How to Become a Contributor

A standard user or viewer of The Bristol Experience may add comments to posts, either by name or anonymously. He or she may also submit stories or pictures to The Bristol Experience by following these directions.

A CONTRIBUTOR maintains these rights, but also has additional privileges such as official recognition on TBE, a permanent screenname, and the ability to freely author posts.

If you wish to become a CONTRIBUTOR to TBE, please set up a Blogger account if you do not already have one. Directions for setting up a free Blogger account can be found by clicking on the Blogger symbol in the very upper left corner of your browser window. Next submit a formal request to us at thebristolexperience@yahoo.com with the subject TBE Contributor Request explaining why you'd like to become a TBE author. TBE administrators will review your submission, and at the discretion of TBE administrators, will accept or deny your request and notify you by e-mail.

Your initial CONTRIBUTOR status will be limited to a probationary period of no greater than 90 days from the date of your request. During this probationary period, you will be required to strictly adhere to our Terms and Conditions as well as provide relevant posts. During the probationary period, TBE administrators reserve the right to reverse or revoke CONTRIBUTOR privileges without notice or explanation for anyone who does not meet our basic criteria. After the probationary period, TBE administrators will upgrade your CONTRIBUTOR status to full author access with less strict monitoring.

TBE administrators retain to right to revoke any CONTRIBUTOR's rights at any time for severe or repeated violations of TBE Terms and Conditions or to anybody who is deemed irrelevant, harmful, disrespectful, or intentionally malicious. Also, CONTRIBUTOR's rights may be revoked due to extended inactivity of more than 6 consecutive months. Remember, once you become a CONTRIBUTOR, this is no longer just OUR site, it is YOUR site too, and as such we expect you to maintain a certain level of respect as a representative of TBE.

Please do not be intimidated by these terms. We here at TBE wish every visitor the opportunity to participate in this site. We invite you to join us and hope you will consider becoming a CONTRIBUTOR and help our site become successful.