For those of you who are on Medium
Thank you very much for your kind response, John. I feel that managing a publication is not hard, but it does require time. Even if I take the responsibility of owning it, I'm not sure if I'll be able to manage it in the future. We need someone who can devote enough time to getting the publication up and running.
Blessings to you!
Wow…Thank you very much, Goodluck Justice. Go ahead..., and best wishes! Please let us know when you are ready!
PS: Can you please share the link to your medium profile?
Much Love and Blessings!Thank you for sharing, Goodluck Justice. I am glad you said that. According to what I suggested and want it to be: all of us who will contribute to the publication would also be the editors, so it will be like self-publishing without needing to wait for someone to approve our work.
It'll be similar to self-publishing, but we'll be a group of authors and editors for our work at the same time.
Once the pub is up and running, we can add some random writers. People will come in to contribute their work, but they will only be ‘writers’ for our publication, not editors.
The publication should cover a range of Topics — Tasteful content. (That means that all types of content, including poetry, science and education, recipes, technology, history, and so on, will be accepted..)
Everything I said in my opening post must be discussed with everyone. All of us who will be a part of the publication must follow the guidelines after they have been finalized with everyone's input on this forum post to prevent any future problems.
One important thing: Writing for this publication does not imply that we are unable to contribute our work to our own or any other publication; there must be no such restrictions.
https://hubpages.com/forum/post/4261688
If you have any questions, please feel free to post and discuss them here.
As this is teamwork, everyone's opinion must be valued. I hope I made it clear.
Much Love and Blessings!
Hello, Justice. Thank you for your response:)
As far as I know, John Hansen and Linda Lum (Carb Diva) are interested in joining the pub and becoming editors. Pamela, another HP member, is a really kind friend. I'm not sure if she wants to participate. I have sent her an email, I hope she'll let us know soon.
As for the writers, I suppose we can add them at random once the pub is up and running. Yes, if anyone from HubPages wants to join the pub, they are most welcome.
I can create the pub logo, cover photo, and avatar and post them here for everyone to see and vote for the best one.
The publication description: As we are open to publishing about any topic, I believe a brief description will suffice. 'The home of diversified content,' for example, or 'Tasteful content- You'll fall in love with,' or a simpler one, like I'm using for my pub: 'This publication covers a wide range of topics, including psychology, fashion, lifestyle, food, poetry, personal essays, spirituality, and much more.'
Tags, I believe we can use 5, so choose tags that are commonly used, such as Lifestyle, Health, Recipes, Poetry, Science, and so on.
Editors can self-publish their work; there is no need for moderation because we have all been writing for a long time and are familiar with all of the standards that must be followed.
Yes, for writers, any editor who is online can review and publish their work.
PS: Can you please tell me the name of the publication? So that I can start working on the logo, avatar, and cover photo.
@Everyone: Please feel free to post any questions you may have. Also, feel free to offer advice and share ideas. Thank you very much!
Best Wishes and Blessings!
Please allow everyone to vote on the name of the publication. We were looking for something that could genuinely tell others that the pub is created by HP writers, at least, that was my vision, which I also expressed in my opening post.
Tess, I agree with you. 'HubPages Portfolio' is a good suggestion.
Let's wait for others to join the conversation and share their thoughts.
Furthermore, I believe we should not rename the pub because the URL will still contain the old name. So, it is possible that it may not appear in the Medium search. I guess we need to start over.John, I liked your suggestions about the name of publication. "The Hub Club" sounds great.
How about 'The Hubbers Club' or 'The Hubbers Page' or 'Where HubPages Meets Medium' or 'HubPages Meeting Medium'
After we finalize the name of the publication, I will start designing the Logo, Avatar, and Cover photo. I liked all the suggestions, but I agree with Pamela that HubPages Portfolio sounds more professional. I am counting mine, John's, and Pamela's vote. And of course, Tess's as she was the one who suggested it.
So is everyone okay with the name 'HubPages Portfolio'?
@ Tess @LindaLum @Goodluck Justice: Any suggestions?How about these GIFs as logo
Or
Cover Photo
Avatar
Or This
Totally love the beige one. Absolutely awesome!
There is a quotation mark left hanging.
