So... since the entire Internet is apparently one big Fail meme today, let's just jump right in shall we? This week, we're rolling out some of the Public Access upgrades that we've been working on which is pretty exciting.The first of these changes is the landing page that Public Access members see when signing in. Starting today, that landing page will display our rules and guidelines for Public Access members and posts. All Public Access members will be expected to abide by these rules. (What happens if you don't? That is also detailed on the page!) We want to be sure that we're being clear and transparent with members about what the rules are, so we're putting them right up front and center.The next change regards publishing posts -- Starting Monday, there will be two types of membership to Public Access: A full membership, and what we're casually referring to as a 'trial' membership. There is one major difference between the two types of membership and that is that full members can publish articles to Public Access at any time, while trial members will need to submit their stories for approval by an editor.All new members to Public Access will, be default, given a trial membership. Once a member has published three stories without requiring significant editorial corrections, they will be upgraded to a full membership. Also, and this is important, those who have full memberships and violate our rules can be changed to a trial membership at any time. We've updated all the resource pages to include information about creating your post as a trial member, but as always, you can email us if you have any questions!

Lastly, as I mentioned last week, we're updating the way your article template pages look so starting Tuesday the page where you actually write and create your posts will be streamlined, with larger fields and features and a new color scheme. However, all the commands and functions are still in pretty much the exact same places so you shouldn't experience any problems.