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ffexchange_mod ([personal profile] ffexchange_mod) wrote in [community profile] ff_exchange2011-04-29 10:55 pm

A guide to posting.

Hello, everyone! The uploading deadline is on Saturday, May 7th, 2011, 23:00 UTC — click that link for the time in your area! How's everyone doing with that dim light wavering in the distance, drawing ever closer...?

We have opened up the DOINK! 2011 collection. On that page, you can follow the links at the top and Post to the DOINK! 2011 Collection. If you're just posting via the regular Post New page, please remember to specify ff_exchange2011 in the Collections/Challenges text area, under Associations. If you forget this, your work will be revealed too early and be public for everyone.

This round, we are asking everyone to please put the prompt they are using in their notes section at the top if you can, so it's easier for us to track filled prompts. This will help us get the Chocobo Down lists out faster. :)


Uploading your Fanwork to the Doink! Collection

To upload your fanwork into the Final Fantasy Exchange collection, you must upload it directly into our subcollection for this round, Doink! Final Fantasy Exchange 2011. There are two ways to do this!

1. From the main page, click on Post New:



From the Post New page, scroll down until you find the "Associations" section, and the following fields:



You need two pieces of information to upload your work correctly: the specific collection name and your recipient's AO3 username. The former is ff_exchange2011 and the latter you received with your assignment. These two fields are very important!

2) Alternately, if you upload from the 2011 collection home page by clicking on "Post to Collection" the collection field will be filled for you already:



This only works if you are viewing the 2011 collection. Be sure not to upload to a different collection. It is very important that you put your story in the ff_exchange2011 collection. If you do not do this, it will not be included in the collection and will be publicly available on the archive as a regular story - and will ruin the surprise!

Next, be sure to include your recipient's name. This was sent to you in your assignment. You can type it in (check and make sure it's correct!), or you can also use the archive's auto-complete feature:



If you no longer have your assignment e-mail, please contact us and we will send you a copy ASAP. :)

After this, you should be all set to fill out the rest of the information on the Post New page following the prompts on the page and the help files, indicated by . If you have any questions about the tags AO3 requires or embedding images with HTML, just ask, in this entry or by e-mail! We are here to help. :)

If you are a multimedia participant and need file hosting, please check out our image upload tool. Our file storage offer is for everything, at any time: regular round, Moogle Fluff, and Chocobo Down. :D

Other things you can do!