Research Guides: INI101: Blogging the just city: Adding Content (Writing and Images)

Writing on Medium Plaform

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Drafts are unfinished posts that have not yet been published. Other Medium account holders can only read your draft if you share the URL.
Public posts are published and can be read by anyone from your profile page and elsewhere on Medium.
Unlisted posts are also published posts, but they cannot be viewed from your profile page or in the Medium network. You must share the post URL for people to be able to read them.
- Learn more about unlisted publishing.
- Publishing unlisted stories is not supported on mobile apps.
- Unlisted stories will not appear in the home feed, profile page, tag page, or search on Medium, nor will they appear in notifications or email digests.
- To share an unlisted story, simply share the URL of the post. Unlisted stories are not password protected, and anyone who has the link will be able to view the post.

Take a look at Writing & Editing pages in Medium Help Center, including:

Writing and formatting stories on Medium is super simple—just select the text you want to format and choose the relevant option from the toolbar.
Formatting your content
- Links (embed a hyperlink in your post)
- Titles, subtitles, headers, and subheaders (heading formatting is crucial for accessibility)
- Quotes
- Mentions (To mention another Medium user in a post, type the @ symbol and then the name or username of the person you want to mention)
- Lists (Simple bulleted and numbered lists)
Troubleshooting issues with editing a story

Embed Images from UnSplash
- "Over 400,000 high-resolution photos on Unsplash are now available in Medium. If you’re writing a story on Medium and you want to add a photo, simply click the search icon and select the photo you want." Learn more - Cho, M. (2018). Medium + Unsplash. Medium.Com.
Preferred image sizes
- Learn what dimensions work best for images on the Medium platform so the images embedded in your posts look great.
Image placement
- Learn how to position and display images when crafting a post on Medium.
Image alt text:
- Important tips on how to add hidden text that describes the image for readers using screenreaders and ensure that your post meets Wed Accessibility standards set out by Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
- Learn more about Web Accessibility:
  - UofT Scarborough Campus IITS Web development team's Introduction: An Accessible Web Handout
  - Government of Ontario's How to make websites accessible. (2020, October 19)
Image captions
- Create Image Captions to engage readers, enhance your content quality and give credit to the Image creators / sources
Grid layout for multiple images
Image links
- Learn how to set up an image so it's a clickable link

Medium editor supports embedding content from third-party services, such as Twitter, Instagram, Github gists, and more:

The Medium Help Center website can help answer questions about from Account Preferences, Reading, Writing, Policies & Safety and more

Take a look at Medium's Glossary to learn more about this platform