Winterfaire! December 19 - January 5 Planning an event or build??

If anyone is interested I will be streaming my stupidly large selection of Christmas music from now through to just after maybe the 29th or so. The stream is provided by Project X Shoutcast so we can guarantee it will be up and running for a full 100 listeners (unless i knock my laptop off when i'm sleeping)


The url for about land:-

http://eu1.projectxshoutcast.com:9005/


More details and stuff:-

http://metaanswers.org

Forgive me Dusty if I err - or step on toes It helps if you scroll through this forum topic because the instructions have been posted. But to reiterate:




Hi Everybody!

First, Thanks to Equinox Pinion for gently reminding me to write up this info and get it posted

Yes, I KNOW YOU ALL HATE READING DIRECTIONS but there are a few things you MUST do correctly if we are going to be able to find and process your submissions. I'll try to keep it simple.

To organize this tour, we are using the "Showcase" feature that resides in two handy places: in the Second Life Viewer (under the Search button) and on the Second Life website http://secondlife.com/showcase/.


<strong>First, you are going to prepare a picture. It must conform to the following guidelines!</strong>

1.) Go to your location and take a *beautiful* picture.
DO NOT superimpose any logos, text or captions on the picture. It should just be a plain picture.

2.) While you are there, create a SLURL [http://slurl.com/build.php]. Make it at the location where you want visitors to arrive! Save the SLURL for later use.

3.) Once you have your photo, CROP IT or re-size it to 500 pixels wide and 300 pixels high. If you try to submit a different shape, your application will be automatically rejected!!

--------> To repeat, crop or resize to 500 px wide X 300 px high! JPG

4.) Save as .jpeg. It MUST be .jpeg. It must be less than 100 KB.

5.) Post your picture on Flickr.



--------> Now, fill out the form.

5.) Go here: https://secure-web16.secondlife.com/showcase/submissions.php

6.) Under the "Category" dropdown, you MUST select "Other"
Sub-category= "Miscellaneous"

*********Under Language, you MUST select "English" or it will go to the wrong person!!! *********

7.) Preface your Venue Title with "WF-" so we can find it. Like this:
"WF- My Fabulous Winter Wonderland"

8.) Paste in the SLURL you made earlier.

9.) Now fill in the forum with the url of your Flickr-hosted picture. It should look something like this:
[ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/imagepath.jpg ]

10.) Fill out the rest of the form, accept the agreement and Submit.


Now, if you've done all that correctly, your application will wing its way into our eager hands, and you will get a confirmation email.

--------> You only get to make 2 submissions in any 30-day time period, so don't be signing up your friends! It's best if they do their own signups.

Please note that we do not guarantee that we will list your venue. If your entry does not fit into the guidelines discussed here: /352/ad/295075/1.html, or if we just have too many entries, you many not be listed. We will do our best to give everyone a chance, but no guarantees.

Finally, if you are going to host special events at your build, we suggest you have a schedule sign at your landing point that also gives a notecard, so that visitors will know when to return for the fun. (Showcase is not designed for listing timed events, but it's great for getting people to your schedule sign!)

Thanks to all who enter, we look forward to seeing what you're building!

Dusty Linden


And I'm not a group - and I applied. You'll see his original post on page 8.

I don't think we're doing anything special specifically for WinterFaire, but New Babbage (an incredible Victorian/Steampunk community) has already winterized. Whether it's 6 regions with snowy textures and snowbanks on the ground to occasional snowdrifts here and there to icicles adorning the roof to a skating pond at the edge of town (with freebie skates), to winter freebies at local merchants (including cold breath, winter textures and more)... we're having a lot of fun. Mid-day Saturday I believe there will even be a snowball fort fight! We started before WinterFaire, and we'll continue long after. Visitors are welcome, the New Babbage region is a lot of fun to explore!

<Post your picture on Flickr.


Is there a special place on Flickr to post the Winter Faire pic? If so - I need the search tag or URL.

Or do I post under my name on Flickr?

Thanks,
Ayn Tomsen

Post on your own account- I found the easiest way to find the right URL for the application form was to right click on the pic and look at properties. There is probably a better way but it worked for me.

Palm trees with twinkly lights - men in santa suits with short pants and sneakers - the Hollywood Xmas Xperience (featuring the holiday bus terminal lol) - sleigh covered in gang grafitti - reindeer standing around the street corner smoking and rapping holiday songs - Muscle Beach in winter. a few ideas i thought of when i connected LA and winter. Plenty of others though i imagine.
Could do a burbank backlot thing too with silent screen stars in winter getup (not realistic? omg we are talking about LA! )

Well I think you can show US what your winter is like. And I would come just to see the Snow Queen's star on the walk of fame.
hehe
last year's winterfaire was pretty awesome. I tried to see it all but finally found myself WINTERED-OUT and had to head back to my beach and get an injection of warmth.
Best wishes to all and to all a Good Night

I give up on this. Why does LL make things so difficult. Winterfests in the past were so much easier to apply for. No Sign up for Flickr and go to another location to submit for this and that. Were is Jeska Linden when you need her. Winterfest of 2006 all you had to do was send an email to Jeska.

I'm just going to keep looking for Lindens to hit with snowball, that wll be my winterfest now.

The WIRED Island One sim (http://slurl.com/secondlife/WIRED%201/129/15/317) is sponsored by a WIRED Grant from the US Dept. of Labor for interactive digital media workforce development in Appalachian Ohio. Our landing area (a large sky platform) currently contains a beautiful Appalachian Winter Scene complete with sonics and sculpty animals. Since this sim is devoted to displaying many possibilities in environments and builds it also has a winter area (WinterPlace on the sims large teleporter system) where you can ski and thrash snowmobiles. We think it's an extraordinary build and we hope you enjoy it.

