Welcome to the Harris County Republican Party Blog.

Our blog content is user generated and provides a new voice for Republican elected officials, candidates, political groups and concerned citizens alike.

To become an author on the HCRP blog, please register here.

All articles must be reviewed before going “live” on the website. We will try to moderate all posts in a timely manner and approve all appropriate articles, but we cannot guarantee that all articles will always make the cut.

To ensure that your articles are used, please submit content that is appropriate for all ages (no profanity), is topical to current conservative Republican issues and does not contain “SPAM” content and links.

Title Formatting

1 – Put Your Title In Title Case.

This means that the first letter of every major word should be capitalized. You may also capitalize common words such as “the”, “to”, “a”, and “for”, but that is optional. DO NOT USE ALL CAPS IN YOUR TITLE. And do not capitalize only the first letter of the first word of your title. Rather, capitalize the first letter of each major word.

2 – Use Proper Spelling and Grammar in Your Title.

If you have grammar and/or spelling errors in the title, it leads the publisher and reader to believe that the rest of the article may also be low quality. Your title must be properly written. Any mistakes in an article title can lead to an immediate decline.

For example: Incorrect grammar: How To Choose A Article Distribution Service….Correct grammar: How To Choose An Article Distribution Service

If you are targeting keyword phrases and one of your key phrases has a grammar or spelling error in it, then don’t use it, especially not in your title!

3 – Your Title Must be at Least 2 Words Long.

The purpose of your title is to tell the reader what your article is about, and one-word titles don’t offer much help. Many publishers require that your title be no shorter than 2 words. Ideally your title should be long enough to indicate the specific topic of your article.

For example: A too short title: Cars…..Better title: Top 5 Family Friendly Fuel Efficient Cars

4 – Your Title Should Not be Enclosed in Quotes.

Just type your title in the title field–there is no need to put quotation marks around the title.

5 – Your Title Should Not Have a Period at the End.

There is a theory that a period at the end of a title serves as a mental stop to the reader and can deter them from reading further into your article. Whether or not that is the case, many publishers consider a period at the end of a title to be bad form and will decline articles on this basis.

Paragraph Formatting

1 – Use Paragraph breaks

Posting large blocks of text without any visual “breaks”, or spaces between the paragraphs, can become very difficult to read on the internet. Do your readers a favor and use paragraph breaks to help guide their eyes through your article.

2 – Use Bold Sub-headings

Just as paragraph breaks are needed to help give your article structure and help the reader’s eyes flow through your article, bold sub-headings are another great tool to help your article “read” easier.

3 – Quotes

When quoting another source, you may want to use a “block quote”. The block quote tool is marked with a “quotation mark” symbol, or in the HTML editing mode, it is titled “b-quote”.

This is an example of a block quote. Formatting your text in the manner allows your readers to tell at a glance that you are quoting another source.

4 – Add Photos and Video

The Internet is truly a multi-media world. Take advantage of our blog’s multi-media tools by adding photos and video to your articles. To add a video, copy and the embed code from any popular video hosting sites (YouTube, Vimeo, Blip, etc) and paste it into the special section at the bottom of your article publishing page titled “video embed code”. If you’d like your video to show up in the “featured video” section on the right side of the homepage, add the tag “videos” to your article.

5 – Selecting Categories and Tags

After you have written your article, please select the most appropriate category that your article should be listed under. As we add dozens of articles to our site, this will help readers find the material they are looking for. You can also add “tags”, which are more specific descriptive words that also help readers find articles related to a specific topic.

6 – Spellcheck!

Don’t forget to give your article one last “spell check” before finishing.When using the visual editor, the spell check tool looks like a check-mark with the letters “ABC” above.