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How to Create a New Software Category

Thu, 05/01/2008 - 05:15 — gizmo.richards

We welcome the addition of new software category reviews to this site.

So if you feel a particular software category such as "Best Free Color Picker" is missing and you can from experience recommend  two or more good free products in that category then why not contribute that knowledge to the internet community by writing a short review. Who knows, for you it could be  the start of something big.

Any registered site user can create a new category by following the simple directions below.  Please note that all new reviews will be moderated by a site editor to ensure quality as well as to prevent spam and blatant advertising.  Normally moderation only takes a day or two. Once approved your review will be online for all to see and will be attributed to you.

Creating a new software category

1. Check that the category is not already on the site by using the site search on the left sidebar. So for example, if you are thinking of a new category called "Best Free Color Picker" then search "color" and "picker" and also some software product names in that category such as "pickmaster" or "pixie."

2. Make sure you are logged in to the site.

3. Select "Create content" from left sidebar

4. Select "Article"

5. In the Title box enter the software category. Start with "Best Free ..."  and follow it with your new category, for example "Best Free Color Picker."  Capitalize all words of four letters or more as this will be your page heading.

6. In the "Article type" select one of more broad class of software that best fit you new category. To select more than one class hold down the Ctrl key but you don't have to have more than one class, one is fine. Do not select "Best Freeware"  Select only from the follow classes:

-- Applications
-- Audio / Video / CD / DVD
-- Computer maintenance / Performance
-- Digital imaging / Photo software
-- Enhancements to Windows / Desktop
-- Internet: Email / IM / FTP / File sharing / Download managements
-- Office / Administration / Personal productivity
-- Security / Privacy / Encryption
-- System utilities / Backup / Data recovery
­-- Technical / Programming

7. In the "Article text box" enter your review. Reviews may be typed in directly or pasted from Word, Notepad or other text editor.

There are numerous help resources on this site to help you write your reviews. I suggest you read them all before starting.

8. Once you have completed your review scroll down to the heading "URL path settings"  and click on the little arrow to the left of the heading.

In the box enter the title of your review in lower case and with  a  "-" between words instead of spaces.  Please also add ".htm" to the end

So if your review is titled "Best Free Color Picker" enter "best-free-color-picker.htm"

9.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Submit"  to save your work. Read and re-edit as necessary.

Your completed review will automatically be reviewed by a site editor, no action on your part is needed. You will be contacted by email to let you know if the review has been published or alternatively you may receive some suggestions.

Official Category Editors can approve their own reviews without moderation