Hi all,

Do we have an Avsim style guide for the front page at all?

If not I'd be happy to look at putting something together - would be good to try and maintain a bit of consistency in terms of how we post articles, how we refer to people and organisations, abbreviations etc.

Best,

Simon

Not my area of expertise or operations but I am pretty positive the front page is dictated by the Theme installed.  We currently have the default theme and looking at changing the theme to something else.  We may bring in a professional designer or someone who can make the theme appropriate for AVSIM.  I do not think Brian, the AVSIM Tech, is able to commit time to changing themes.  He is the only one who can install it.

Hi Jim,

I didn't mean the appearance from a technical point of view -- more style in terms of how articles are written/formatted. All newspapers/magazines/online outlets etc will have one with the aim of ensuring consistency throughout the publication -- it's neater and easier for audiences to read. The BBC's is online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/journalism/news-style-guide as an example.

For example -- is it Avsim, AVSIM, AVSIM.com? How do we abbreviate things -- FSX-SE or FSXSE? P3Dv4, P3D v4, P3D4, P3DV4 or even (as I have seen in some places) P4D? 14 July, 14th July, 14/4, 4/14, July 14th? 150kt, 150 kt?

It's the sort of thing journalists get excited/geek out about, along with the finer points of grammar and whether or not one should use the 'Oxford comma' :).

Cheers,

Simon

Okay.  Thanks for the explanation!