How to Get an Article Published in TYPO3 News 

Why publish in TYPO3 News? 

By providing a steady stream of content about the vibrant activity in the TYPO3 community, we help it grow stronger.

Your news makes a big difference. Reports from events help participants feel recognized for their contributions. News about TYPO3 development, especially from teams and initiatives, keeps everyone in the community in the loop. For newcomers, this steady stream also helps them see where the action is, and where they can get involved.

What do you need to get started? 

All community members can submit content for publishing on news.typo3.com. You’ll need a typo3.org account and a TYPO3 Slack account, and you're ready to start.

The TYPO3 Content Group manages a lot of the content on typo3.org. While you don't have to be a member of the group to get published, you can certainly get involved, if you like.

What Types of Submissions are Welcome? 

Wondering what kind of content you can submit? Some ideas:

  • Community event promotion and reports
  • Reports from teams and initiatives
  • News about TYPO3 development
  • How-to content like tutorials and reviews
  • Highlight community members in an interview

Submit content or an idea right now. You should do it as soon as possible, even before you have started writing.

Getting Help With Your Article 

So you’ve got an idea for an article but not confident with writing in English on an international stage?

No problem. We have a diverse international community, and we want to make sure the barriers for participating in publishing content are as low as possible. So if you need help to translate and copy-edit your article, we still want to hear from.

  • Writing — If you have an idea, we can help find someone to write it for you.
  • Translation — Bring us an article in any language and we’ll translate it. We also have translators to produce press releases in multiple languages.
  • Improving/Copyediting — Need some help to improve the readability of your article in English?
  • Proofreading — A light pass on the English language grammar, spelling, and some error-checking.

Submission Process 

Submit 

To start, you’ll have to complete the content request form. Tell us about the content you want to submit, and what kind of support you need. Ideally, we’d like to use Google Docs for editing. If you can make it possible to view and comment on the Google Doc, then we can review it and delegate it. Then we’ll request edit access for those individuals or move the document into the shared directory for the TYPO3 Content Team.

Delegate 

This will log a ticket into the TYPO3 Content Trello Board. The board is publicly available and you can use it to track the status of your submission.

A member of the Content Group will find your submission in the board. The article will receive a tentatie publication date. This date depends on your article, resource availability, and space in the publication pipeline. We are aiming to keep the time it takes to get something published as short as possible.

Escalate 

If you have an urgent request, please come into the #t3a-content-group channel in TYPO3 Slack to tell us you have an urgent matter that needs priority. We will do our best to accommodate your need.

Promote 

Your article may be shared on social media and TYPO3’s newsletters, such as the TYPO3 Association Newsletter.