Magazine title
Acceptable forms of magazine title:
‘PerKs Magazine’
‘perKs magazine’
‘perKs’
Language
Australian (or UK) English, not US English, including: ‘-ise’ and ‘-our’, e.g. ‘polyamoury’, not ‘polyamory’
General
Use minimal capitalisation, including in headings
Commas — serial or ‘oxford’ commas should be used only to avoid ambiguity
Single space between sentences
Hyphens — use single word when possible, use to join words when used as adjectives, e.g. online not on-line; super-perky perks not super perky perks
Em dashes — use a single space on either side, e.g. ‘ — ‘ (I find it easier to read onscreen)
Lists
For list items, be consistent in your punctuation and usage
If the list contains multiple sentences in an item, use sentence punctuation throughout; otherwise keep end-of-item punctuation to a minimum
Quotes
Single quotation marks
For external quotes, use blockquotes
References
Avoid making unsubstantiated claims, unless giving your opinion or making an observation
Link to references where appropriate
Follow quotes with ‘–‘ and the reference details (e.g. author, title) and link as appropriate
Links
All links should open in a new window
Section breaks
For longer articles with section breaks, use *** (centred) to divide each section (see https://perksmag.com/relationships/to-the-exclusion-of-all-others/ as an example)
Ask Rhonda
Use the wp-caption Style for questions, answers in normal paragraph style
Images
Include a source for any images where available including a link. Do not include images that are subject to copyright (photopin.com is a good source of Creative Commons images)
‘Featured image’ should include a cropped version of the image that is 770 x 420
Bio pics are 200 x 200 and use img class=”avatar-l
