Everyone,
I thought of a couple of other important things right after I sent out
the previous message. Typical :)
I am going to need final copy of any articles in by the 21st of May in
order to have time to finish putting the issue together for release on
June 1. So, if you are going to submit I would like an abstract by the
7th .
Also, if anyone out there has graphic talent I would be most
appreciative of some help with the cover. The magazine will need some
type of logo and beyond that - just the general layout. If you have
quarkxpress I can email you the cover as is. Otherwise, if you create a
logo in some type of graphics format (png would be appreciated though) I
can bring it into my layout work. If you have interest let me know and
I will email you a pdf of the cover.
thanks,
Keith
B. Keith Murphy wrote:
Everyone,
I have received quite a bit of positive feedback on the idea of a
MySQL e-zine and I am moving forward. I would like to have the first
issue out by the 1st of June. I have decided to have a theme of the
first issue on security? Why? Well, to be honest, it will any easier
topic to start with. And second, unfortunately, I think security is a
neglected aspect of many MySQL installations.
Here is where the community comes in. I am looking for some
articles. Article length will be around 550 words for a single page.
An article can be up to 3 pages long. If you need to include graphics
that will need to lower the word count of course. Please submit plain
text and preferably png graphics although I can manage pretty much any
graphic type if necessary. It would be best if you submitted an
abstract of sorts - just a paragraph or two about what you want to
write about. That way we can see if it will work before you write out
the full length article.
Some ideas for article topics:
User account management for security
Server hardening (OS and mysql server)
SQL Injection attacks and coding to prevent them.
Other non-security article ideas will certainly be considered as every
article will not be about security. If a an article idea is of good
quality and it won't fit in the first issue than it certainly be used
for the fall issue.
Unfortunately there is no way I can pay for articles right now. Down
the road I would like to get some advertisers /sponsors and use that
to pay for articles. Just remember that this a way that you can give
back to the community.
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