do not allow links to websites that contain Error 404 - Not Found. These are considered invalid links and will be rejected.

x. We do not allow links to “sales pages” for digital content. The link must direct a visitor to a valid website with content. If you have other links within that website that link to sales pages that would be acceptable provided the website itself is content driven. A links only site would not be acceptable.

e. EMAIL We highly recommend including a link to your website but do not advocate including a mailto: or email link to your personal or work email account. Spammers will abuse it. It's better to include a valid website URL and let potential customers find your email address on your website. If you include an email I would suggest you get one to an account on yahoo.com or hotmail.com and know it will be picked up by spammers. If an email is all you have and you want it posted you can ask that we insert it in javascript. This has so far kept our email from the spammers but we do not give any guarantee it will be effective for you.

Bringing Traffic to your article and your self-serving website.

a. The more traffic your article gets the more people will see it, and possibly use, your self-serving URL’s at the end of your article. Therefore your article may bring more hits and potential customers to your website. It is therefore imperative that you do everything you can to ensure search engines find and categorize your articles

b.  Your ability to drive traffic to your article is greatly dependant on your ability to find and use those keywords and to have a meta tag keyword list. If you want your article to get a lot of attention and you want those self-serving links to get a lot of attention then you have to optimize your article. The best way to do this is to submit along with your article a keyword list separated with comas no more than 25 keywords or keyword phrases and a meta description of 250 characters or less (including spaces) that summarizes the content of the articles using some of those keywords and a Title that is also a summary of the article that is of 80 character and spaces combined and uses a keyword or two. And placing some keywords within the article. Try not to duplicate too often keywords unless it is essential to the article. if your article does not contain a keyword list, a description and a title it may not be published.

Using keywords: Placing the top keywords related to your article within your article helps to bring more traffic to your article.

i. Please make sure you use those keywords in context.

ii. Ideally, your keywords should be optimized based on the most commonly searched keywords. It helps to use a good keyword research tool to help you determine which ones are best to use. (BUT it also helps to have keywords or keyword phrases that are unique as any search will be looking for search strings that users type in. If they type a search that is unique and your keyword list happens to have an exact match you will like as not be ranked highest among the hits listed by search) You need to find balance between what a normal person would search under and unique keyword or keyword phrases that some may use to find the information you provide in your article.

iii. You should have a minimum of 4-5 top keywords within your article if possible.

iv. You can submit up to 25 keywords or keyword phrases that we will place within the meta tag at the head of your article page. Please separate each keyword or keyword phrase with a coma. Do not exceed 25 keywords. Each word in a keyword phrase is considered in total as one keyword. For example the keyword phrase someone may search under: “ ,starting a small business, ” would be considered 1 keyword.

v. We do not accept keywords that are completely unrelated to the content of your article. 

Article summary & the meta descriptive tag:

Article Summary: We would like to have a brief summary of your article to post so that readers can find what they want more easily. In addition we would like to place a meta description tag in the header of the page. Every article should have up to a 250 character (including spaces) tag for the meta description in the head of your article page. This is a summary of what would be found in the article and helps search engines categorize your article. Some of the same keywords used in your keyword list should also appear in this description. So in order to serve both interests please send along with your article a 250 character or less (including spaces) description of your article. We will use this as both the summary placed on the entrance page and as the meta tag placed in the head of the page your article is on.

i. If you don't know what to put in your summary, just use the title and first sentence or two of your article.

ii. We do not allow self-promotion in your ARTICLE SUMMARY.

iii. We do not allow your AUTHOR NAME to be in your ARTICLE SUMMARY.

iv. We do not allow any website URL or Email Address to be in your ARTICLE SUMMARY.

3.Any article that does not adhere to these guidelines will cause the article to be rejected.

4. Any article submitted becomes the property of Tamicraft to do with as we wish.

5. The person submitting any article is solely responsible for its content. The ideas, opinions, and conclusions drawn are those of the author and in no way reflect those of Tamicraft, its owners, employees or subsidiaries or any person or entity affiliated with Tamicraft.

6. Upon submission the Author gives to Tamicraft total and complete rights to the article, to include but not limited to its possible editing, printing,  incorporation into another format, assignment, or to any use we at Tamicraft see fit to use the article for, and its future use by Tamicraft, its owners, heirs and/or assigns without recourse by the Author. Copyrights of the article are assigned to Tamicraft, its owners, heirs and/or assigns and are considered to be intact. Tamicraft its owners, heirs and/ or assigns shall have the right to sue for damages for infringement of copyrights, just as if we were the original Author, if any should use the article or any portion thereof without the express permission of Tamicraft, its owners, heirs and or assigns. Any compensation due the Author would be in direct relation to the amount of money the Author put forth toward the successful prosecution of the lawsuit and divided proportionately after all expenses have been paid. No part of this is to be construed to mean that Tamicraft has any obligation to seek any copyright infringement litigation on the part of Tamicraft or the original Author, nor that any litigation need include Tamicraft or the original Author.

7. No part of this agreement places any burden on Tamicraft its owners, heirs and/or assigns to verify the validity of the article nor to be held liable for any damages as may arise from any use of the article and the Author agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Tamicraft its owners, heirs and assigns should any seek damages. To include but not limited to those items stipulated to under section 1. b.

If you do not agree with any of the above please do not submit your article for consideration.

( On a personal note I would add that all that legalese is mostly to CYA. I do not expect any problems with any Article if you follow the guidelines and I do not expect any problems as to copyright infringement or any due to an Authors rights but we need to CYA so we must place this legalese stuff in here to protect our interests. Most articles are nothing more than opinions, or how to's and hold little interest to any would be thief. We post them as a public service but in order to protect ourselves, as the article is posted on our website, we also ask that we acquire the rights to the article so that we may enforce and protect ourselves through legal means and also so that any decision we make as regards the articles does not violate anyone's rights and come back to bite us in the ass. Again CYA.)

Thank You,

Robert Taormina

www.Tamicraft.com