Guidelines for Mondays Moments

Guidelines

1.  So what exactly IS Mondays Moments (MoMo) anyway?

M0M0 is a “blog carnival” (that concept is explained here). Basically, the idea is that on Monday you post a story that happened to you in the last week–anything funny or interesting that made your life last week (from Monday to Sunday) crazy, fulfilled, too busy, hilarious, wistful, or any number of out of the ordinary happenings that made you happy or miserable last week.  You post a link back here to my MoMo post, and enter your link in the “Mr. Linky” form at the bottom of my post.   

2.  You do not have to ask me first before you participate in MoMo.  Just jump right in. 

3.  You are not required to use the MoMo banner, though you are more than welcome to do so.

If you do, please be sure you’re using the the current one, at the top of this post.  If you don’t know how to add an image to your post, you can follow the instructions here. 

4. Please only leave a link if you have written a MoMO post.  Please mention MoMo in your post, and link back to my master list here.

From here on out, I’ll just delete “empty” links.

5.  Link to your MoMo post, not to the front page of your blog. 

This makes browsing so much easier for everyone, especially when people browse around in the archives.  For an explanation on how to do this, go here.

6.  Please DO NOT host your own MoMo “Mr. Linky” at your site.

I’d like to keep “Inspired by a True Story“ as the only homepage for Monday Moments, for simplicity’s sake. 

7.  Please be patient with your e-mail questions.

In particular, if you have a question that could be answered by using the “Help” section in your blogging software (“How do I upload images?” or “How do I link back to you from my page?”), please check there for answers first.

8. When you enter your link on Mr. Linky, you will most likely notice that it says “delete link” next to your name.  If you click on that, it will let you delete what you just posted.  No one else can see it, just like you can’t see the “delete link” next to my name on my computer.  Make sense?

9. Enter a 3-4 word description of your post, in parentheses, after you put your name.  Be descriptive, be specific, and BE BRIEF.

For example, where the box below says “Your Name”, you might put:

Billy (The worst day ever)

-OR-

Steve (Guitar Hero Champion)

-OR-

Carie (My great husband)

Make sense?  This will make it a jillion times easier to browse through the tips.  PLEASE KEEP YOUR PARENTHETICAL TITLE TO A MAXIMUM OF 4 WORDS. Mr. Linky freaks out sometimes when the “Your Name” portion gets too long, and it can mess up the alignment of the whole deal, making it harder to read.

10. I’ll put my MoMo post up no later than 12:01 am (central time) each Wednesday.  Frequently, I’ll have it up an hour or two earlier.

I know this is a lot of information!  Please know that I’m just trying to find a way to make it easier for people to browse through all your wonderful creative ideas.  Thank you SO much for participating in this–YOU are the reason it is such a success!

11.  I reserve the right to delete any links that are inappropriate.

12.  These guidelines were based on and used from Randy Elrod’s “Watercooler Wednesday” guidelines.  Check out that blog here.

Related posts:

1. Monday Moments
2. Monday Moments 2
3. Monday Moments 3 – Round up for Bob