To earn on Medium
https://hubpages.com/forum/post/4261688
@Everyone: Please check all the designs ( Avatar, Cover photo, and Logo) posted above. Let me know if there's anything you want me to edit. Thank you!
@Everyone: Hello, everyone. I am still waiting. Please check all the designs (Avatar, Cover photo, and Logo) posted above. Let me know if there's anything you want me to edit. Thank you!
It’s almost morning here and I am going to sleep now…See you all soonThank you very much, Justice. I'm sorry, but I don't want to share my WhatsApp number. There are no such things as trust issues; it's only that I have some ground rules that I firmly follow. Perhaps we can start a group email or join each other on twitter. I hope no one minds.
@Goodluck Justice: after finishing all HubPages Portfolio designs. I will also make some designs for your publication 'ALL INCLUSIVE MOTIVATION.' It’s my way to say thank you.
Sorry for the confusion, Tess.
I am making a separate design for Goodluck’s publication. I saw her publication is up, but she’s not using any logo. So I thought I should make one for her.
Our publication name is HubPages Portfolio.So why has Goodhead Justice now started a publication called Hubpages Portfolio, and the blurb reads:
"this publication is a place where writers and readers come to share and gain knowledge about health, psychology"
The URL is also incorrect. Also, it's not done in a publication. It has to be done in a publication. I don't think that someone who is new can do this.
Unless there is someone else, I can set this up as a pub. Has someone done this, or should I open up a publication?
It does need to be a publication?
OMG! I guess she's not paying attention to what we're discussing. Her pub's name was 'All inclusive motivation' until yesterday, which is why I said above that I would make one design for her to use on her publication ( All inclusive motivation.)
She also said she added 3 of us as Editors in the pub and will share the link to pub tomorrow... I'm curious who she added there and in which pub.
Tess, I believe it is a good idea if you can make the publication. You are a respectable member of the community, and we all have faith in you. I can do the designing.
PS: I don't use Facebook, but I do use Twitter.No problem, Tess. Please take your time. But I believe we should first ask Goodluck Justice to change the name, as we will be using it for our pub
Here's the link to my Medium Profile: https://misbahsheikhh.medium.com/
Here's John's:
https://jodah06.medium.com/
Pamela's:
https://medium.com/@Pamels99
Andrea's:
https://andrealawrence2468.medium.com/
I hope I am not missing anyone. I am not sure about Kenna's profile on Medium. Maybe she can drop the link here.
If anyone else wants to join in, please drop your Medium profile links here. Thank you!Sorry, I forgot to post Linda's profile link:
https://medium.com/@lindalum_2779
She loves to write about food and recipes
I need suggestions for the tagline and the description. We also need to decide on 5 different sub-magazines.
So me might have one for gardening, one for politics, homemaking, one for continuing ed (videos and tutorials on how to make things), or whatever. You tell me. In order to make it as viable and have something for everyone, I think it's important to have one or two of the sub-magazines to be more general. I'm open to suggestion.
We also need to agree on how to format. So that even if the story is different, it's easy to read, and our readers will get use to it.
I would suggest sticking to Medium formatting.
Title - H1
By line H2
The featured image (the one that acts as a thumbnail when you post the link elsewhere) should be directly under the H2 byline.
Sub-titles through out story - H1
On medium, about 50% is IT. It's broadening, though.
Tess, you suggested using H1 for the title and H2 for the byline. I have a question: aren't we allowed to use a kicker? I do use it sometimes.
I agree, John. Having a miscellaneous section is a nice idea.
I guess no one has received any invitation from Justice to be an editor.Hello, Justice. Can you please rename your publication to what it was originally? We never asked you to rename the publication because the URL doesn't match. We have now voted for Tess to be in charge of this publication; I guess you are new to this. I apologize for any inconvenience and hope you understand..
Blessings and Best wishes!
Okay, so here's the Avatar
Please, everyone, let me know if it looks fine now.I am posting 2 logos here, please choose one of them
[First]
[Or Second]
Here's the cover photo:
Please, everyone, let me know if it looks fine now.Okay, Tess
Please check your email I have sent you the images. Don't forget to check the spam folder
Thank you very much, Joshua. We'd love to have you on our team. When you're ready, don't forget to post the link to your Medium profile here.
