New Guides System FAQ

Kwiz · 06-30-2009, 04:03 PM

Introduction
We have made many more improvements to the guide system. Please read this carefully to understand how it will all work. Please resubmit your guides (simple copy and paste) using this new system so we can keep everything organized. The old content will be available for you for a bit in the Temporary Forum so you can transition your content over.

To quickly see your submitted content, check your profile. There is a new tab we just added that shows a collection of all the content you've submitted on the website.

How do I get started writing a guide?
You have to create your guide using the Main Site Editor, which you can find here: http://www.playdota.com/add/guide. When you click the OK button, the guide will be posted in "Draft Mode" and then a thread will be created for it in the Draft Guides subforum.

How does commenting work?
Users can comment on your guides through the main site or through the forum thread. They both share the same data.

How do I update and improve my guide?
After you submit your guide on the main site and a thread is created for it in the forum, you are then free to either use the site editor directly or just edit your thread. The data is shared between both, so you can use whichever mode you prefer.

What is the purpose of the Draft mode?
It is to allow users to get help from other members as they are working on their guide. Voting on your guide will not begin until it is out of draft phase.

When and How should I publish my guide so it is no longer in Draft Mode?
You should not keep your guide in Draft for too long. Once you feel your guide is ready for moderator approval, you will have to get it approved by the Guides Team to get it published on the main site.

To get it approved, these requirements has to be fullfilled:

The guide must be "complete", meaning the basics of a guide must be present. Feel free to add more sections after it has been published though.
All images used must be hosted on PlayDotA.com. If you require images not available here, you can upload them to your Personal Album and link them from there.
No broken images or other bugs.

To put your guide up for approval, post a link to it in this thread. You must use the link to the main site version of the guide and not to the thread.

When I publish my guide, will I lose all the comments for it?
No, when you publish your guide, it will be automatically upgraded to the Published Guides section, with all comments intact.

FrozenStorm · 07-02-2009, 01:27 PM

Not sure if this will be helpful to others, but I've been unable to switch my editor in my guide to the BBcode style that will allow me to copy/paste it. Any troubleshooting suggestions? I've tried using FF and IE but neither will get that button to work

Kwiz · 07-02-2009, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrozenStorm

Not sure if this will be helpful to others, but I've been unable to switch my editor in my guide to the BBcode style that will allow me to copy/paste it. Any troubleshooting suggestions? I've tried using FF and IE but neither will get that button to work

Are you trying to edit your guide from the main site? In that case, any guide posted before we switched to BBCODE editor, is not possible to edit. You'd have to copy the guide itself, and then redo the formatting and add pictures once more.

Wuschel · 07-03-2009, 03:43 AM

Sorry for the maybe noobish question, but how can i add the tables from the Hero site to my Guide .. its kinda complicated or?=/

ethernet · 07-03-2009, 09:19 AM

Im having a problem here , see the thing is i want to create a guide but when i log in via the main page it just refreshes and redirects me to the homepage without logging in into any account . Even though i am able to login through the forum my account wouldn't be logged in at the main page

GGwarcarft · 07-04-2009, 02:20 PM

6.61 new tay attack speed update

Kwiz · 07-04-2009, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wuschel

Sorry for the maybe noobish question, but how can i add the tables from the Hero site to my Guide .. its kinda complicated or?=/

Just link in your guide directly to the hero page, instead of inserting those tables. Much more convenient.

Zan · 07-04-2009, 03:04 PM

Im having the same problem of not being able to login under the mainpage as well.

evred · 07-04-2009, 07:19 PM

So what happened to my guides? I had a skeleton king one and Tiny one and the sk one is completely gone when i look for it. the Tiny one has be reverted to draft mode and like all of the comments are gone. why?

teamgary · 07-05-2009, 11:31 AM

Me too.I cant seem to go to the guide section.Once i am there,i will nid to relogin.I try loggin but it redirects me to the main page and i am not on9.In the forums,it does not happen

disrup3 · 07-11-2009, 10:13 PM

Are you guys still experiencing that problem?

rumplea25 · 07-13-2009, 05:22 PM

So that's how you do it...

Zan · 07-15-2009, 11:26 AM

The problem is still there. There is a workaround however.

