ITworld is a participatory site that relies on IT professionals, vendors and other technology experts to help shape the site's content around challenges and solutions that define their world.

What to submit:

• A technology implementation tip or technique
• A technology how-to
• A tool recommendation
• A shortcut or hack that's made your life easier
• An interesting case study
• A news story
• Commentary or an opinion on a news event
• A link to an interesting blog, video, article or other resource

What not to submit:

• Press releases, product announcements, corporate webinars or other marketing materials.
• Non-HTML files with minimal value, including links to executable programs, screensavers, PDFs, Word documents, Excel documents, or anything that is deceptive in any way to our readers.
• Content that violates our Terms of Service.

What happens after you submit content:

When you submit something, it goes into a queue for the ITworld team to review. Content that meets the submission guidelines will be posted within 1 to 2 days, and will show up in your profile under "What I've posted". Unfortunately, due to the volume of submissions, we cannot contact you when an article is not accepted. However, you are always welcome to contact us if you have questions about why something wasn't posted, or the kinds of things we are looking for!

What we'll edit or delete:

ITworld reserves the right to edit or delete any content posted to the site. Typical edits will be to correct typos, and formatting issues. Deletions will be to remove marketing content, product pitches, inappropriate comments, and other content that does not adhere to our Terms of Service. Please note that we will not edit your submission for quality or content. If we feel it includes inaccuracies, is misleading, does not adhere to our submission guidelines listed here or in our terms of service, or does not offer value to ITworld's community, we will delete it. You won't be contacted when these edits or deletions occur. However, please contact us if you have any questions about your submission.

Blogging:

We're always looking for new voices. Presently, blogging is by invite only. If interested, please send an email to Jodie Naze with the topic you're interested in blogging about.

Etiquette: … Sorry, but we must

Please be civil, and don't say anything online that you wouldn't say in person.

We will delete comments that are not civil, or that contain unacceptable content. We define unacceptable content as anything included or linked to that:

• is being used to abuse, harass, stalk, or threaten others
• is libelous, knowingly false, ad-hominem, or misrepresents another person
• is obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, or profane
• infringes upon a copyright or trademark
• violates an obligation of confidentiality
• violates the privacy of others

If we delete a comment or link, we will say so and explain why.

We allow anonymous comments for now, but we will revoke the functionality immediately if abused.

For more information, please review ITworld's terms of service and privacy policy before you contribute.

Submit feedback, questions, complaints or suggestions to: submissions@itworld.com.

We reserve the right to change these guidelines at any time with no notice.