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Forum Stickies UpdateHello everyone!
If you're a forum regular you may have noticed the forum stickies being updated. There are a couple left, but we'll have those up for you as soon as we're happy with how they look.
Also, there's a brand new Need HELP thread that you may find useful even if you're not a forum regular!
We're hoping to make the forums easier to use and understand. Here are some key highlights:
The forum rules are now titled "READ BEFORE POSTING"—we're hoping this will make them more obvious to newbies (thank you `raspil for that suggestion way back when).The first bullet point of every forum refers to FAQ 801, which applies across the board and should be read by everyone before posting a thread. The second one always includes a link to the Need HELP thread (see above for a link, it's super-nifty).Some things that were previously only mentioned in the Deviants Forum are now in :faq801:We've added

FotoFriday with CRliteratureHello there!
My name is Becca and I am one of the literature community volunteers! Your photography CVs have kindly allowed me to hijack their journal space so I can ask for your assistance in a project we are re-launching on deviantART via our group #CRLiterature
The project is called "FotoFriday" and the concept is simple- every fortnight on a Friday, we will post a photograph by a photographer on deviantART and use it as a writing prompt. Writers can write whatever they like using this photograph as the base of the inspiration- it can be poetry, prose, a script or even a drabble- anything! This is a really exciting and open prompt and in the past has had some great success!
However, we feel its a little bit cheeky to go around and use photographs without permission. Therefore we are approaching you guys to create a "photographers directory" of people who will allow us to nose in their galleries and use your photograph (with full credit given). This is a fantastic way to extend y

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A Smattering of Lit NewsFeatured Thingies (everything in this section is new, yes)
May CLiterature Update
Be A Critic vol. 14 - deadline May 28
CAKE VS PIE (you know which side you're on

) - deadline June 21
Dialogue Workshop - deadline June 20
LTdAB Poetry Slam submission folder now open - deadline May 31
Flash Fic Month!
Live-Love-Write's Synergy
FOTOFriday - Maastunnel Syndrome
Mea Culpa Contest Results

Customize Your Literature ThumbnailsThis journal will break down the components of the various kind of Literature (and Journal) thumbnails now available, as well as discuss how to customize them in a journal CSS. I believe there's some overlap with gallery CSS, but these tips are specifically for the way things look in journals.

Anyway, this isn't a basic tutorial on coding but you can find great resources in groups like #eCSSited.
If it's a PDF or something visual and has a PNG/JPG preview, it behaves the same as normal thumbnails, so it doesn't bear mentioning here.
The different types of thumbnails
is the standard one. Anything that is either written in Sta.sh Writer or with the 'Enter Text' option in the Submit dialog will have this. Some include a preview image within the thumbnail itself, but I won't be discussing that here.
is the thumbnail for journals.
Unfortunately, :bigthumb: doesn't do anything special. But with Sta.sh Writ

Gallery Makeover ProjectHello everyone

Recently my team and I worked tirelessly on a project to help improve the gallery descriptions and thumbnail examples. While that project was indeed tedious with almost 4,000 categories in our system, it was also educational. What I learned from sorting through thousands and thousands of categories was that we have a lot of redundancy and a lot of categories that seem to have been created on a whim that are now simply homes for junk.
Over the years, the desire to appease niche communities and people who just wanted a specific area has led to some categories that go up to 4 levels deep, and it's really no wonder it's so confusing for people to figure out where to submit their artwork.
The conclusion I've come to is simplicity. While I'm not about to rip apart everything and make 6 stand alone categories, I do believe that there is a lot we can do to simplify the category tree. That includes some of the following:
1. Merging categories that ma

Stop Using Subscript in Your LitOr, Why Tiny Text Is Bad.
(FACT: It's not just because some of us have crappy vision.)
I know some of you like the effect, but here's the deal: do whatever you want on your own monitor and keep your hands off mine.
Did you know that, in Windows, holding Ctrl and moving the scroll wheel up or down changes font size? You do now, and it's not much harder to change zoom size on a Mac (I hear it is most likely cmd++ or cmd+- , cmd+0 reverts it to the original size). I know it's just as easy in Linux, anyway.
I already have my browser's text size display set to what I want, thank you very much.
Anyone who uses Word must be familiar with the concept of font size in points: 12pt Times New Roman, especially, when it comes to turning in essays for teachers. (And 13pt periods for those of you who couldn't hit that minimum page count

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Well, here's the deal: Web display doesn't work quite the same way. You can force all text to be 16