I still don't see how to apply for a space can someone please show me

Found the instructions lots of croping and stuff. May take some time as I am looing after a lot of puppies. Have already turned the whole island into a winter theme.

Can anyone tell me where to find the application for Winterfaire? Many thanks, Suzy

Hi Everybody!

Thanks to Honour McMillan for reposting this info

First, Thanks to Equinox Pinion for gently reminding us to write up this info and get it posted

Yes, I KNOW YOU ALL HATE READING DIRECTIONS but there are a few things you MUST do correctly if we are going to be able to find and process your submissions. I'll try to keep it simple.

To organize this tour, we are using the "Showcase" feature that resides in two handy places: in the Second Life Viewer (under the Search button) and on the Second Life website http://secondlife.com/showcase/.


<strong>First, you are going to prepare a picture. It must conform to the following guidelines!</strong>

1.) Go to your location and take a *beautiful* picture.
DO NOT superimpose any logos, text or captions on the picture. It should just be a plain picture.

2.) While you are there, create a SLURL [http://slurl.com/build.php]. Make it at the location where you want visitors to arrive! Save the SLURL for later use.

3.) Once you have your photo, CROP IT or re-size it to 500 pixels wide and 300 pixels high. If you try to submit a different shape, your application will be automatically rejected!!

--------> To repeat, crop or resize to 500 px wide X 300 px high! JPG

4.) Save as .jpeg. It MUST be .jpeg. It must be less than 100 KB.

5.) Post your picture on Flickr.



--------> Now, fill out the form.

5.) Go here: https://secure-web16.secondlife.com/showcase/submissions.php

6.) Under the "Category" dropdown, you MUST select "Other"
Sub-category= "Miscellaneous"

*********Under Language, you MUST select "English" or it will go to the wrong person!!! *********

7.) Preface your Venue Title with "WF-" so we can find it. Like this:
"WF- My Fabulous Winter Wonderland"

8.) Paste in the SLURL you made earlier.

9.) Now fill in the forum with the url of your Flickr-hosted picture. It should look something like this:
[ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/imagepath.jpg ]

10.) Fill out the rest of the form, accept the agreement and Submit.


Now, if you've done all that correctly, your application will wing its way into our eager hands, and you will get a confirmation email.

--------> You only get to make 2 submissions in any 30-day time period, so don't be signing up your friends! It's best if they do their own signups.

Please note that we do not guarantee that we will list your venue. If your entry does not fit into the guidelines discussed here: /352/ad/295075/1.html, or if we just have too many entries, you many not be listed. We will do our best to give everyone a chance, but no guarantees.

Finally, if you are going to host special events at your build, we suggest you have a schedule sign at your landing point that also gives a notecard, so that visitors will know when to return for the fun. (Showcase is not designed for listing timed events, but it's great for getting people to your schedule sign!)

Thanks to all who enter, we look forward to seeing what you're building!

Dusty Linden

Both!

This is certainly one reason for the Winterfaire Tour, to help all of you spread the word to interested visitors!

Please do apply, and also:

** At your landing spot, please include a sign noting the times/locations for all events !! **

Thank you,
-- Katt

Help!!!!!! The same thing that happened when trying to apply(5 or 6 times) for Showcase is happening with applying for the Winterfaire listing. I think I have followed directions exactly but keep getting the message "URL incorrect, picture wrong size, etc." I sent a ticket to ask for help months ago and was adivsed it was received. No further response arrived. I have worked hard on a nice display. Any suggestions????? Suzy

k where on Flickr do u post the pictures any link??? never used flickr so no clue if anyone can help ty

You have to create an account on Flickr - it's free and doesn't require any technical ability Then upload your picture (it should already be the correct size, you don't do any processing in Flickr).
Once it is up there you need to get the url of the picture. I'm sure there's a better way - but, I right clicked on the picture, got the url and removed some extra bits in the address. If you're not sure, paste what you think is the url into your browser address bar. If it is correct all you will see on the page is your picture. Once you have the correct url for your picture you paste it into the application.

Suzy, It may be that you need to click on the "ALL SIZES" link on Flickr, then select the proper one. Flickr makes different sizes on the fly and you may be selecting one that it made?

I will try all your suggestions. Thanks!

Can anyone tell me when/if we'll hear if we were chosen for Winterfaire? Have folks already been selected and notified? If we're out of the running, I'd like to know! Thanks!

Darn, I missed Torley coming by my Avatar Snowball Gallery

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moondust/7/251/84

That would have been a fun snowball fight! Come on by, bring friends, the more the merrier!

Dusty, it finally worked!!!! Many thanks and a happy holiday to you, Suzy

Not sure if I'm too late to enter here, but I did submit a Winterfaire 08 application for Persephone's Grove (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eunhaeng/226/165/56) which is currently dressed for Yule and has a Norse theme, complete with Norse temple and a recreation of a Viking longhouse. (Those are on the parcels past the Merry Meet Inn & Club -- just look for the white ground to get to them.) A Yule ritual is planned as an event on the Winter Solstice as well.

~~ crosses fingers and hopes she squeaked in under the wire ~~


Persephone

We'll be adding new locations to the Showcase regularly, so if you don't see your favorites yet, keep looking.

I think Dusty will tell us when applications will close

Thank you all!

I'm having a great time exploring locations on the Winterfaire Tour!

And, don't forget to check out the wonderful winter in SL images on Snapzilla and Flickr!

You're invited to join the Winterfaire Flickr group to post your images and SLurls: http://www.flickr.com/groups/winterfaire/