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Originally posted by Albatross Albatross wrote:

The best way to take manual backups of profiles is this:
* Switch to Source view,
* Copy everything,
* Paste into Notepad or some other plain text editor

If you want to restore it, just paste it back into the Source view of your profile.

Great tip! My profile was made by Sir Edwin, and he sent the code to me in text form. There were some tweaks to be made, but overall the transfer worked perfectly. I saved my old source in case of a failure.

I will cover how to "trade" profiles like this later on. :)


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The best way to take manual backups of profiles is this:
* Switch to Source view,
* Copy everything,
* Paste into Notepad or some other plain text editor

If you want to restore it, just paste it back into the Source view of your profile.
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Nice Rikoo,

I find Ubluntu's profile really useful for those unit codes.

I had a good play with the profile editor using tables and adding my own graphics to my profile and that of Well of Mimir.   Couldn't quite get the iFrame working ......  but that's probably just me!

If people have an existing profile I'd advise doing a copy & paste into something like Word before playing with some of the options (Templates etc) as it's really easy to wipe out what you've already created.

Will be good to see what people can do with their profiles  Thumbs Up
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Part 2: Using Illy artwork in your profile!

OK, so for part 2, I want to show you how to use some very familiar artwork in your profile!

Thanks to our fantastic local artist GM Cerberus (as well as the previous artists who we contracted) we have a TON of artwork that you can use on your profile. In fact, using Illyriad artwork on your profile is sort of a nice alternative to using something that might NOT be yours, and that might be copyrighted. Just sayin'. :)

We post a lot of GM Cerberus' art in these forums. I will list the links here (will be updated over time) so you can simply right click on the picture you like, go to "open in a new tab (or window)" and then, after it opens, simply copy and paste that web address of the picture into your IMAGE area on the profile editor.

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(more to come)

If you look at a profile like the one Sir Edwin put together, you can see how awesome this can be: 


For other cool profile ideas, check out some of our past winners:




We'll cover how to edit your profile like these pros in later additions!


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To get an image in your profile or in an IGM, click the little picture icon (first item on the fourth row of the edit tools). A box pops up. It's called "Image Properties". In the section called URL you paste the address for the image you want to add. I use Postimage.org (as shown above) and use the code called "Direct Link." To alter the size, click on the section called "Width". Changing the width only should maintain the ratio of the width/height of the image. The preview section will give you an idea of the size of the image when it is finished. Once you are satisfied with it, click "OK" and you will have your image.

These steps definitely work on iPad. It's how I have done all the images on both profiles.

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For iPad users, there are 2 good options for saving images. The first is the basic save. Touch and hold on the picture you want to save. A menu pops up. Select "Save Image." The image will now appear in you Photos interface.

The other way is to screen shot it. You can zoom in if you like and then click the home button and the power button simultaneously. The screen shot will appear in the Photos interface.

In the Photos interface is an Edit option (top right). With it you can do basic editing but the most handy option is crop. I've taken free use images off the internet in both ways I mentioned above and cropped them in various ways to make all the images that appear on my in-game profile as well as my alliance TRIVIUM's profile page. I used Postimage.org to host them for free.

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The Snip Tool is fairly intuitive. Click on it, the screen goes hazy. Click and hold on the corner of the area you want to "snip" and drag the cursor across the area. A clear box area will appear over the image you are highlighting. Once you let go of the mouse button, the image will pop up in its own window. Click the save button (top left) and save the image to a handy location (with a handy name). Voila!
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Originally posted by fronfor fronfor wrote:

If you want something a little more versatile than PrintScreen, for Windows, there's a default program called Snipping Tool, with many of the functions Berde just mentioned.

Yes, been needing to post a short guide on how to use it as well. If some friendly player wants to post it, that would be awesome. :)


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If you want something a little more versatile than PrintScreen, for Windows, there's a default program called Snipping Tool, with many of the functions Berde just mentioned.
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Originally posted by Vanerin Vanerin wrote:

For Mac OSX, you can do a screenshot with the keyboard shortcut "cmd+shift+4". This will turn your cursor into a crosshair that you can select an area of the screen with. It will save as a jpg to your desktop.

~Vanerin

cmd+shift+3 will capture whole screen
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