The Back-End

SUPER
GUIDE

* not

because it's huge, but because it's made for

superheroes like you.

Lorgen Gerard R. Magpantay

LovelyLorgen

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Entry Content | Formatting 

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Create Entry | Entry Image 

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Create Entry | Lookbook 

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Create Entry | Video 

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Create Entry | Fashion Fix 

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Create Entry | Taxonomy 

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Create Entry | SEO 

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Create Entry | Options 

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Create Entry | Other Stuff 

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Keyboard and Mouse Tips (Windows) 

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Tab Manager | Add Menu Item 

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Dedicated to all the beautiful people of

Saudi Fashion Magazine.
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Hello, boys and girls.

Do you know what time it is?
Its Learning the back-end tiiiime!
For the uninitiated, this is the quick, easy, and fun way to learn what
the heck were doing at the back-end. If theres trouble with your
images, well fix those*. If some texts are missing, (OMG!) youll find
them.** If you cant fit in your pajamas anymore... we probably have an
article written about that already (just read it and practice, practice,
practice :).
But ONLY if you take the time to go through these wonderful pages.
My hope is that after this, you will be as awesome as I am. If not, youre
on your own. I dont have, like, an 800-toll-free-number where you can
call me up 24/7. This is free for you. Paid already by me.
So :) sit back, relax, and obey the 20-20-20*** rule to good vision:
every 20 minutes, take a break: Stand up, stretch, and stare at
something 20 feet away from you for 20 seconds. Maybe you also want
to munch on some cereals while reading this.
Enjoy! =)
Lorgen

*Maybe.
**Probably.
***Okay, for some its the 10-10-10 rule, or the 10-20-20 rule, or the 20-10-...
whatever. Just take breaks regularly. You dont want to kill the nerves of your eyes
and legs just because youre trying to save the universe.

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To log-in, type this in your web browsers address bar:

www.saudifashionmagazine.com/admin.php

Saudi Fashion Magazine web address for accessing the Expression Engine.

This page will load:

Usually, you would click on only two links here:

If you already have your login credentials, enter your e-mail address
and password.
If you dont have access to this yet, then why are you reading this? Go
away and e-mail the nice people of SMSWMedia and ask them to grant
you access. Chances are, Grant (or Michael) will be the one wholl give
you access. So, Grant will grant you access (or Mike*) :)

Real name e-mail addresses are lame. Use your k!ck-a$$ e-mail address.

Of course you may explore the other links. Just dont mess the site up.

These two links are:

1. Create > Entry which will let you create a new entry/article.
2. Modify > Entry which will let you see all the existing entries/
articles created in the back-end.

Sometimes youll have trouble logging in. If that happens, two solutions may be:
One. Clear your web browsers cache.
See how to do that here:
How to Clear Your Browsers Cache
http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache
TIP: You probably dont have to restart your computer in order for it to work. I usually dont restart
when I do this.
If you dont like that link above, then LMGTFY: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=clear+browser+cache
Two. Type the original url in the address bar:
www.saudifashionmagazine.com/admin.php
Three. Its not who you are underneath, but what you do in the back-end that defines you.

*Doesnt grant** the same nice ring to the sentence...**

**hah!

Modify > Entry

Going back to our Modify > Entry page, notice the names of the articles.

Modify | Entry
Now, because youre a noob*, lets stroll first in the existing entries list
[in Modify > Entry]

You need to refer to this from time to time whenever you feel lost.
Most important parts
Usually, these are the only ones you need to look at:
1. Titles, because thats the first thing you check if the Entry you
have is correct (Title with serial number).
2. Comments, because you need to engage the audience when they
comment on an article.
3. Dates, because they dictate the order of the articles.
All the others are usually only useful when youre looking for something.

Tips when youre looking for an article:

Sometimes youll need to check the consistency of articles (formats, serial numbering, paragraph
spacing, title whether its been used before, etc.), or find keywords or files. What you can usually do is:
1. Go to the website. (Yes, the www.saudifashionmagazine.com website)
2. Use the search tool:

There are a few things you need to always keep in mind here:
1. Those are not the article titles [Entry name]. Whatever appears
here can only be seen in the back-end.
2. They have serial numbers (7 digits, with zero padding at the
beginning). Well talk more about this in the next section, Create >
Entry.
3. They should represent the article title [Entry name] as it appears
on the website. Notice the capitalizations, punctuations, and other
special characters used.
Listen to Spidey on page 10.
[Theres this one story why this is important, so lets reminisce:
There was a time when we made the titles ALL CAPS, and it turns
out that we can do that globally using code (CSS; Mike told us), but
we didnt know that so we did it manually, but then we needed to
turn them back into Sentence Caps (because they looked like dog
food or something; Mike told us :p), and by that time we didnt
know what was ALL CAPS and what was not, so because these
titles did not have the same format as the article titles, we had to
check all these freaking links if the titles are ALL CAPS or not...
that wasnt so hard, but it could have been easier. And we probably
missed some articles. But theyre burried now by the newer
articles. Santas gonna be happy :)]

3. (If needed) Look for the article in the back-end, and check what you wanted to check.
4. Do whatever it is you wanted to do...
Me, I just ask Jarvis.

*noob = newbie, newb, n00b, new at doing it. Dont deny it. Youre a back-end virgin.

Create > Entry

Create | Entry

3. Focus first on the part below the thick red area. (There are texts in
that red area. I think theyre important, so read them if you want.)

