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

Yes, I too am wondering if there is going to be a list somewhere to see if we have been accepted? Skate and Date was in the winterfest the last 2 years and was in the showcase before this started, now I'm not listed anymore right at Xmas I liked last year how they had an HUD rather than this limited list given the large amount of xmas themed places people have created....

I also wish at some point LL would deal with the massive spam of commercial "non-events" on the event calender. 95% or more of the events listed have no host, are 24 hour a day "yard sales" or stores selling "sex up your avie" etc posting the limit of events 3 hours long 3 hours apart everyday. For people like me who every week actually HOST a real event/party being burried in this pile of spam makes the event calender almost useless.

Oh well, Merry Christmas!

Stephe Ehrler

I have been trying to find the application to the winterfaire but havnt been able to find it, could anyone guide me in the right direction.

Thank You
wildlive

I cant seem to get the right size it is under the limit and it still says its wrong, right now
my picture is 360px × 235px and 37.71 KB (38614 bytes) but it wont let me submit it

Same here, I have something would like to put up for it but can't find how.

Stephe,

Many of the showcased locations are included in the "Winter 08" telepack at wikitipi.com.

Just grab the wikiTiPi HUD from the website and load the pack by following the link below:

http://www.wikitipi.com/cgi-bin/wp-loadpack.cgi?38

How to apply to be listed in the Winterfaire Grand Tour.

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