How do I post to this site?

Please read everything on this page first.  Thanks!

Create an account (it's quick and easy).

Make sure you check your junk mail folder for the confirmation email.

Log into the site.

Navigate to the Open Journal, Concentrations or Profiles.

PLEASE make sure you closely follow our style and formatting guidelines.

You can upload and link to an MP3 by clicking the link icon (in the text editor) and then by clicking the upload button within the link editor.  This site utilizes the Yahoo Media Player.  A play button will appear next to any link/url that links to an MP3.

Once you have logged in, look for the little black button that says 'post new entry'.  See image below.

What goes into a profile?

Please use the guidelines below to create a profile for this site.
Please follow ALL our posting instructions when you finally post.

1. Please put your name + a dash + a title or relevant callout into the post title.
2. Consider listing your current title and a description of your current occupation.
3. If you are a BDIC student or alumni, please briefly describe your concentration.
4. Please include your year of graduation.
5. If you have a concentration on this site, please link to it.
6. Consider describing the impact BDIC has had on your life.
7. Consider briefly describing your current goals (life and business objectives).
8. Consider posting a very brief, encapsulated version of your resume.
9. Consider listing your contact details and links to other sites where you can be found.

What can I put into the Open Journal?

All of the following is welcome in the Open Journal:

• Relevant News Stories
• Relevant Press Releases
• Blog Posts
• Concentrations
• Profiles
• Images
• Videos
• Audio
• Alumni News

Sorry, anything that does not conform to all of our guidelines will have to be deleted.  Contact BDIC if you have any questions.

Style and Formatting Guidelines

Please closely follow our Style and Formatting Guidelines:

Step one - Please strip out all of the styling and formatting that was attached to your text by your word processor.  If you are not sure how remove formatting/styling by saving your document as plain text, go to our Formatting and Style Remover page.  Paste and re-copy your text will all of the styling and formatting removed.

Step two - Please read and follow the bullets below:

• If you are embedding anything (such as a video) make sure it is no wider than 530 pixels.
• If you are inserting an image, please make sure it is no wider than 530 pixels first.
• Do not enlarge any of your fonts.
• Please do not bold or italicize more text than you absolutely need to.
• Please properly attribute all works owned by others.
• If your post is taller than four inches, please excerpt your post by pressing the excerpt icon on the right side of the text editor.
• Please make an attempt to properly tag and categorize your posts.

Contributor Guidelines

You agree not to post any copyrighted, unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind.

You agree to accept the terms of our privacy policy.

You agree to abide by the policies of this website.

You agree to our copyright and acceptable use policies.

You have definitely read our formatting and style guidelines!

Privacy Policy

Design My Major is committed to preserving and maintaining the privacy of visitors of this website.

When you access Design My Major your visit is not tracked by individual name or any other identifiable mark.

Some computer information and automatic and optional information is collected. Automatic information includes:

• Client information: the Internet domain and Internet address of the computer you are using.
• Essential technical information: identification of the page or service you are requesting, type of browser and operating system you are using; and the date and time of access.

Optional information is collected only if you choose to send it. For example if you choose to complete an online form, make an online purchase, or send an e-mail. This may include:

• The time that you sent an e-mail
• Your name, e-mail address, and the content of your e-mail
• All the data you choose to fill in or confirm, including credit or debit card information if you are making a payment or donation, as well as information about other people if you are ordering a gift and want it sent directly to the recipient's address.

Copyright and Acceptable Use

Content (text, logos, images, video, sound recordings and etc) within the Design My Major website with exception to content owned by the University of Massachusetts is covered by the Creative Commons license shown within the footer of this website.

It is the responsibility of all parties storing and posting materials within the Design My Major website to ensure that such material does not violate other parties' proprietary rights or the policies of this website. Design My Major reserves the right to delete or make inaccessible files that contain material that is in violation of law or of applicable Design My Major policy.

Design My Major is not responsible for any errors in the material provided on the Web and shall not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of any material found this website.

Site Policies

Except as noted, the information below applies to the Design My Major website.  You may also find within the Design My Major domain— signified by the address "designmymajor.com"—personal web pages, text, video or publications created and maintained by faculty, staff, students, student organizations and others for which neither the Design My Major site, the University of Massachusetts nor the Amherst campus is responsible for the content and administration. These pages and their content, including but not limited to factual statements and opinions, are the sole responsibility of their creators and do not represent, explicitly or implicitly, positions, policies or opinions of Design My Major or UMass Amherst. Although Design My Major encourages compliance with all policies and practices, Design My Major serves only as a provider of Internet-related services.