Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-867021-20121130135850

Here is a step-by-step:

1. Copy the Image Template's empty syntax to your clipboard.

2. Click the "add a photo!" button on the right of most pages, so that the pop-up upload dialogue appears.

3. Select the file to upload, and then click the "More Options" link underneath the filename.

4. Paste the template syntax into the caption box.

5. For a Cover image, the License field should indicate "Comic Cover"

6. For a Cover image, the Image Type will be "Cover Art" unless it is a Variant, (in which case, type "Variant").

7. In the Description field, first enter the Fair Use template code: {{F|, and then input the title, volume, and issue number, like so: {{f|Batman Vol 2 10}}.

The {{f| template adds a blurb indicating that the content of the image (in this case, the cover of the issue) is being used under a fair use license, which covers our butts, legally.

8. Skip ahead to the PreviousCover/NextCover fields. You can optionally add the previous and next issue's cover links to the infobox, in order to ease navigation. The proper format for those fields is "Filename.jpg". The template will automatically convert it to a link, once you publish, and it will look like this: Batman Vol 2 9.jpg.

9. Fill the Source field with the name, volume, and issue number. This sources the image to the issue it comes from.

Leave the Permission and Issue fields blank. This is important for Cover images, because the issue field is meant to categorize the image to the Issue/Images category, which is undesirable.

10. Leave the Universe field blank, and fill the Subject1 field with the word "None".

We do not credit character appearances to covers, because then Character/Images categories fill up with cover images, which is ugly. So, don't do that. If you leave the field blank, it fills up Image Subject Needed, and we don't like that either. So, for covers, put "None".

11. Fill in the CoverArtist1 field with the cover artist. If there is a second, third, fourth, etc cover artist, you can add a new line with CoverArtist2, CoverArtist3, and so on. Do not fill out any of the other fields.

12. Publish your image, and make sure everything looks the way it's supposed to.

Here is a properly filled out image template: Action Comics Vol 2 12.jpg.

 