Okay, great. Rub your hands together, because this. Is. It. The
reason why you were put on this Earth. This is the donut and Duff
Beer to Homer Simpson. The nature documentaries to Sir Richard
Attenborough. The Matrix to the Wachowski Brothers. The Force to the
Jedi... or, okay not the Force... that would be blasphemy. But, anyway...
My friend, this is your destiny.
OMG.
Lets make an article entry
*play epic music*
I know youve been very excited about this (yah, right), so lets go about
this as fast as possible.
1. Go here, click Entry:

4. Copy or type the article Title into the first textbox. See Spidey next
page for guidelines regarding this.

2. This page will load:

Just because were just filling in textboxes now doesnt mean its all just that. Oh, man, that would
be so wrong.
We promise to make your mind numb with deep, important, chemical-altering stuff after the easy
part is done.
Check it out: There are a lot of tabs and text boxes. But dont worry. Not
everything will be used. (At least not always.) (For now.)

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And, uhm, I dont have some witty trademark catchphrase... but, how about, Flash away!?

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Create > Entry

Create > Entry

5. Check it out, yow. When you fill in the Title for the first time, the URL
Title is instantly populated.
But you have to edit that URL Title: delete the serial number, and
sometimes add descriptive words like video, celebrity, or news.

6. For the Entry name (English), just copy the Title:

The Entry name is the text that appears on the website as the articles title.

In case youre confused with these back-end titles (I was!), you could
reverse the meanings in your head. For example, Title=not article title,
but back-end entry; Entry name=not back-end entry, but article title.
Take note: there is only one Title per article (only English), but Entry
name has an English and Arabic version.
Ta-daaa! No serial number. It shouldnt appear in the URL. Its only meant for
the back-end.

7. Copy and paste the article summary (from your article source) into
both the Entry excerpt (English) and Entry description (English).

URL Title is the URL title for the website. So it shouldnt contain any weird
character (like *, or #, @, &) because it would look ugly, and also it cannot have
any space.

The Title text box.

Hi there, neighbor. Listen up. The Title is made up of 2-3 parts.
1. Serial number. This is the only text with a serial number. Get the serial number from the
Content Calendar its an MS Excel file with the publishing schedule of all our articles.
2. Article category. Usually, this isnt typed in, but I think it should be there. Like in the above
article, Im not sure if its a Fashion-Celebrity article, News or Beauty. But its a beauty article
(written by our resident Beauty Queen, Maya). Its like looking for Mary Jane. There should
be a sort of mark or flag on the window of her office building where shes at, so I dont have
to swing from window to window to find her there. Its not like I have a cellphone on me.
3. Article Title. This title, as mentioned before, should be Title Caps, including prepositions
and such. And dont make me retell the story about the ALL CAPS article titles (in page 9,
true believers).

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Great Hera, these strange letters make me Google:

URL = Uniform Resource Locator; example: http://www.sfmplus.com/
An address that identifies a particular file on the Internet, usually consisting of the protocol (like
http) followed by the domain name (like www.sfmplus.com).
A protocol, in computing language, is a standard used to define a method of exhanging data over a
computer network.
Some common examples of protocol are: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Post Office Protocol (POP), and Internet Message
Access Protocol (IMAP).

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Create > Entry

Create > Entry

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The Entry excerpt and Entry description used to be different from each
other. The excerpt was shorter than the description. These days, you
dont need two versions of an article summary.

The Entry excerpt is used in the home page slideshow.

The Entry excerpt is used in this instance. (Sample view in Lifestyle section).

For these items under The Latest section in every several pages, Entry
description is used.

The Entry description is used here. (Sample view in Lifestyle section).

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Hulk dont like this page spread! This page spread confuse Hulk! Why Hulk know this called page
spread? Hulk dont know!

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Create > Entry

Create > Entry

8. Finally! (not really, but... almost done!) Copy the article body into this
big Entry content textbox.

Focus your attention to the icons in the Entry content section. Those
tiny guys help you format the articles body of text.

Tiny icon guys. Theyre helpful.

Text alignment: Left, Center, Right, Justify.
Copy and Paste: Cut, Copy, Paste, Paste as plain text (no formatting), Paste from Word
(keeps Word formatting; helpful sometimes, sometimes does weird unhealthy stuff.)
Spell check. You wont need to use that ;)
Undo, Redo. You can use the shortcut keys: Ctrl + Z (Undo), Ctrl + Y (Redo). Beware,
though: Undo could erase a lot of your previous actions, not just one.
Remove Format. Useful when the texts look funny.

The Entry content appears on the website as that big body of text that is the
primary means by which we impart our divine wisdom to the masses.

Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough. We only use Bold and Italic. Underlines are
only used for hyperlinks. Strikethroughs are only used for errors that we want seen.
We dont do that. We just edit out the errors... if we ever commit errors, but we dont.
Image, Table, Insert Horizontal Line, Insert Special Character, Embed Media. We
have only really used Embed Media here. The others, I decided as unecessary or will
just make the pages inconsistent or ugly.
Example: EXCLUSIVE: Burberry Womenswear Autumn/Winter 2014 Show LIVE

Keyboard shortcut
tiiiime!
Ctrl+b = Bold
Ctrl+i = Italic
Ctrl+u = Underline
...
Dunno the hotkeys
for Strikethrough :)

Subscript, Superscript. Rarely used. (Actually, never used yet.) Weve never described
eyebrows or skirts as 10cm2 or something like that.

Resize the text box so you dont always have to scroll down when
working on the text body. Lets call this the Resize thingie.

9. Hit Ctrl + S on your keyboard. This will save your

created/edited article. Or click on the Submit
button. It does the same thing.

Soooo... that text in the red rectangle SHOULD be read.

Your x-ray vision wont work!

Sometimes, the text body will disappear, even though youre sure youve already populated it. Dont worry.
Press Ctrl + + (plus) or Ctrl + - (minus). It will refresh the view of the page and will viola! the texts into
view. (Ctrl + 0 (zero) will revert it to its original size.)

