What happens after you submit a blog post?

The post will appear in your blog. It will also appear when people click any of thetagsthat you have assigned to the post. iMech indexes its content about once every hour. Once indexed, your post is searchable. The post will also appear in front of people who have subscribed to theRSS feedsof iMech.

Your post has a unique URL (so-calledpermalink), which appears in the navigation bar when you click the title of your post. Such a permalink can be used by all authors in the Internet tohyperlinkto your post. So, each post is like an atom, capable of chemical reaction with other posts. Make each of your post focused. This is particularly important if you have more than one good ideas.

Say you have two distinct good ideas. To be distinct, they must be able to stand alone. Instead of writing a single post, you should write two separate posts, each devoted to one good idea. This way, you or another writer later can pick one idea to hyperlink to, without being cluttered by unwanted ideas. Of course, you can always write a thrid post that explores the connection between your two good ideas.Make every good idea atomic.

After submission, you can edit all parts of your post as many times as you like. You can modify the title, the text, and the tags.

The moderators of iMech can also edit all parts of your post. You can view the changes by clicking the title of your post, and then the tab "revisions". If you disagree with the modification, click "revert". iMech keeps track of all such operations, which are open to all who care to see. Thus, iMech acts like awiki. In addition, moderators may decide to promote your post to the front page of iMech.