From b1165ef54d1cd0ce09d62b0f479da6b6003d0803 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Cotton Date: Jun 08 2020 20:40:33 +0000 Subject: Add the image tips Paul shared on the mailing list --- diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/tips-for-writers.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/tips-for-writers.adoc index 52eb616..62ddb21 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/tips-for-writers.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/tips-for-writers.adoc @@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ These tips are about things to do — and avoid — in what you tell users to do ** __COPR is not officially supported by Fedora infrastructure. Use packages at your own risk.__ . **Test your process.** If possible, use a fresh guest VM — or at least a brand-new user account. Run your process from beginning to end to ensure it works. Fix, rinse, and repeat. +== Image and screenshot tips + +. **Use a fresh, standard Fedora Workstation**, not your personal desktop or setup. +(It's best to make a VM with a fresh Fedora Workstation install, and do the steps there.) +If you're showing something that *relies* on another desktop, do a fresh installation and use that. +. **Set screen resolution at a reasonable but not too high resolution**, such as 1280x960 or 1280x800. +. If you're only showing a browser window, make it fairly large on the screen and **screenshot only the browser**. (Hint: you can use the Screenshot app for this!) +. If you're only showing an application, **use the default size of the app to screenshot it**. +. **Upload and use that original media in your article.** +If the shot is large, like a large browser window, app, or whole screen, choose a medium size thumbnail and let WordPress handle the conversion. + == WordPress tips . **Use a simple, relevant title.** Preferably this should be a call to action, like __Build a widget using GTK+__, or a list description, like __5 fun games in Fedora__. The title affects search engines, and leads to more hits and higher page ranking. That helps drive traffic to the Magazine.