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Insert/Remove Numbered List, Insert/Remove Bulleted List. Used often. Articles

with list/s are one of my least favorite things to do in the back-end.
Link, Unlink. Used for creating or removing hyperlinks. Beware: Some articles when
directly copied from Word will have hyperlinked texts. If you discover this, select all
texts, then click on the Unlink icon to kill them all. Ooh-rah.
Anchor. Grouped together with the Link, Unlink icons, but frankly, I dont know what
this does. Never needed it.
Paragraph Format dropdown menu. I seldom use this. When I do, its usually only
to check if texts are Normal. Instead of Headings, I just bolden (Ctrl+b) the texts.
I prefer that cos I can group them with the same paragraph with just a line break.
Headings leave extra space between the heading and the paragraph. Youll see later...
Maximize, Show Blocks. I dont recommend using Maximize. Using that Resize thingie
is better. While Show Blocks, always use it. Go ahead, click and see what they do.
Source: It greets you with weird texts. Its HTML formatting stuff. Play around with
this if you want. Girls dig guys who know HTML theyre easily impressed cos they
think HTMLs rocket science. If youre a girl, though, know that Im not being sexist,
just stating biological fact.

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Create Entry > Entry Content > Formatting

Entry Content | Formatting

Entry Content | Arabic

Lets go a little deeper into formatting the article body. Dont worry, Ill
simply show some significant stuff (5 consecutive Ss! How bout that?
:) The others, you can just play with later.

The Arabic part! You can say Yay! here. This is just mostly copy and paste
(unless youre Arabic in which case you need to proofread too, pweease?
and unless theres that terrible numbered or bulleted list. The numbers
and bullets dont appear in the Arabic text body... but there are visual hints).

Paragraph Format

These are almost the same as the English part, the main difference really
is that this reads right to left. And that you cant understand them (again,
unless youre Arabic).

Lets go!
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See those little superscript letters at the start of the paragraph?

You can only see them if Show Blocks

mean?

is turned on. What do they

1. P means Paragraph.
2. H2 means Heading* 2, H1 means Heading* 1 and so on...
3. (Other stuff I dont know/havent seen.)

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*Ive never used heading format because headings are essentially new paragraphs.
This means that they always have an extra line space between the paragraphs
above and below
they float between paragraphs. You cant group them into
another paragraph using a line break </br>. In short, theyre always alone :(

Arabic portion easy as instant noodles:

1. Paste Arabic title here.
2. Paste Arabic summary/excerpt here.
3. Paste Arabic summary/excerpt here again.
4. Paste Arabic article body here.
5. Check for punctuations and such... oh, and leave no space after
punctuations We dont want them floating by themselves.
6. When in doubt about anything here, ask the Arabic ones. Dont try
to superhero your way into this.
7. Tadaaa!

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3. Click on Upload File.

Create Entry | Entry Image

Ideally, we resize the images so that theyre not too big nor too small.
We have guides for the backend images, but for the purpose of this part
of the Guide, we wont go much into dimensions and such.

Click me!

Create Entry > Entry Image

The File Upload dialog box will come up.:

Heads up! That part I encircled above, wait for that

to change into the one below...

4. Click on Browse...
A file dialog box will appear. I know youre familiar with this. Look for
the image file you have ready.
1. Click on Entry Image tab.

Click me!

2. Click on Add File.

That table with lots of file names will
come up (see below):

File Upload dialog box in Thumbnail view. Details view is better, believe me.

When looking at file explorers, I prefer the Details list view. Sure you cant see the images, but remember:
Image thumbnails can be misleading, and details view is better because:
1. you cant judge image resolution by thumbnails. In Details, you can judge resolution by file size.
2. you can have similar looking images, so looking at these images can be confusing. But you cant
have the same file name, so if you know your files names (yah, you should), go Details view it.
3. when you want to look for the latest image youve made, or one you edited, like, last Wednesday,
you can quickly arrange them by date/time in Details view.
The File Manager thingie list of stuff. Dont mind the list for now.

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Trust me, Bub. Im the best at what I do.

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Create Entry > Lookbook

Create Entry | Lookbook

Now lets load some images into the Lookbook (Discussed in more
detail in section Create Entry | Entry. Just two pages ago, you know).

Lookbooks are like slideshows, and currently located at the bottom

part of articles on the website. Below is an example from the article
Get the Look of Ashley Greene, take note of the parts as well:

1. Click on Add image.

3. Click on Upload File.

The File Upload dialog box will come up... :

1. Image frame. The image dimensions* we use for the Lookbook:

Landscape: 736 x 536 pixels**
Portrait: 600 x 900 px
Square: 640 x 640 px
2. Image frame again. I just wanna point out that its clickable. When
clicked, it loads the next image (never the previous).
3. Navigation buttons. Loads the PREVious or NEXT image.
4. Image title. This is the sort of header. Usually unused. (Usually
only used when theres a price.)
5. Image excerpt. This is the smaller text. This is what we normally
only use.
6. Page number for the images. Just says how many images there are,
and what number image youre looking at.

4. .... wait for that to turn into this (below):

5. Click on Browse...
A file dialog box will appear. Choose your file.

**Pixel means pizza excellence... or was that picture element..?***

Pixels are the little dots that make up whatever you see displayed on the computer monitor, smartphone,
LED TV or other digital screens. When you see a gray color on the screen, its not really gray, but lots of
different reds, greens, and blues combined. Check it out using your super vision... or just a magnifying
glass and youll see the dots. So, 640 pixels means 640 dots... 480 px is 480 dots... blah, blah...

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*No animals were harmed during the identification of these values. Just me, during
trial and error.
***Hint: its not pizza excellence.

File Upload dialog box in Details view. I like the Details view. No, I luv it.

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Create Entry > Lookbook

6. Click on Upload File.

If your file has the same file name as another file, this will show up
(See? Be aware of file names, I told you in my details view rant with
Wolverine):

Create Entry > Lookbook

Buuuut, Ill show you anyway what happens if you click on Edit File:

This isnt something we really use. Its just my page filler in this book.

