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Things you can do on ITworld:

ITworld is designed to be an "open exchange" that allows IT professionals, technology vendors, and other industry luminaries to participate in creating content around specific topics.

As a contributor, you participate in building the content on ITworld by sharing and discussing best practices, how-tos, opinions, news or industry events.

Here are some things you can do:

Share a tip or how-to
Submit a clever way to do something, a short-cut, a hack, or an in-depth how-to. To submit something, click on Contribute. If you're not registered, you will be asked to do so. If you are registered, you'll get a page that allows you to submit your content, give yourself a byline, and choose a topic. Your submission will eventually appear on that topic's home page. Please do not submit press releases, product announcements or marketing materials.

Point to an article on another site
Submit an article you found helpful or just plain interesting. Write a short teaser, include why you liked it, and link to the original article. To submit, click on Contribute anywhere on the site, and follow the steps above.

Find your article
Articles with the most page views are listed in the "most popular" section on the home and topic pages. You can also subscribe to topic-specific RSS feeds.

Make it popular
If you like something, tell your peers. Click the "I like it" icon next to the article.

Share
Email favorite articles to colleagues, friends, family.

Discuss
Offer your considered reflection by commenting on any article or blog post.

Sign up
Keep up with new submissions on the site via an ITworld newsletter or RSS feed.

Promote yourself
Create a page about you. Set up a profile to promote things you've done, what you're working and things that interest you. Register, and then click on My Profile to fill it in.