How Do I Submit Content?

The vamft.org website is a potential tool for sharing resources with the entire VAMFT community. If you would like to participate in that process, please consider writing an article about MFT-related topics and submitting them to the website. Or, if you've come across interesting web links to important MFT-related content, please consider posting it for others to review.

The vamft.org resources will grow from active users like you!

Here's a step-by-step guide to submitting a VAMFT article (or link) for review:

(1) In the top left menu bar, click on the 'Create Content' link (see screenshot #1).

(2) You will see two options: 'blog entry' and 'story' (see screenshot #2). Personal blog entries are ideal for sharing a small story about yourself, an anecdote about a topic you think other VAMFT members would find interesting, a quick update on your current research, etc. Blog entries can be long or short, but should be relevant to the VAMFT community. Stories, on the other hand, are intended to be more serious articles or professional links. You might submit an article on your professional opinion relating to cutting-edge research, or specific MFT-related topics for which you want to get feedback. You might submit a link to an online journal article or a news story written by someone else.

Select your content type (blog or story) and click the corresponding link.

(3) A title and a body are required for submission (see screenshot #3). The title should be short, and reflect a relevant MFT-related topic in order to best aid the VAMFT community when searching the website. The body is the 'meat' of the article. Please clearly reference outside source material, and provide web links where appropriate. Limited HTML tags are allowed while posting. There are tags for HTML Links, bold text, italics, etc. Click here for more details.

If you're submitting a link to an article, please try to be informative rather than opinionated. Submit an opinion as a comment to the article (or even a separate blog entry), but try to keep the original article reference as neutral as possible to allow other members to make objective decisions on the content.

(4) Once you've finished with the article content, you'll notice two buttons at the bottom of the screen (see screenshot #4). The 'preview' button will show your article in it's final form, while the 'submit' button immediately submits your article to the website.

It is strongly encouraged that you look over your submission using the 'preview' button! This gives you a chance to proofread the material and make sure you haven't made any mistakes that might cause the article to be rejected for submission.

When you click 'preview', you will see two separate previews: a 'trimmed version' and a 'full version' (see screenshot #5). The 'trimmed version' is the small teaser shown on the front page of the website, or in the corresponding RSS feed generated by the website. The teaser usually consists of the first few lines of the article. If you don't like the way the teaser looks (e.g. too short, clipped in a strange place, etc.) then you can edit your article and add the text '' (without the quotes) exactly where you wish your article to be clipped.

(5) When you're ready, click 'Submit'. You should see a message indicating that your submission was successful (see screenshot #6). Your article will be reviewed by a VAMFT Content Administrator and either approved for posting, edited (usually for minor style or punctuation type errors), or rejected (usually for very obvious reasons, such as spam or other inappropriate submissions). After your article has been accepted, it should show up on the homepage as well as in the search database for the website. Other members will be able to see the article and post comments.

We encourage you to post a variety of material to VAMFT's website in an effort to share information about the MFT profession.