Below I renamed it:

Image Tools tab on the File Upload dialog box.

After clicking Rename File, this will appear and you may Edit it or Use
Uploaded file. I havent needed to use Edit File yet, but it may come in
handy. If youre going to edit your file, I suggest using an image editing
program, because 1) you have more control, and 2) you can optimize for
the web (progressive option, 72 dpi, et cetera).

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Theres a Cancel Changes link, if youre silly enough to do something here that
you really werent supposed to do.

7. Finally, click on Use Uploaded File.

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Create Entry > Lookbook

8. Click on Upload File.

Create Entry > Lookbook

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back-end? No, you didnt. But after this you will!

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1. Rearrange lines by dragging these numbered blocks (see below).
2. Add more lines by clicking on the plus sign.

9. Viola! You just uploaded an image into the lookbook.

Wanna see what it looks like on the real thing? Sure you do! Here you
go! Be careful with the appliances as you jump up and down with glee:

You can rearrange lines by dragging or using the dropdown menu

thats hidden until you mouseover on the item:

Tadaaa! I just dragged 003 over 002. Now 002 is below it.

If you hover on one of the line numbers, youll see a triangle. Clicking
on it will give you a dropdown menu.

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If you click on Move to top, this line (3) will move to the topmost of the list. (So
here, item 003 will go to line 1.)

Sample Lookbook on the website. This is from an unpublished Sergent Major

article.
Zoom!

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Most of the time we only get, say, 3 or 4 images. Sometimes, we get a

lot. Like on the screenshot image at right, there are 14 images. This
is for the article Roland Mouret For Banana Republic.

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Create Entry > Video

Create Entry | Video
Yay. One of my most dreaded things to do in the back-end: prepping
videos. Its not difficult*, its just more time-consuming.
Just remember the two things that you need here:
1. The video link from YouTube (other sources, like Vimeo, dont
embed properly in our website).
2. A cover image (taken from a video screenshot or other image).

For the thumbnail/cover (640 x 440 px), you have to look for it. Usual
practice is I go through the video and take screenshots of scenes which I
think would be a good thumbnail. Then I or someone else choose. I rarely
look for an image online. When I do, its usually because of image quality.
When looking for thumbnails, keep these in mind:
1. Image quality. (see below) If using screenshots, play it fullscreen and
in its highest quality. You may look for related images on the web, too.
2. Image overlays. (see below) Remember that when first loaded,
YouTube videos have that big play icon in the middle. It could
look inappropriate if it looks accidentally as, say, an eye or a
crotch. But that would be funny, which would probably be good.
Theres also the Play overlay in the thumbnails in our website.
3. Make sure it tells about the video. If the video is about a winter
photo shoot, dont use a beach ball as video cover.
4. Make it interesting, but not abstract. When its a Zara spring
collection promotion, look for good model shots, instead of that
part where theyre blurry blobs through the window glass.

Play!

1. Go to YouTube and copy the embed link:

In this case, the link is just:

//www.youtube.com/embed/3iRV30cfT8w

2. Then paste it into the text box:

Choose highest resolution and activate full screen before taking screenshots.

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But, what if its
not on YouTube?

Peep!

... you ask? Well, then put it there!

Create it or download it from its original home, edit if needed, then

upload it into our YouTube channel. We have our own YouTube
channel, you know... but in case you dont know, who was in charge of
your orientation?!
And dont worry about all that copyright crap. Were Saudi Fashion
Magazine. Were untouchable .**

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*Or, it can also be difficult, if we factor in creating a video, which may involve
downloading video/s, editing it, encoding and such, and then uploading it. Looking
for thumbnails aint a walk in the mall either.
**Disclaimer: I dont really mean that.

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Rosie enjoys a No. 2 lollipop. Avoid visual awkwardness with the overlays. Among
other things, note the YouTube play icon at the center. Also at the lower left, I added
the play icon via InDesign. Wherever the video thumbnail/cover appears, theres
a familiar visual cue indicating that this image represents a video. Theres also a
PLAY icon at the lower right on some thumbnails.

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Create Entry > VIdeo

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There are easier ways to get the YouTube embed link. Here are two of them:

Method 1:
1. Copy and paste //www.youtube.com/embed/ into the textbox:

Create Entry | Fashion Fix

This one takes me 30 mins. or more to work on, so writing about this
would take much longer. And being that we dont do this anymore (and we
miss this), Id just sit silently here and stare at the blank white space below.

2. Copy the gibberish group of characters in the YouTube link, those

everything after ?v= (in this case, its 3iRV30cfT8w):

3. Paste that into the textbox, like so:

4. Tadaaa! (I say Tadaaa too much, dont I?)

This space intentionally left blank

for intense soul-searching

Method 2:
1. Copy and paste //www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-NK5HJDzYM into the textbox:

2. Replace watch?v= with embed/ (without quotes):

5. Tadadaaa!
6. But why do Method 2, when Method 1 is easier? cos you like
challenging yourself, thats why.
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Create Entry > Taxonomy

Create Entry | Taxonomy
Were almost done =D But, brace yourselves. This is gonna be wordy.

2 Article. These items tell the website in which category page to put
the article in. These items match the websites main navigation buttons,
although some items are hidden on the website nav. (Check out the
website screenshot* below).
Food. If its got edible stuff, check this. BUT, be sure to also check
Beauty because the food category isnt available yet. Or Fashion, if
applicable. Although I cant imagine a food-fashion combo article in
Saudi. They dont wear their food in this part of the world.

News. If its fresh and timely, it should be here. Unless its more about
tips (likely Beauty) or celebrity fashion views thats, like, 24 days
old (Fashion). Could be checked along with the others, nonetheless.
Remember: prioritize this, get this up faster than the others.
Fashion & Beauty. Do I have to tell you what these are?
Fashion Fix. For Fashion Fix only. Checked along with the entry
category Fashion Fix.
Men. Hidden for now. Usually paired with anything Fashion or
News.

