het_bigbang | How to Post Your Stuff up to our Collection at A03

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Okay, because we've got some people that are confused about how to precisely post up their fics/arts to our A03 collection, here is step-by-step instructions. I've had one person complain that this is not working for them, but I've tested it out with several other people and they got it right. Hopefully we can avoid confusion!

1. Sign up for A03. You can check out this post on the comm requesting invite codes, ask a friend for an invite code, or you can request from A03 here or at

ao3_invitecodes.

2. DO NOT POST YOUR FICS/ARTS SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN SEE THEM. Double check after posting to make sure it doesn't get posted to the general audience. If it does, delete the work and start over. Instead, you need to allow the mods to collect your fic/arts so that we can reveal everything together on August 31st. Go here, to the 2012 Het Big Bang Collection, and go the "Post to Collection" button in the top right corner. The collection is currently open, moderated and unrevealed.

This will bring you to the normal template where you submit your fic/artwork. In the first block, you fill out all the tags: fandom, warnings, ratings, characters, pairings, additional tags, etc.

In the second block, you fill out the preface information, including title, summary, and author's notes.

2a. For Artist: your summary line should include your author's name and the title of their story (if you know it).

3. In the third block, for "Associations," make sure the line for "Post to Collections/Challenges" lists "Het_Big_Little_Bang_2012."

3A. For Artists: the next line, "Gift this work to:" should be filled out as well. Artist, you know your Author's A03 name, which should have been provided to you through your emails. If for some reason it was not, please contact your authors and get this name from them. Fill in the "Gift this work to:" line with your author's name. That will link your artwork to them. After the submissions have gone live on the Debut Date, we would like you to go back and edit your submission to add in a link to the specific story you created your artwork for. But until the entire big bang goes public, the main way you'll attach your artwork to the piece will be by identifying the author through gifting.

When you finally get the chance to link to the story, edit your submission and use the HTLM coding: <*a href="INSERT THE URL HERE">Title, by Author. (Remove the *) You can put this in your author's note or summary.

3b. For Authors: After the submissions have gone live on the Debut Date, we would need you to to go back and edit your submission to add in a link to the specific artwork that was created for your story. You don't have to "Gift this work to:" to the artist, but it'd be neat if you wanted to do so.

When you finally get the chance to link to the artwork, edit your submission and use the HTLM coding: <*a href="INSERT THE URL HERE">Title, by Artist. (Remove the *) You can put this in your author's note or summary.

4. Check out this post for formatting and coding guidelines already previously discussed.

4a. For Artists: as stated previously, AO3 video embeds are working from Youtube, Vimeo, blip.tv, Dailymotion, Viddler, Metacafe and 4shared. So if you have a video, you upload it to Youtube for example, and then embed into an AO3 post.

For images like artwork and icons and banners and cover art, use the <*img src="INSERT YOUR URL HERE"> HTML coding (remove the *). You can first upload your images at Tinypic or photobucket or a similar image hosting website, and then make an A03 post with the HTML coding.

5. Submit your fic/artwork.

You need to make sure when you hit "Post" that you see this text at the top of the resulting page:

"This work is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon! You can find details here: Het Big/Little Bang Challenge 2012"

6. Now, your fic should NOT be displayed to the general audience. It might not even show up on your dash, but fear not. You can still edit, add new chapters, mess around with it to your heart's content. We, the mods, unfortunately do not have access to your story. We cannot tell if it is properly formatted or not. THIS IS FRUSTRATING, but there's nothing we can do about it. We can only see your name. All works are titled "Mystery Works" until we reveal the entire big bang. So, please make sure your own fic is properly formatted.

If you need to edit your fic, login and go to your dashboard. Go to the "Edit Works" button in the top right corner. From there, you can edit your works.

ETA: So, a few people were having difficulty uploading their submissions to our collection. Please note that it should work now. I contacted A03, and they admitted to a known error in their "moderated" collections. So, I unmoderated it and you should be able to submit your works directly to the collection without my pre-approval. However, because it's unmoderated, that means I cannot see your works. In fact, all I literally see is: Mystery Work Part of Het Big/Little Bang Challenge 2012. This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon! I don't see who submitted it, what fandom/pairing it's for, or even if it's a fic or an art piece.

*Screams incoherently*

I apologize whole heartedly for these changes to instructions. I cannot control A03's glitches, and now my hands are bound. In the interest of keeping a log of all submissions, could you please drop me a note (email/comment/pm) once you submit your works. Please tell me what you've submitted:

AO3 Name/LJ Name: (both)
Fandom:
Pairing:
Artwork or Fic: (artwork for "Title of Fic, by Author") or (Fic: "Title, rating, and word count. Big Bang or Little Bang.")
Summary: (if applicable.)

Thank you kindly, and again, apologies for this.

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From:

alinaandalion.livejournal.com

I'm following this exactly, but it keeps showing up without the phrase "This work is part of an ongoing challenge..." at the top of the page. But I'm definitely submitting straight to the collection.

I'm just not sure what's going wrong here.

From:

irony-rocks.livejournal.com

... huh. I'm not sure what going on either.

The line for "Post to Collections/Challenges" lists "Het_Big_Little_Bang_2012" on it?

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