Counterfire during the Coronavirus: letter from the editor
A letter to our readers from Counterfire's editor, Katherine Connelly
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- Category: Counterfire
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Counterfire's hot summer appeal - keeping the heat on
The last few months have turned into a hot summer of resistance - help us to keep the heat on
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- Category: Counterfire
How to Twitter: part three - get tweeting
Twitter is an entirely new way to communicate, in the final part of 'How to Twitter' its time to start tweeting
- Written by Isabelle Leach
- Category: How-to videos and guides
How to Twitter: part two - Twitter terminology
Part two of 'How to Twitter' looks at the lingo used in the Twitter community
- Written by Isabelle Leach
- Category: How-to videos and guides
How to Twitter: part one - getting started
The first in a three part 'how to guide' on setting up your first Twitter account and using it
- Written by Isabelle Leach
- Category: How-to videos and guides
Preparing images for Counterfire with Pixlr
Using a free online image editing tool to prepare images for Counterfire articles - covering cropping to the correct size and optimising
- Written by Ady Cousins
- Category: How-to videos and guides
Counterfire style rules
All articles on Counterfire must conform to a set of style rules to maintain consistency across the site, these rules are set out below
- Written by Ady Cousins
- Category: How-to videos and guides
Video: how to embed video in an article.
Screencast shows how to add a video to Counterfire using the user account reserved for embedding code
- Written by Ady Cousins
- Category: How-to videos and guides
Video: adding a custom module to Counterfire
This screencast shows you how to add a module to display embedded content in the right-hand column, it works with the embed code from Flickr, Issu and YouTube
- Written by Ady Cousins
- Category: How-to videos and guides
Video: adding an article to Counterfire's front page slide show
Screencast covering image dimensions and ensuring the correct url displays
- Written by Ady Cousins
- Category: How-to videos and guides
Video: changing the front page content on Counterfire
This short screencast covers how to add an article to the front page columns and how to change its position on the page
- Written by Ady Cousins
- Category: How-to videos and guides