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There are seperate threads per Site Section where you can ask questions or start discussions. If you create a new topic to ask a question or start a discussion it is important to ensure your new topic goes in the right section, this will help people find the kind of information your discussing much easier.
All trade topics such as WTS (Want To Sell), WTT (Want To Trade), WTB (Want To Buy) and PC's (Price Checks) must go in to the Guild Wars Trading Post. Topics will be moved if found elsewhere.
If you need to contact a staff member privately, you can go here
If your unfamiliar with gamers jargon there is a fantastic post of common game acronyms and abbreviations such as WTS created by Sunrunner.
Screenshots, Images and Signatures will tell you everything you need to know about using images on this site.
If you want to know how to make an effective signature for your posts using Paint read Mimori's guide to making Sig's with Paint.
Q. What are the Rules of Conduct for this site? I can't find them.
A. That's because they're actually very short. It all boils down to respecting your fellow community members.
But if you want to read the whole wooping lot of rules, go here...
Q. How do I submit content?
A. First, find which section your content would go in - obviously, a screenshot would go to the screenshot section, and a video to the video section.
Go to the proper page and find a link that says 'Submit X', X being whatever you're submitting. It would be in the title bar that says 'Guild Wars: X', again replacing X with the page.
Fill out the form and read all of the instructions, pay close attention to the guidelines for submitting that kind of content before submitting. Your submission will be viewed by the admins when they get a chance.
You can also read our submission guidelines which will give you a clear idea about acceptable content for each section.
Q. I submitted content, why can't I see it?
A. Before content is added to the site, it gets reviewed by administrators to sort out duplicates, junk, and stolen articles. If an admin chose to remove your content you should get a PM from them explaining why - otherwise it should still be under review. Occassionally, it takes extra time to review something because of a large number of submissions or a lack of time for admins to review content.
Q. How can I view content I've submitted that was approved?
A. Go to your profile and find User History - click it and it will display all of your content, admin rewards, and even the credit gained from each.
Q. My screenshot is too large! What can I do?
A. If you have a program such as Photoshop, you can not only lower the images size but lower the images file size as well. You can also use MSPaint to save the image as a .jpg or .gif rather than a .bmp, as bitmap files tend to be HUGE space-wise.
For an in-depth Guide on submitting Screenshots, read this excellent Guide by Taris Dale.
Q. Why am I recieving negative credit?
A. Users have the ability to rate your posts in a negative aspect as well as a postive one, to reduce your credit. Hopefully it was done because of a hateful/mean post, or something else which may have deserved it, but some users can be malicious and if it's frequently happening to you, please report it to one of the Forum Moderators.
Q. Why should I care about credit!
A. Credit, well, gives you more credibility. It's a means of reflecting your social standing in the community. The more credit you have the more people will appreciate and respect you and your posts. Ultimately it reflects how helpful, active and kind to your fellow community members you are. Credit also gives you a discount on the fantastic range of gameamp gamers t-shirts and other items. See the Gameamp Shop for details.
Q. How can I put an image in my post?
A. There are two alternatives:
1: Go to you profile and click on "Image Gallery". You'll go to your (probably empty) personal image gallery. By clicking on "Add image" you can start adding images of the jpg format. Please, no BMP's.
Once you've added it, clicking on the little thumbnail will bring you to a seperate page with the image in it.
You can then copy the Image Location by means of the menu 'under' your right mouse button. Then start an IMG tag in your post and paste the location in there.
2:Go to an imagehosting site like http://www.imageshack.com and upload your image. It will give you forum code to post - use #2 and copy it directly to your post.
As Dark Ritualist has said, it's a 7 step process of:
| QUOTE | 1) Take your screenshot by pressing Print-Screen
2) Host your image using this site : http://imageshack.us/
3) Select your image and press Host it
4) Press the Show this image to Friends button
5) Press the Full page Button
6) Click on Properties and copy the image link
7) while typing a message where u want to post an image in, press the IMG button, it will open a screen, paste the image link inside it and press enter, your image will be hosted! |
Q. Where should I submit my guide? Is it a guide, tip, or article?
A. Let me break down which each is... an article is something like a theory, a view on something, or a general idea you want to get across. It is almost always at least 2-3 paragraphs long and should be relatively lengthy and informative. It can be about anything Guild Wars or Gameamp related. It generally isn't something directly applicable in the game, that's a Guide.
A guide is basically a tutorial or how-to. It will explain a method for doing something specific in the game or something similiar. It should be at least a paragraph or two and length and should be informative.
A tip can be a short blurb outlining a little fact or hint that someone may not have known about. They don't have to be too long and can even be just one paragraph in length.
Click here for the full guidelines on how to write a good Guide sure to be accepted.
Refer to our submission guidelines for information on other sections.
Q. How can I make sure my submission gets approved?
A. Well, you should check the above Q's and A's for one.
Besides that, here's some Don't's and do's:
Don't's:
- you should avoid overly opinionated pieces, except for Articles.
- Unfounded Black and White statements aren't appreciated there either though.
- You should also avoid any thing abusive, aggravating, or offensive to other people.
- Last thing to avoid is anything not appropriate to all ages.
- Don't copy work from another Fan-site or game-resource and change a few words. The ten percent of this kind of submission we ourselves don't catch, are always caught by the community or the original author.
Do's:
- Bring in something original. That excludes W/MO Axe weilder builds for farming btw.
- Spend time on your writing. The better it reads and the fewer spelling errors we have to correct, the sooner we're willing to approve something.
- Be insightful. Don't just say "this is good", explain why.
- Read our submission guidelines.
Basically, the more effort you put into making your submission as good as possible, the more likely it gets approved.
Q. Is this class combination good?
A. Because of the balance of the game, no combination can really be ineffective, it all just requires creativity in making a build. It's really all opinion, so go ahead and work out a build.
Q. Who do I contact if I have a question for staff?
A. Any of the staffers are capable of fielding all but the most complex of questions you might pose. If you go to
the Staff page you'll see who's responsible for which Site Sections to see whom to contact. Please don't bother Nogame.
Q. What / where's the best way to test my signature?
A. First of all, your signature will show up in every post you ever made, so if you're confident things will be alright, just edit it and presto. You can add your signature under "Account Information" in your profile.
However, if you mess it up, like including a partial HTML segment that might screw up whole pages in every topic you posted in, you might want to try the following first:
Go to your profile and click on "Blog Entries".
You can then start a new entry through "Add Entry", this will open a new "submit post" alike section.
Enter your signature here and press "Update Blog" to see if it works. If it does, "edit" the entry and copy paste all the contents to your actual signature.
Make sure your signature stays within the required signature size limit
Q. I posted a reply to a topic, but it shows up as made by an anonymous user, what gives?
A. Sometimes, when you take a long time to phrase your reply, your login-session expires while you do so and the system doesn't remember who you were. The post gets accepted though. You probably had to log in again after you made that reply. It's a cosmetic bug and somewhere on the todo list of things to fix. You can circumvent this problem by using the "Remember Me" feature when you log in. That way the system remembers you as long as your browser stays up.
Q. How do I insert a flash animation into a post or signature?
A. Include the following:
| CODE | | <**embed src=\"File Location\" quality=\"high\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\"><**/embed> |
File Location = The url (http://somewhere.example.com/) of your flash animation on a webserver, not your harddrive!
** = Remove these when inserting your animation.
Including audio in your signature will be grounds for immediate removal. |
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