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When you need to display images in your articles you can do one of the following:

• use images from another web site;
• upload images to sharparena and use these uploads.

How to upload an image

In the submission form, under the editing area there is a button called Image. When you press that button, a new window pops up.

The Directory combo shows the available folder that can contain images for articles. You canupload images to one of these folders.

Use the Browse button to select an image from your local disk and then Start Upload to upload the image. After uploading you get a message, "Upload complete".

How to insert images in your article

You have the following options:

• use the Image button below the editing area (the same used for uploading images); navigate to the images you want to upload, select it and then press Insert. You can alos insert an image from an URL using the Image URL field.
• use the Insert/edit image button on the toolbar of the editing area. Use the Image URL field to provide the URL. If it is an image you uploaded earlier, then use the relative path starting with /images/stories/ and then the directory where you uploaded. You can see an example in the image below (if an images was uploaded to the folder articles/csharp, then URL should be /images/stories/articles/csharp/ followed by the name of the file).

Notice that the paths are case sensitive!

Registered members of Sharparena can publish articles by submitting them using this form provided on the main site.

Notice that

• only authenticated members are able to submit articles!
• articles are not published immediately after submission, they have to be first reviewed by an editor or administrator who decides whether they can be published on the main site. Should the article be rejected or requires more editing you will be contacted.
• you can later edit an article; as a member of the authors group (default group for registered members) you can only edit your articles.

Here is an overview on how to use the submission form to publish.

Edit the article

The following image shows the upper side of the form.

Provide an appropriate title for the article that captures the topic of the article.

Use the editing area to write and format the text. For the code samples use the Preformatted format.

Provide publishing information

The following image shows the lower part of the submission form.

You must fill the following information:

• Section: select one of the following: C# articles, F# articles, J# articles, .NET articles, FAQs, Resource;
• Category: each section is divided in several categories; once you select a section the Category combo box will show the available categories; select the most appropriate for the article.
• Show on Front Page: leave the default to No; editors will decide whether it will show up on the front page or not.
• Access level: leave this to Public so that anyone can read your article.
• Description: provide a short description for the article.
• Keywords: provide a list of keywords for the article.

Go publish!