EcceLex · 07-22-2009, 12:07 AM

what is the "guide's intro"??? when you want to add a guide...

Kwiz · 07-22-2009, 02:34 PM

The guide intro will display just below the guide name when you view the guides.

For instance: http://www.playdota.com/guides/298

Guide Title: Tactical Guide to Gondar
Guide Intro: Learn one of DotA's best Gankers.

EcceLex · 07-23-2009, 09:05 AM

I don't understand one thing. Images do not get automatically resized on the website, although in the same time they get resized in the forum.

I've had to resize manually my 1400x1000 picture because of this bug.

Is there any explanation, or is it a bug???

Kwiz · 07-23-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EcceLex

I don't understand one thing. Images do not get automatically resized on the website, although in the same time they get resized in the forum.

I've had to resize manually my 1400x1000 picture because of this bug.

Is there any explanation, or is it a bug???

We're looking into this.

evil andrex · 07-24-2009, 05:42 AM

http://www.playdota.com/forums/showt...824#post164824
It is finally ready. A long indepth guide about Darkterror, the Faceless Void. I am hoping to get it spotlighted and also if anyone sees anything that can be added to help it get spotlighted please tell me ill add it on! But first i need it to be approved

Bashtime · 07-24-2009, 06:09 PM

Check my enigma guide. http://www.playdota.com/guides/317 it's not a heavily in depth goin guide but rdy for publishing I think

Impulsive · 08-03-2009, 03:01 AM

If I may make a suggestion here, if we can compose a commonly used acronyms list so we can all refer to it when we write our guides to save time to not have to type out Black King Bar at least once every time.

Before someone comes in and makes a stupid statement of "just write BKB", guides are meant to help those who are probably new to the game and DotA's complicated enough without having trying to decipher the lingo the first time.

06-30-2009, 04:03 PM	#1
Kwiz Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 450	New Guides System FAQ Introduction We have made many more improvements to the guide system. Please read this carefully to understand how it will all work. Please resubmit your guides (simple copy and paste) using this new system so we can keep everything organized. The old content will be available for you for a bit in the Temporary Forum so you can transition your content over. To quickly see your submitted content, check your profile. There is a new tab we just added that shows a collection of all the content you've submitted on the website. How do I get started writing a guide? You have to create your guide using the Main Site Editor, which you can find here: http://www.playdota.com/add/guide. When you click the OK button, the guide will be posted in "Draft Mode" and then a thread will be created for it in the Draft Guides subforum. How does commenting work? Users can comment on your guides through the main site or through the forum thread. They both share the same data. How do I update and improve my guide? After you submit your guide on the main site and a thread is created for it in the forum, you are then free to either use the site editor directly or just edit your thread. The data is shared between both, so you can use whichever mode you prefer. What is the purpose of the Draft mode? It is to allow users to get help from other members as they are working on their guide. Voting on your guide will not begin until it is out of draft phase. When and How should I publish my guide so it is no longer in Draft Mode? You should not keep your guide in Draft for too long. Once you feel your guide is ready for moderator approval, you will have to get it approved by the Guides Team to get it published on the main site. To get it approved, these requirements has to be fullfilled: The guide must be "complete", meaning the basics of a guide must be present. Feel free to add more sections after it has been published though. All images used must be hosted on PlayDotA.com. If you require images not available here, you can upload them to your Personal Album and link them from there. No broken images or other bugs. To put your guide up for approval, post a link to it in this thread. You must use the link to the main site version of the guide and not to the thread. When I publish my guide, will I lose all the comments for it? No, when you publish your guide, it will be automatically upgraded to the Published Guides section, with all comments intact.

Last edited by Kwiz; 07-01-2009 at 11:57 PM.

