So you want to submit an article to the Library eh? Here is the step by step instructions on how to do that:
[h2]Step 1[/h2]
Read the article guidelines and understand them.
Write the article in your favourite word processor package (e.g. Microsoft Word) first. At this stage, don't put in any pictures yet. Save a copy to your hard drive as a backup (just in case) and then copy the entire document into the clipboard.
[h2]Step 2[/h2]
Go to the appropriate Library Category for your article (e.g. Natural Landscape, Painting the Forces of Evil etc) and click the Submit button at the top of the page under the words "Article Library."
Now fill out the three basic fields:
Article Name,
Description, and
Type.
Article Name is the title of the article - what you want the article to be displayed as in the library.
Description is a brief explanation of what the article is about.
Type is a way of defining the sort of article (Project, Technique, etc)
Once you're happy with these, click the
Submit button. The basic details will be recorded and you will be taken on to the next step.
[h2]Step 3[/h2]
Fill out the remaining details. Note that some default values have been set for you, but please change them to the appropriate values.
Complexity is a measure of how difficult your project would be for others to follow. Try to be as honest as possible.
Realm is the region or culture to which your article applies. Set it to All Regions if the article is not about a specific culture.
Status leave this as Draft if you are still working on the article and its not ready for the proofreaders to have a look at. Change it to Submitted when its ready.
Category is the part of the Library in which the article will be listed.
Paste in your article into the Article Text area and now use bbCode to make it look better. You can use the standard codes for Bold, Italics, underlining etc, that are used in the forums, plus we've added some new ones:
Code:
[aimg]imagename.jpg[/aimg]
[h1]heading 1[/h1]
[h2]heading 2[/h2]
[h3]heading 3[/h3]
[itemlist]list of items[/itemlist]
[center]text to be centred[/center]
[hr] - horizontal line
And we'll be adding a few others too over time.
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Some notes about the [aimg] tag: Its very similar to the [img] tag, but does not include the "http://www.websiteurl.com/" part. It is only for use with images that have been uploaded using the article system.[hr]
[h2]Adding Images[/h2]
Type in a short but meaningful name in the Image Title field. Its not really important, but it will help you identify the images later on.
Type in the directory path and filename of theimage to be uploaded (or better still, use the Browse button to find it). and then click Upload Image.
The image will be given a new, unique name and then uploaded to the site. The new filename will be displayed in the space on the left of the screen and will typically look like this:
img32as4dsd339s2.jpg. In brackets next to it will be the meaningful title you gave it.
To get that image to display in the body of the article type in [aimg] and then the new file name followed by the close tag, e.g.
Code:
[aimg]img32as4dsd339s2.jpg[/aimg]
[h2]Step 4[/h2]
Click the Submit button to save the article into the Library.
Articles that have a Status of
Draft will be not be proofread and will be deleted after a period of time. Submitted articles will be proofread and either Accepted, Rejected, or set to Needing Amendments.
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