Lifestyle. Hidden for now. Food, home, play, cooking, cleaning, pets,
travel... you know, that thing that happens outside your office. Better
pair with Fashion, or Beauty, or Food.
Technology. Hidden for now. Tech stuff, gadgets, electornic-y bits, or
tips pertaining to them.

Categories
1 Entry. These guys tell the website how the article should appear on
the front-end. There are only four entry types at the moment, which
Im telling you in case you cant count... in which case my telling you
wont make a difference anyway.
Article. Enables the text body to display on the website. If unchecked,
only the article title will be displayed on its page. Uncheck: 1) if the
article is a video and 2) if the entry has no text body.
Lookbook. Check only if there are Lookbook images.
Video. Check if the entry is a video. Uncheck article in this case. If
this is unchecked, your video will not appear on the website, even if
youve pasted a YouTube link in the video tab.
Fashion fix. For Fashion Fix only. Also in the article section, check
Fashion Fix only these two checkboxes should be checked pls.
Any other item checked will create problems. Dont create problems.
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*Website navigation screenshot. Excluding Home, there are now 4 categories

visible on the website. Food, Lifestyle, Men and Technology are hidden for now.

3 Entry tags. Words. Type them in, then press Enter. Im not really
sure what the tags do, but I assume theyre supposed to help with the
website organization if tags were enabled in the front-end. Also SEO
maybe. Its optional, but I usually put something in anyway, whatever
tags that first come to mind. Usual tags I use are the categories
food, beauty, news, men... and add more like eyeshadow, lips,
celebrity names, events or place names.
4 Related articles and Relationship to brand. Much less used. The
first few weeks, I played with these, and then I stopped. Worry not your
weary head :)
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Create Entry > SEO

Create Entry | SEO

For the SEO texts, you may use the original MS Word document or take
them from the entry you just created.

Were reeeeeally almost done. Lets make this quick (again)! The tension
makes me wanna pee...
In the SEO section, we just copy and paste, then type a little. This was
one of the last things Simo* taught me in the back-end.
1

Were
exclamation
marks! We go
where we want to!
kapische?!

Take the English title and excerpt/summary from here.

3
1
2
1 SEO Title. English at right, Arabic at the left. Sometimes,
punctuations make the Arabic part a bit complicated. In this case, I just
omitted them. Theyre exclamation marks that keep on going to the
start of the Arabic title (to the far right.) Figure it out! (Come on, I did.)
Question marks, in contrast, can behave properly. See?

Take the Arabic title and excerpt/summary from here.

2 SEO Meta Description. Arabic at top, English at bottom. Its the

article excerpt/summary.
3 SEO Meta Keywords. Just keywords that will help Google find your
website. Think, If I were a user looking for this certain article, what
words would I use to search for it on Google (or whatevers like-Google)?
I start with the tag words I used in the Taxonomy section, then add
more if Im not feeling lazy.

Not to sound like Kryptons last son (although I really am), but when I go here, I feel so alone... Because, Im
the only one who visits this place.

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*Simo is an Earth-walking entity. Originally from the land of Morocco, his

permanent location is now the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Hes also a Jedi, although he
doesnt know it yet... or wont admit it.

Tag reference (in the Taxonomy section). You CAN just copy from here and paste
into the SEO section. BUT, its no simple task to select the words from here.
Theres a sweet spot where you can drag your mouse up and select the Assigned
Tags THEN copy them. Figure it out! :)

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Create Entry > Options

2 Entry trending. Whatever :p
Entry type. Dont know.
Template. Dont care.
Pages. Pigs fly.
Channel. Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Author. Lorgen. The best.

Create Entry | Options

Woot!
Time. To. Publish. Your. Created. Entry. Now.
I. Probably. Overdid. That. Emphasis. Technique. There. Didnt. I?

3 Options
Make Entry Sticky. Makes an article on the website (front-end) never
go away. For example, if you want to make the article Find Your
Perfect Foundation stay on the home slideshow, make it sticky.
(See example screenshot below.)

Allow Comments. Always checked.

3
1 Status. A dropdown menu with these options:
If the article Find Your Perfect Foundation is a sticky, then it will stay on the
home page... FOREVER! Unless the Internet dies... or robots rule the world... or
Eric Cartman becomes world president... or a combination of these.

Open. Yey. This is live, written in both English

and Arabic. This is your ultimate purpose.
It will open a portal to another dimension
where theres unlimited junk food and coffee...
or tea. With milk if you like. But theres
limited sugar, because its bad for you... Unlike
junk food.

so

Pending Review English. Not live yet. The English writers could still
be editing this. Dont prepare for translation yet.

N...
E
H
T

!
PENNNN
O
N
O
CLICK
YYEEE

H!

EEAAAH

... aa an d SU BM

IT

Arabic. This is live, but only in Arabic.

English. Published, but only in English.
Closed. In limbo, this is not live yet. Exists only in the back-end.
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Pending Review Arabic. Not live yet. The Arabic writers will finalize
this article. Dont prepare for English translation yet.

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Create Entry | Other Stuff

Yeap. Just other stuff.
Date. You may change the date and time here. Changing it here may
change the listing order of your entry here in the back-end, and so
rearrange its order in the website (front-end) (Thanks, Grant).

Be careful in setting the date/time. If its future-time, it wont show up

on the website (Thanks, Mike). It will also be null, because the future
doesnt exist yet. (Unless your power is time travel/sliding, in which
case, congratulations. But dont you dare prevent me from existing.)
Now, the current time isnt Riyadh time, nor London time. Its +1 GMT/
UTC (CET or Central European Time in Tabor, Czech Republic).
Riyadh is +3 GMT. London is GMT (+0).

This space intentionally left blank again.

Like my mind right now.

