same person new question lol

[Kai]

Hey so, is it possible to include notes to the nt editor that WILL NOT show up in the submission? Like if I were to put them in curly brackets or something?? idk... =/ in relation to my previous question, I wanted to make sure I can include a link to an image i want to be used as a thumbnail. I'm also including one image at the beginning of every chapter. I'm assuming I can just put an img src link?

[Twillie]

If you put something like [FOR CHRISTMAS ISSUE] or [NEW EDITED VERSION] in the title, CQ will pick up the information you wanted to relay and remove the brackets from the official title
The thumbnail link you can probably put in the comments section.

For images, just paste their URL into the submission where you want them and it should be fine.

[Kai]

ok thanks!!!

[Kai]

Twillie one more question, as ive only submitted comics, not series, but when i submit it in the boxes, do i need to include formatting tags such as italics, paragraphs, bold etc?

[Twillie]

Yes, you include the tags for bold and italics. You need to use a certain type of bracket though, otherwise the coding will get eaten up and lost. What brackets those are, though, I can't recall. It's not often I submit writing either, so I'd take it from a more seasoned NT writer.

Anyone here know the proper brackets to use?

[Birdy]

I think square brackets ( [ ] ) are used, as the angle brackets ( < > ) tend to get eaten, as I recall. (Though I've also heard of people using parentheses instead, I think? But I'm not sure.)

But yeah, I'd say square brackets would probably be a safe bet.

[Kai]

alrighty

[Kai]

ok cool so someone actually asked a similar question and it was answered in this week's issue lol

Hi Country Queen, I was just wondering: when we submit stories for the Times, is there a good way to indicate when we want something in bold or italics? Also what are the limits to the mark-up? I mean is it just bold, italic, underline or something fancier like strike-through or even coloured text? ~ kaioti
Hello! If you can do the HTML yourself, that’s the best way to make sure it shows up exactly as you want it! However, indicating in some way you want that text marked up will work just as well. Just be sure you use square brackets like these [ ] as other ones will get lost in the submission form! So, for example, [ b ] Your text here! [ / b ] is the best way to let me know how you'd like it done!