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===File size=== | ===File size=== | ||
Wikia restricts the size of the file to 100mb. Please try to submit files which are less than this. If you find, however, that you just can't make it work, go ahead and submit it, as long as it's in the PNG format. We may be able to compress it or crop it, or put it into a different variety of PNG. '''Still it is preferred that you present us with a file that we can use without alteration.''' | Wikia restricts the size of the file to 100mb. Please try to submit files which are less than this. If you find, however, that you just can't make it work, go ahead and submit it, as long as it's in the PNG format. We may be able to compress it or crop it, or put it into a different variety of PNG. '''Still it is preferred that you present us with a file that we can use without alteration.''' | ||
===Transparency required=== | |||
Your images ''must'' be on fully transparent backgrounds. Any submissions on a coloured background, even a white one, will be summarily rejected. The background image ''must'' blend into the '''background colour''', and the only way to do this is if your image is on a transparent background. Furthermore, the image ''itself'' must be a minimum of 75% transparent. Note that with the Yeti in the above screenshot, we can actually partially see through them to the background grey underneath. | |||
The reason for all this transparency is to make sure that your design does not prevent article text from being read. | |||
===Tiling discouraged=== | |||
We want designs which run the width of the page, once. An obvious design would be to make a single TARDIS roundel and then tile it across the background, we're looking for stuff that's a bit more imaginative. Unless the tiling produces something unexpected, please don't submit it. | |||
===Colour discouraged=== | |||
Yeah, this might seem like a weird one, but it's vital. Colour images underneath text is hard to read. Since background images tend to hang out underneath the parts of articles traditionally given over to infoboxes, this can cause a big clash. Colour is therefore discouraged, though it ''might'' be allowed if it's not too busy and it's no less than 50% transparent. | |||
==Rules governing submissions== | |||
As with everything on the wiki, you agree that your work is governed by CC-BY-SA. Once submitted, there is no legal opportunity to withdraw it or protect it to any significant degree. You agree that other users have the right to remix your work. | |||
Most importantly, by submitting your design, '''you agree to make available all files you used to create the design to any admin who asks for them'''. This is because only admin have the power to actually put a background design up on the site. And it's extremely unlikely that your design will work "out of the box". Its transparency levels will almost certainly have to be fiddled with, and it's a lot easier to do this with your raw Photoshop files, for instance, than it is to take a finished PNG file, reverse engineer it, break it down into its constituent layers, and try to recreate an editable file. | |||
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