The dates/times the magic sauce to rearranging the articles in the front-end.
You may set it in the future to mystically appear on the website on the time you
set/calculated. Youre the Website Article Order Appearance King. Boo-yah.

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Keyboard and Mouse Tips (Windows)

Keyboard and Mouse Tips (Windows)

These are arcane shortcuts passed down from generations of wielders of the Eye of
Agamotto. (Not Ajinomoto, thats a different secret-ish thing). Use them wisely:

Yeah, sure you can use your mouse and keyboard to click around and
type stuff on the computer screen, but if youre not using shortcuts
to reduce repetitive stress injuries, youre only using less than 16%* of
your maximum power level.

Keyboard:
Ctrl + X = Cut
Ctrl + C = Copy
Ctrl + V = Paste
Ctrl + A = Select All

These arent part of the back-end stuff, but learn these things by heart
(and hand), and youll be well on your way to becoming a mouse and
keyboard ninja. Well then call you Mousekeyboard Ninja.

Did someone say Ninja? *wink, wink* (inside mask)

Yeah. And He wasnt referring to you.

Ctrl + B = Bold (text format)

Ctrl + Z = Undo (careful when
using here, can give you
unexpected results)
Ctrl + Y (or Ctrl + Shift + Z) = Redo

Alt + Tab = switch through open WINDOWS

(Press and hold Alt, then press Tab; or keep hitting Tab (still holding Alt) to scroll
through all open windows.)
Ctrl + Tab = switch through open TABS
Works on tabbed windows, like web browsers.
(Press and hold Ctrl, then press Tab; or keep hitting Tab (still holding Ctrl) to
scroll through all open tabs.)
Ctrl + cursor keys (up, down, left, right) = jumps a word or paragraph
Ctrl + Delete (or Backspace) = deletes a word at right (Delete) or left (Backspace)

What..? Did I say something?

Yes. You opened your mouth, and the only time you
open your mouth is when youre going to make silly
words come out of it.
Really? How did you know I opened my mouth? I had
a mask on. For all you know, I might be talking out
of my ears... like those ear-talkers from... that movie...
Yah. THAT movie. I have a special ninja sense for this,
Bug-eye. Only ninjas would know this. Real ninjas.
Oh, YOURE a ninja. Really? Just because that longtitled TV show called you ninjas and you lived with
a large rat who knows kha-rah-teih doesnt make you
a ninja. F.Y.I. ninjas do ninjutsu, not kung-fu or...
whatever else isnt ninjutsu.
Dude, we dont just DO ninjutsu. we ARE ninjutsu.
You ARE ninjutsu?? What does that even mean? Can
you climb up walls with bare hands and feet and swing
around buildings and dodge machine-gun bullets and
walk through crowds of people all sneaky-like?

Ctrl + Shift + cursor keys (up, down, left, right) = selects a word or paragraph
Alt + Shift = changes language mode.
Ctrl + Alt = opens a portal to another dimension. Nah, it does nothing. Hah! got
ya there. (FYI, opening interdimensional portals require special materials or
abilities or beings with such.)
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start = 30 lives for Contra!
Mouse:
Double click = select a word
Triple click = select a whole paragraph OR just one line (depends on software
youre using)
Double click(hold) + drag mouse to select = fast way to select a few contiguous
words. (Notice your selection magically jumping to enclose whole words.)
Mouse + Keyboard:
MS Word: hold Ctrl while double clicking = select separate words. (Useful for
copying keywords)
OP!
A!
OH, PO
! EX T R
A
R
T
X
If
sometimes your keyboard shortcuts
E
To replace a word:
dont work, check if your keyboard is in
1. Double-click the word.
English mode.
2. You dont need to press Delete or Backspace.
3. Just start typing, or paste the replacement.
To replace a line or paragraph:
4. Triple click on the line, or Select All (Ctrl + A).
5. You dont need to press Delete or Backspace.
6. Just start typing, or paste the replacement.

Duh, yeah, dude... we can, like... walk through crowds...

and... well, I can make a pizza disappear in 2 seconds.
Hmm... I like pizzas. Fair enough.

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*According to research by Wayne Biotech, a division of Wayne Enterprises based in

Gotham City, New Jersey. Undeniable material, really.

Listen here, Bub, keep this thing running around your thick skull:
When using key combinations, Press first, release last. Meaning, for example, with Alt + Tab:
1. press Alt first, then Tab
2. afterwards, release Tab first, then Alt last.

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Tab Manager > Add Menu Item

Tab Manager | Add Menu Item

This Main Menu Manager page will show up:

Lets make your life a bit easier (juuuust a little bit) by setting up some
shortcuts to some of the most used pages in the back-end.
1. Go to CP Home (see below):
1

2. Click on link/button (1) or (2).

3. Click on Modify > Entry

The Main Menu Manager. Here, you can see the Edit page that I added to
the main menu so I can access that page easily. Theres also a number 1 with
checkmark peeking creepily in the uppder right hand side of the page.

See that number 1 with a checkmark above the page, at the right side?
That means youve successfully changed something in the back-end.

This screen will come up (this is also in section Modify > Entry, p.8):

5. Now, rename the tab into something more descriptive. I named it

Entry List (because it contains a list of the article entries Ive made).

4. Click on the +Add button

Lets do the same for the New Entry: Entry page in the following... uh,
pages.
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1. Instead of using the Home page like we did on the previous one, lets
do it another way by clicking on Content > Publish > Entry

h!
h
s
os 2. Click on the +Add button

Tab Manager > add menu

...

Tab Manager > add menu

This Main Menu Manager page will show up:

Its a drop-down menu, so you gotta drop it down, yo, drop it dowwwwn... drop
it, drop it, drop it down, yow.

s... You can fly right past thi

Its the same as going to the Home page (below)...

s onto the next page

Wh

This is not par t of the steps folk

h. . .
h
s
s
o
oo
The Main Menu Manager lets you... manage your main menu. Here, I added
the New Entry: Entry page, so I can access it easily. The number 1 with
checkmark means a change has been made in the back-end.

