Icon guidelines, and some welcome gifts!

[yourlibrarian]

As part of our general posting guide, we wanted to address some issues that may come up regarding graphics, particularly icons.

Icon Posting Guidelines

(1) If you are reccing an icon that you use and no longer remember where, specifically, the icon was originally posted, it is ok to use your User Pictures page (i.e. http://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=[enter your user name here]) as the link.

(2) If you want, you can include the icons themselves in your post. They must be hosted on your own image account (such as http://http://www.imageshack.us/) NOT hotlinked from the creator's site. If a case of hotlinking is reported to us, we will report it to hotlinkers.

(3) If the icon is not one you use, or that you know was posted somewhere for general distribution, but is instead something you've seen someone else using, it is best to contact them first and make sure the icon is shareable. That doesn't mean it can't be included in your post (unless that user objects). However since icons are usually meant to be shareable when posted, you will want to specify that this is an exception.

If you don't have info on who made an icon, you can try posting at whomadethisicon

Our last point concerns acceptable use and is stated primarily for the benefit of those who may be new to the fandom. If you see graphics you like recced in this community, and want to use them for something else (such as a banner for your journal, use on your website, etc.) contact the creator and ask permission. If you are a creator and a plagiarism issue arises, please contact us. We may also submit the case to stop_plagiarism

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And now for the goodies! ruuger kindly made some great icons for us, which we are passing on to you. Take, use, pimp! And, in the spirit of the community, please credit the creator.

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10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

kathyh made some additional ones for us in 2006

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As did amavel_bel

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katekat1010 made some cute new icons for us in 2007:

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And some new ones to go with our layout in 2008:



and a banner!


eyesthatslay made some new ones in 2009:

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Comments

[spikendru.livejournal.com]

makd reced this community and I came over to check it out, but could you possibly lose the confetti? It's very distracting when trying to atually read your post, and for those susceptible to migraines it's nausea inducing. Thanks so much.

[shapinglight]

Those are lovely icons!

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Is it worth explaining what PWP, RPF, slash exactly means in a post for the newbies? When I was new to the fandom I got very confused at the initials.

[stretfordditto.livejournal.com]

I took an icon. Thank you. :D

[katekat]

Hi there,

I wanted to kind of thank you, and the comm, for being so fantastic over the last couple of years.
It's been such a great source of fun and resources and general fandom love, and so I created a
new layout for the coming year.

I've set it up in my test community here:

http://community.livejournal.com/test_katelayout

Of course you're under no obligation to use it - but if you did like it, it's just a couple of
simple steps to get it set up. And it's my way of saying thanks for providing so much fun!

Anyway, thanks again for encouraging so much great fandomy love!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

New Question - What hour (GMT) does this round end on Jan 19th?

I'm having a hard time with the time zone conversion tables online. I'm on Eastern Standard Time in the US, and I think there's a 7-hour difference between us, but I can't tell if you are 7 hours ahead or behind me.

Thanks hon, I know you're busy!