Best wishes and Blessings!
Hello, Tess,
Kudos to you!
Thank you so much for adding all of us. We are missing LindaLum, she writes about food.
Kenna McHugh wanted us to add her as a writer.
I just checked the publication setting. The beta version will only let you add Avatar and cover images. I really didn't like the Beta version when I was making my publication and opted out of it. I like the settings that I made for my pub. If you want you can apply the same in the HubPages portfolio. Please see the screenshot. The Beta version also doesn't let you design the Homepage.
This is how my publication appears:
These are the settings :
See there's an option so it lets me edit my homepage as well.
These are the settings for the homepage... and it lets you add more eye-appealing effects.
The Beta version does not let you edit the homepage settings...
Now the thing is only Avatar will be available for others to see. The logo will also appear on the homepage, whereas in the beta version it does not It is the same for my publication as well. Alternatively, what we can do is add a background image on the homepage instead that way the cover photo of our publication will be visible to others as well or We can also use a simple color like I am using. Please see below, I tested it:
.
Change the size to 'M' or 'L' and add a cover image. For the layout, I chose both the Logo and Title.
Here's how my publication appears to the readers the more eye-appealing it will look the more the reader wants to stay
I am also adding one of my previous story to the publication under heart section. I request all the editors to add one of their previous or new stories. So that we can fill up the homepage
Can you get into settings? I've added you as an editor.
I've added all five sections in the magazines plus the cover photo. I've now switched to the original version. It still doesn't show the cover version. Worse, it doesn't show the different sections. I have the size set to Medium.
Tess, this is how it appears for now. I can't see the sections. Do you want me to get into the settings and make the changes?
Yes, it appears like this now... I would prefer a Grid style like mine
I can see the sections now as well as the cover photo you added. You need to drag and adjust it. It will not appear whole but to make it more visible you need to change the layout size to Large. And also you have to choose the 'Both' option. So that the Logo and title both will appear on the pub homepage.
Well, I've added you all as editors. Many hands make light work. Maybe we can do a great job on this publication and get many readers. We're all good writers here! Well, those of us who have been doing this for a long while, anyway.
Yes, I like it.
However, can we change the white tag line to black. It covers the picture and is difficult to to read. Alternatively, can se change the picture so that the print is above the Hubpages Portfolio blurb line.
I have no idea how to fix that, but I have written to Medium to ask them.
Here’s the new look:
Pamela, I saw you submitted a draft, and I approved it; you can accept your work immediately without waiting for anybody else to do so. You also need to include a tag for one of the categories in which you are posting, in your case it was 'Mind.' (I added it already)
Here’s the list of tags:
For Mind, Heart, and Spirit, use the word 'mind'
For Poetry and Fiction, use the word 'write'
For How to do anything, use the word 'creators,
For Here, There, and Everywhere, use the word 'issues,
For Home and Garden, use the word 'home,I guess I've figured it out.
Please check. Is it looking nice now?
Just checked and found that it is not looking good on my IPad.
May be we can only use the logo and avatar like this:
I'm not a lawyer, but aren't you on thin ice by calling it "HubPages Portfolio?" My understanding is that "HubPages" is a trademark and a brand.
Even just reworking the HubPages logo for your own use, writing the word in a different font, is likely not allowed in this context.
If Arena wanted to complain at some point in the future, you could just get taken down? They might see it as you using their brand name?
You'd probably be okay doing it with a private Facebook group, but you're using it in the public domain with a publication that people are using to make money?
Anyway, I'm not seeking to be involved. It's just a thought that occurred to me.Let's wait for Matt's response. I saw he's online; maybe he'll answer here.
Attention Everyone
I'm not completely satisfied with Matt's response regarding the use of the word 'HubPages' in the name of our publication. I don't want to get myself or any of you into any legal trouble. So I'd like to close this publication, and anyone who has contributed to it, please remove your work from it before we take it down.
I'm going to start a new publication with a different name and add all of the HubPages Portfolio's editors and writers to the new pub. You can then repost your previously published stories in the new pub...The publication will be named "Hubbers Portfolio." It will be ready in a few hours. I sincerely hope this does not offend anyone.
Best Wishes!
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