3. I like to rename it into something shorter but still descriptive. I named it

Create Entry.

... then clicking on Create | Entry > Entry

Remember, you may do the same procedures for additional page links there.

The drop-down menu of the Create | Entry > Entry link.

Pizza.
Dont touch it.
Not yet.

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So, there you go! Youve successfully created shortcut links to some of the
most used pages in the back-end.
Congratulations!

Yah. You may now celebrate this amazing accomplishment with a pizza.
Cowabunga.

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t
x
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a
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t Like Outtakes and Stuff That I Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...

Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...
2. Facebook can pirate speak, matey!

... unless I want them to flow badly.

Most people call this Addenda, so I should probably call this
Addenda... but, Im not most people...

1. To separate paragraphs by single lines instead of two, press Shift +

Enter instead of just Enter.

3. Check the comments if theyre okay for publishing:

Enter

Shift + Enter
Enter
Shift + Enter
Shift + Enter
Shift + Enter
Shift + Enter

I used to do this in the source code (dammit). Thankfully, serendipity.

I dont wanna bother you with the HTML code, but I will:
<p> is for paragraph.
</p> is for paragraph end.
<br> is for break... line break. This is always encompassed between <p>
and </p>
<p> generates 1 extra line (so x2) of paragraph.
<br> generates only 1 line. <br> is your friend. (Actually, its <br/>. Whatevs...
the back-end automagically corrects some of your code mistakes for you
without a complaint like any good wife.)
to make:

you have to do:

Spider-Man
does whatever
a spider can

does whatever<br>
a spider can</p>

Spider-Man

Tried to check the translation using a Firefox add-on (uses Google Translate).

<p>Spider-Man</p>
<p>Spider-Man<br>

Fix it if its broke.

Yay.

<p>Yay.</p>

Take note:
1. Line spaces in the source code dont make no difference, yo.
2. <br> are enclosed in paragraphs, thusly: <p> <br> </p>.

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There now :) Everythings splendor and elegance.

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Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...
4. For embedding videos with articles, use this Billy Beez article as
template: Billy Beez The Worlds Largest Soft Play Area!

Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...
For this, you gotta get your hands dirty. Source-code-dirty. Still
though, easy-peasy :) oooh! Rhymey-rhymey!
...
<p>Soft play areas are great for kids to run around and be free,
to have fun and most importantly play safe.&nbsp; Billy Beez
offers this type of environment where parents have the peace
of mind whilst they can sit and have some refreshments in the
in-house caf&eacute;.&nbsp; The play area is on a very big site,
which includes several big slides, numerous tunnels and climbing
platforms plus a great trampoline that my youngest enjoyed very
much! Also for the younger ones there is a Toddler area, which is
nestled away in the corner.</p>
<p><iframe allowfullscreen= frameborder=0 height=315
src=//www.youtube.com/embed/IDcPuBAKGfQ width=420></
iframe></p>
Copy us!
<p>Billy Beez have won the Guinness World Record in 2013 for
being the largest soft-play area in the world, which introduces
clean, safe, challenging and fun games for children of all ages, they
are known to engage their guest in a healthy playful experience.
Their goal is to become the most trusted and respected
entertainment center for children around the world.</p>
...

You can just copy this highlighted code into that <iframe> lot, then
replace the IDcPuBAKGfQ characters with any link from YouTube,
those everything after ?v= (in this case, its 3iRV30cfT8w):

Thusly, ladies and gents, here be the new code!

<p><iframe allowfullscreen= frameborder=0 height=315 src=//
www.youtube.com/embed/3iRV30cfT8w width=420></iframe></p>

DO NOT tick the video checkbox. Remember, its still just an article:
Capture all the giant bees then hang them! Yaaaay!*

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Wrong
*The Back-End Super Guide does not condone violence.

Right

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Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...

Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...

5. For embedding PDF files, use this Ayman Zedani article as

template: Saudi Art Revolution!

Oh, yeah =) Source code for The Matrix.

FIRST!
Use Scribd to upload the article so you can embed it into our website.
We have a Scribd account, man... or woman:
https://www.scribd.com/

User name and e-mail address:

SaudiFashionMagazine
info@sfmplus.com

Got your pretty

little eBooks
right here.

Password:
12345sfm

The upload button on the upper right-hand corner of Scribd.

Click here then find your file to upload OR...

And... uh-oh... were going into the source code agaaaain... :)

... drag the file here onto the rectangular

area indicated by the ellipse drawn by the
smirking Flash.

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Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...
When youre done uploading, open the document and click on the share
button (at the upper right corner of Scribd, near our profile icon):

Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...
Very Good! Now, this screen will appear and it will try to intimidate
you. Dont let it! Just stay focused and play around with it for a while.

2
3

If you mouseover on it, its gonna say, Share on social networks.

I said, click on it.

Im a real-time
preview of what
youre doing on
the left side!

4
Once youre done playing, lets get serious. Prepare the document for
using in the back-end. Just change a few things:
1

Change the style to Book (Instead of Scroll or Slideshow).

Click on Autosize.
3 Change the width to 600px. For the height, adjust it later in the
back-end. (You can play around with these values later. But dont make
the width too big or itll look fugly.)
4 Remove check for Include link and Include Recommendations.
2

Alright, alright! Im clicking on it! Sheesh...

Next, copy the HTML code...

And then click on Embed.

Im the HTML
code! Copy me! :)

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Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...
... then paste it into the back-end Source code text box.