07-02-2009, 01:27 PM	#2
FrozenStorm Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UW Madison, WI, USA Posts: 475	Re: New Guides System FAQ Not sure if this will be helpful to others, but I've been unable to switch my editor in my guide to the BBcode style that will allow me to copy/paste it. Any troubleshooting suggestions? I've tried using FF and IE but neither will get that button to work __________________ Now Playing: MW2 and League of Legends Don't know about LoL? It's a great successor to DotA! Signup Here! My username is FrozenStorm there ^^ Check out my Slardar Guide in Progress Archive of the Outpicked Game Bio / Introduction Page (with pictures ^^)

07-03-2009, 03:43 AM	#4
Wuschel Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 32	Re: New Guides System FAQ Sorry for the maybe noobish question, but how can i add the tables from the Hero site to my Guide .. its kinda complicated or?=/

07-03-2009, 09:19 AM	#5
ethernet Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 10	Re: New Guides System FAQ Im having a problem here , see the thing is i want to create a guide but when i log in via the main page it just refreshes and redirects me to the homepage without logging in into any account . Even though i am able to login through the forum my account wouldn't be logged in at the main page

07-04-2009, 02:20 PM	#6
GGwarcarft Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5	Re: New Guides System FAQ 6.61 new tay attack speed update __________________

07-04-2009, 03:04 PM	#8
Zan Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: sg Posts: 240	Re: New Guides System FAQ Im having the same problem of not being able to login under the mainpage as well.

07-04-2009, 07:19 PM	#9
evred Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ohio and New York Posts: 65	Re: New Guides System FAQ So what happened to my guides? I had a skeleton king one and Tiny one and the sk one is completely gone when i look for it. the Tiny one has be reverted to draft mode and like all of the comments are gone. why?

07-05-2009, 11:31 AM	#10
teamgary Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 312	Re: New Guides System FAQ Me too.I cant seem to go to the guide section.Once i am there,i will nid to relogin.I try loggin but it redirects me to the main page and i am not on9.In the forums,it does not happen __________________ Thanks stacyzmom for the sig. Rikimaru and Axe favourite player! Gem of Mystic Johnny,the Peasant

07-11-2009, 10:13 PM	#11
disrup3 Forum Staff Join Date: May 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 479	Re: New Guides System FAQ Are you guys still experiencing that problem?

07-13-2009, 05:22 PM	#12
rumplea25 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 714	Re: New Guides System FAQ Umm.. can anybody teach me how to add spoilers in my post?? So that's how you do it...

Last edited by rumplea25; 07-13-2009 at 05:26 PM.

07-15-2009, 11:26 AM	#13
Zan Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: sg Posts: 240	Re: New Guides System FAQ The problem is still there. There is a workaround however.

07-22-2009, 12:07 AM	#14
EcceLex Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Posts: 303	Re: New Guides System FAQ what is the "guide's intro"??? when you want to add a guide... __________________

07-22-2009, 02:34 PM	#15
Kwiz Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 450	Re: New Guides System FAQ The guide intro will display just below the guide name when you view the guides. For instance: http://www.playdota.com/guides/298 Guide Title: Tactical Guide to Gondar Guide Intro: Learn one of DotA's best Gankers.

07-23-2009, 09:05 AM	#16
EcceLex Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Posts: 303	Re: New Guides System FAQ I don't understand one thing. Images do not get automatically resized on the website, although in the same time they get resized in the forum. I've had to resize manually my 1400x1000 picture because of this bug. Is there any explanation, or is it a bug??? __________________

07-24-2009, 05:42 AM	#18
evil andrex Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 140	Re: New Guides System FAQ http://www.playdota.com/forums/showt...824#post164824 It is finally ready. A long indepth guide about Darkterror, the Faceless Void. I am hoping to get it spotlighted and also if anyone sees anything that can be added to help it get spotlighted please tell me ill add it on! But first i need it to be approved __________________ Pure Gameplay VODs

07-24-2009, 06:09 PM	#19
Bashtime Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: European Posts: 356 Blog Entries: 1	Re: New Guides System FAQ Check my enigma guide. http://www.playdota.com/guides/317 it's not a heavily in depth goin guide but rdy for publishing I think

08-03-2009, 03:01 AM	#20
Impulsive Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 604	Re: New Guides System FAQ If I may make a suggestion here, if we can compose a commonly used acronyms list so we can all refer to it when we write our guides to save time to not have to type out Black King Bar at least once every time. Before someone comes in and makes a stupid statement of "just write BKB", guides are meant to help those who are probably new to the game and DotA's complicated enough without having trying to decipher the lingo the first time. __________________ GET IT BY YOUR HANDS... Can't View a Replay? Read this for Help How to be a Pro TDA Player Anime Blog