Self Harm Awareness Day 2013: RecoveryHello all
You may have seen ^NicSwaner's wonderful article on Self -Injury Awareness day already, but at this time of year, I always post an article on this subject too anually. Self Harm is a topic which is personal to me as I am sure it is to many others. It's been 8 years since I last harmed myself, and since then I have been involved not only in personal recovery, but projects and organisations that also offer help, information and advice to those who need it.
Today, March 1st, is Self Harm Awareness day all over the world. It is a day where people are encouraged to look beyond stereotypes, ask questions and try to understand a little more about self harm. It is also a time where I feel it is important to speak out about personal experiences and raise the awareness beyond sharing the facts.
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What's Hot? - TypographyRecently deviantART has added a new way to browse art. This article series is intended to feature art found by using the What's Hot? feature.
I'm doing the article series as a way to promote smaller facets of the larger categories, in hopes of sharing what I find and maybe you'll like it.
Today is May the 5th, and here's What's Hot? in this category:
Traditional Art > Typography
The art or process of setting and arranging types and printing from them.
The style and appearance of printed matter.

PE: Useful Links for the Chat and Forum Useful Links
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General Chat and Forum
Chat, Forum and the FAQ by ^3wylQ&A with your Chat and Forum CVs by the #communityrelations TeamGetting the most out of dA: Chat and Forums by $namenotrequired
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Write In Chat Events This Week!We're hosting two chat events at CRLiterature this week! They will be write ins so come ready to write.

For those who need a refresher, `GrimFace242 say, "A write in is when we're all in the chat, but working on our own writing at the same time. Like word wars, but without the timer or need for a word count. It's mellow and laid back. But if you need an assist, there are peoples in the chat to help you out." It encourages socializing, and writing progress. There are no rules and it's a friendly atmosphere, which makes it a great opportunity to work and get to know other writers. :
Event Details

Wednesday Feb. 13th at 6PM EST (USA)

Sunday, Feb. 17th at 3PM EST (USA)
(What time is that for me?)

Chatroom link: http://chat.deviantart.com/chat/c

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Let's start simple. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your Lit life.
Dog at the End of the World is a collection of 52 poems for young adults, featuring sea monsters, emails, paradise birds, over-achievers, Anglo-Saxons, leaving home and socks. It has been described as "funny, inventive, alive, very alive, surprising, unexpected, funny" by poet James Crowden, and it includes House on my head, The lovesong of Flird and Memoon, and Urgent please reply. It's out September 10th in hardback and you can get it from Amazon or any UK bookseller. It will also be released as an ebook if a hardback plus i

Fried day features #1Hey guys! I always do journal features. And I usually push them randomly without a fixed date, I now feature random artworks and I have made a series of artist features, etc. So it got really messed up and I have finally (better late than never) decided to start a features series called Fried Days Features. This way things will be more organised and this will make me feature new things. Some features will be themed some won't. I will also be featuring artists, posting some interviews and lot's of other things. :blah:
This week I decided to start my first features article, featuring random Traditional artworks from DeviantArt's galleries. So, here you go! I hope you guys love the artworks. Thanks for reading!

Welcome to Chat and Forums PE Week!Welcome to the #projecteducate Chat and Forums week!

The aim of this week is to educate deviants on one of the most overlooked parts of deviantART - the +chat and +forum.
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Self-Harm Awareness 2013 Crafty Edition

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 11:46 AM

Today, March 1st is Self-Harm Awareness Day, but I think it deserves more than a day. I won't say much about it because other people have already published wonderful articles about it, I recommend that you read ^NicSwaner's Fears vs Dreams and ^Beccalicious' Recovery, both contain a lot of wonderful information and share touching experiences.

What I can tell you is this: self-harm is a problem that is often not recognized. It takes many forms, forms that are not recognized even by the person committing it. Self-harm is always a problem, even if you think you have it under control or that it's not serious, it is. If you are currently committing any form of self-harm, or if you suspect anyone else is, reach out for help. Both articles contain links and resources to guide you, and I'm here to talk

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Make yourself orange! If you have a subscription you can install this beautiful skin:

And ^NicSwaner prepared a lovely ribbon avatar for you to use:

^maytel made a beautiful Artisan Crafts feature and she's available to talk too

I picked some more crafts related to self-harm, please enjoy them and if you think I missed any let me know

some of them donate the profits to organizations dedicated to preventing and treating self-harm, so if you're looking to make a contribution this is your chance to get something pretty in return too!

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~Kitsune-Klepto Mar 3, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

You know I actually didnt see this the other day in the journal list and I was a little disappointed, I guess I just missed it! I'm glad more people than just me wrote a journal on Self-Harm awareness! I love the crafts feature too, that's really cool!

^Talty Mar 4, 2013 Artisan Crafter

It was in and out from the footer a couple of times, so maybe you didn't see it when it wasn't there

I'm also glad to read that more people made journalsa bout it ^^

~Kitsune-Klepto Mar 4, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Yeah that's more than likely what happened, haha, but either way I'm glad I found this! Me too, it makes me really happy to know people are getting word out there