Writing Catholic Articles through Learn-By-Example Approaches
Learn-By-Example Method for Small Catholic Web Site Development
Writing Catholic articles for online publishing, is
easier through a learn-by-example approach method. This
web site follows that method of teaching.
Learn-by-example Methods
We often run into articles, content, or posts online that
teach many things, and give a lot of how-to-do information
on various technology and SEO techniques. Many of
these articles explain very well and teach in a very
precise and detailed manner. However, learning in this
manner, and through some of their methods, often require much
time and study - most of it in-depth and needing more absorption.
Sometimes the information given or the principles taught,
involve certain terms and jargon which presuppose a comprehensively
well-informed background on web development. This web site
follows an approach that offers a very easy learn-by-example method
to understand the basic knowledge needed by small Catholic web developers:
building a small Catholic web site and blog;
writing Catholic articles
and blog posts;
optimization; and starting a social network of Catholic friends,
family, and other Christian contacts and links. Below is an
introductory example of how this method can be used in web
content development (writing Catholic articles and blog posts).
A one to three-sentence introductory paragraph
Before writing the Catholic article itself, one can produce
a brief one to three-sentence introductory paragraph that
gives the reader an idea what the article is about. This
short introductory helps the reader know whether the information
he is seeking can be found in the Catholic article.
This way of introducing and briefly describing the Catholic article
can be used for both online and printed publications.
It is very helpful when an introductory paragraph can sum up
perfectly and in a concise presentation, what topics and content
is contained in the entire article.
Topic paragraph headers
At the top of every paragraph in the Catholic article, it
will be helpful for the readers to know through a short
heading what the paragraph is about. When readers
scan or skim the article, they would find it easier if
we are to place paragraph headers (headers are the titles of
the paragraphs that use header tags). After the introductory
paragraph, we can have about two to five paragraphs that
develop the topic and are given each a paragraph heading.
Summary and conclusion
After writing the introductory paragraph and developing
the topic of the article into two to five paragraphs, then
we can sum up all the content in a "Summary and conclusion"
paragraph heading. This paragraph summarizes all the ideas
presented and concludes with a suggestion to help the reader
discern and decide what action he is to take - given all the
information he has read.
Supplementary paragraphs
With the main body of the article and the summary paragraph
already developed, supplementary paragraphs can also be added
to give further information related to the content of the article.
Related sources such as books, magazines, blog links, and other
link resources, can be placed under a "Related sources" or
"Sources of this article" paragraph heading. A second
supplementary paragraph can be a list, where readers can choose
where they want to follow any article updates on the web site:
e.g. on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, LinkedIn, etc.
Most professional bloggers use icons and small applications so that
it would be easier to follow the updates on their site. The
reader only needs to click on the icon image to follow them.
Most often, these small applications are third-party applications
that require a code to be placed somewhere within the web page.
For basic and small Catholic web site development, it is important
that we keep the use of third-party applications to a minimum. This
is to prepare us for the event that it may not work anymore or
something goes wrong. If kept to a minimum, it would then be easier
to correct and replace with a substitute. One suggestion is to
use links instead of icon images, so that the web page loads faster
for the readers.
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If you intend to follow the methods presented in this web site - both
the basic and the advanced, you can choose any one of the following:
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