VIDEOS
All videos need titles. Only use a caption if you think it's needed to explain further. Keep them short and avoid using questions. Only use the name in the caption.
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If your quote came from a story you are using on the People and Stories page - add the text [Full story] (in square brackets) after the attibution attribution so they know to add this link.
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All staff stories on the P and S pages must also link to their profile. This means that for a staff member quoted on the About page you might link to the full story and then from there to the profile.
Use of speech marks in stories
Use the pattern that Vic uses in publications. Don't go back and change loaded pages now - this will be sorted later.
- If the story is entirely in the first person then don’t use any speech marks. Speech marks will automatically appear around the pull quote on the site as this is a design feature
- If the story is a mixture of narration and quotes then – use quote marks as normal:
- Speech marks at start of each paragraph/quote
- If the quote runs over two paragraphs, don't close it at the end of the first para, but do add speech marks at the beginning of the second para, then close them at the end.
"Victoria was amazing.
"I really loved it." - If your two paragraph quote is broken by a subheading, treat it as two separate quotes. ie close both paras.
This should be the approach regardless of whether the page has a mixture of stories with different approaches.
Naming conventions for quotes and stories.
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Use caps when you are referring to anything which is an area of study or a subject. Use lower case when you are referring to the noun in a general sense. It's true that sometimes it's not that clear which you are doing - in this case just use your best judgement!
eg
Geophysics explores the atmosphere and the ground beneath our feet—combining maths and physics with the outdoors. You'll get a solid grounding in the basics of Earth Sciences, Maths and Physics, and then choose to focus on either Meteorology or Solid Earth.
If you want to learn about the Earth and how it works, while working outdoors and honing your skills in maths and physics, Geophysics—Solid Earth is a good choice for you.
FUN FACTS - SOURCES
- We name sources for fun facts except those that don’t need it (eg the number of minutes it takes to walk somewhere)
- We include the date
- If there is a suitable site to link to, we just name the organisation the fact came from and then link to the page (or a pdf if necessary)
- If there is not a website, we include just the name of the organisation and the year, or the publication as per APA style eg Tourism NZ, 2015, Tourism in Aotearoa Today (there will be very few if any of these)
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