With the recent changes on Vampire Rave surrounding the Database, we know members have had some questions about the process of submitting good Database entries.
The Procurators have compiled a quick FAQ to post in the forum. Members are welcome to post questions here as well.
Submitting Entries
• White borders surrounding submission pictures are not acceptable. Procurators must edit these out if they don't want to reject a submission. There are free image editing programs available for download on the internet that will allow you to edit images such as, Gimp.
• When submitting a song to the Vampire Database, be sure to include the Band and Album name in which the song is listed.
• The AKA fields are not for keywords (like vampire movie, sci fi, shoes, high heels, dress). If what you are submitting is known by another name, enter it there. Otherwise, there's no need to put anything in this field.
• The custom field section can be used to provide the most valuable information about your submission. It can be a little confusing at first, so provided is a screenshot that you can use as a reference when submitting entries to the Database:
Notice, there is no need to put any : after a Define field. Those are added automatically after your submission is approved. When the word Website is entered into a Define Field, the Value will automatically become a clickable link.
• Custom fields do have a character length limit. If you enter a link into a Value field that is too long, it will get cut off and will no longer lead members to the item when they click it. Try to double check that your entire link is entered. If you are not sure if the link you've provided is too long, then just put it in the description and when you submit it for approval, a Procurator will do a double check as well.
• Be very mindful of the image file type and size requirements. Images must be JPG or GIF format at at least 200x200 pixels. If it is larger than that, you should be fine as long as the file size does not exceed 1 MEG - your image will automatically be resized for you.
• When an entry is added, an Amazon.com link is automatically generated, so there is no need to need to add any other Amazon.com links if you happen to have them. :)
Editing Existing Entries
• If you're editing an existing entry in the Database and are correcting the title of the entry, please double check that your correction is valid.
Example:
Hellsing - the name of the Japanese manga series/Anime series
Helsing - The last name of Abraham Van Helsing
There are variations of these things depending on what the entry is.
• Edits for entries in the CLEANUP section will be rejected. This section is for Procurators to review and edit/delete as necessary.
• Please do make use of the Additional Notes: section, especially when editing an existing entry in the Database. This helps us determine quickly what has been edited and why. |
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