How to write a Daily Kos story

On April 16, 2026, Daily Kos entered a new stage, with our debut on two new hosting platforms, WordPress (for stories) and Viafoura (for comments).

This platform transition requires new techniques for participating on the site, especially for writing stories. The explainer that our long-time in-house developer, iterology, posted shortly before the transition—"Preparing for site migration: the basics of writing a story on the new site"—covers the key elements of writing and publishing a story.

Some minor details have been changed since the original publication date, but the overall process he describes remains the same. If you have particular questions related to posting a story, please feel free to reach out to us via the Help Desk.