Like Outtakes and Stuff I That Cant Fit Into The Regular Pages...
Now check if its looking good and behaving as it should. Its not like
youre me whos perfect and therefore doesnt make any mistake.
Thus I say unto thee: find ANY mistake in this scripture. If thouest
suspect that thou hast laid eyes on one, say it unto me. If while
deeply regarding the vast unlikelihood of me making such a blunder
I happen to err, I shall with full gladness send thou a reimbursement
for this tome. (Though I cannot yet imagine what to reimburse thee
for whatever thou hast given up to me in exchange for this wondrous
volume of enlightenment (as if thou hath given up anything at all).)

Now, Id just add something, if I may (of course, I may. Its my book and
Im the writer and editor. Sue me. Sue Superman.)

Click on the Source button again to go back to the user-friendly view.

The back-end changes the HTML code. Heres what happens when I
paste the code from Scribd:
Document in the back-end (copied from Scribd, pasted to back-end...):
<iframe data-aspect-ratio=0.9148073022312373 data-autoheight=false frameborder=0 height=400 id=doc_7467
scrolling=no src=//www.scribd.com/embeds/225266549/
content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=book&amp;access_key=keyjZwYfGxNG7t4ToiVVTIw&amp;show_recommendations=false
width=600></iframe>
Compare that to the original one below, copied directly from Scribd:
(Autosize; Width is 600; Style is Book; unchecked link and
recommendations)

NOTE:
&amp; is just
fancy HTML
code for &
(ampersand)

Note: The same colors match the same code.

Select the paragraph of the embedded document then center it. Go ahead,
click on the Center button.

<iframe class=scribd_iframe_embed src=https://www.

scribd.com/embeds/225266549/content?start_page=1&view_
mode=book&access_key=key-jZwYfGxNG7t4ToiVVTIw&show_
recommendations=false data-auto-height=false data-aspectratio=0.9148073022312373 scrolling=no id=doc_88853
width=600 height=400 frameborder=0></iframe>
Pretty much the same, its just that the orders became different.
What changes in the same document (XXXX)?
id=doc_XXXX

What doesnt change (but changes with different documents) (XXXX)?

... embeds/XXXX ... key=key-XXXX&show ...

Copy the same thing into the Arabic portion.

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Smile :)

Thats it. You may now stop suing me.

COLORS!
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Dimensions and Such

Dimensions and Such
Not inter- and intra-universal dimensions, but image dimensions. Know
them well.
The sizes indicated here are the minimum sizes. You may do the sizes
bigger, but make sure they are proportional.
For squarish images, I recommend the starting dimension of 1200
x 1200 px, then resize to other/smaller dimensions from there.
1200x1200 is ideal for Facebook image posts.

293 x 293
w it h ove

rlay bu

tton

w it h ove
rl
(when m ay n av button
s
u lt iple
im ages)

300 x 300

w it h ove

213 x 213
rlay bu

tton

300 x 300 pixels for main page

Image formats.
Save the images using the following properties/formats:
JPG or PNG, consider text readability. (Texts in PNG images are more readable.)
RGB
72 dpi
Progressive/Interlaced
Quality: at least Medium (JPG: around 6-10 quality)
anti-aliasing: On
Oh, and when you sneeze do it on your sleeves, please, not into your hands. Thats eeky, even for
someone who lives in the sewers.

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293 x 293
213 x 213

293x293 pixels for featured new

promo in Competition page

213 x 213 pixels for other items in

Competition page

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Dimensions and Such

Dimensions and Such

Entry image. The website will crop this, depending on where it appears
on the website, so make allowances for the sides.

k!

clic

640 x 440

c ro p

536 x 330

ped
c ro

pp

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536 x 330

o
cr

pp

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536 x 330 pixels for main competition item image

As you will notice, you essentially only really need to create a square
image thats at least 300 x 300 pixels and another one thats at least
536 x 330 px. The back-end will resize the square ones for you as
necessary.
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cropped

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Dimensions and Such

Lookbook images. These sizes are... uh, scientifically accurate, so, you
know... just go along...
But seriously, these are the sizes Ive tested thoroughly and regularly
encountered to be optimal: a.k.a. theyre Chuck Norris-Approved.

Chuck Norris
The Be-All and End-All. Period. Period. Period. Period infinity.. .

APPROVED.
736 x 536 px. For most wide images.
640 x 480 px. If the image pixelates
because 736 x 536 is too big. Ideally you
SHOULDNT have to resort to this.
600 x 900 px. Most tall images. Surprisingly, some
images from the web are already sized as this. Its
like... magic :o
640 x 640 px. Most square images.

... except for MacGyver, who is immune to infinite periods and is (Chuck Norris + Bear
Grylls) x 160 + SpockJohn Wick/Neo + Legolas, hence:

Chuck Lookbook. Schweet!

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PERIOD

Praise for The Back-End Superguide!

I approve
The Back-End Super Guide.
Im Batman.

Acknowledgments

Hulk smash with The

Back-End Super Guide!
This book was made possible by free time... which Ive used, so was it really free? If it
was, then everything really is free time... which we use. But all time is used, so free
time doesnt really exist then, does it?
And speaking of time, a word from one of our sponsors:

It really clicked
with me!

I was lost!
This book pointed me to
the right direction!

This should be all over

the world wide web!

I support
The Back-End Super Guide.
Im Superman.
Philosoraptor: My favorite dinosaur.

And thank you to you. You know who you are.

Cowabunga for The
Back-End Super Guide!

Its the best at

what it does, Bub.

By Hera! Its The

Back-End Super Guide!

This book trumps Jarvis

any day.

THe Back-End Super Guide

expertly handled the subject!

ThankstoTheBackEndSuperGuide,
Ilearnedtheback-end
sofastIevenhadtime
todomylaundry!

I know some formatting is a bit inconsistent. Its... intentional... It helps in recall, you know? If
things all looked the same, your mind would be more confused. Inconsistencies are good too.
They provide landmarks for your brains reference. Youre welcome =)

Lovely A. I.

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