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Welcome to the next installment of A Week in dA Related!
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A Week in dA Related is a weekly news article series that aims to bring you the most important and fun deviantART and dA Related news from the previous week. It also includes a small feature from each sub-gallery.
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A Week in dA Related - #041Introduction
Welcome to the next installment of A Week in dA Related!
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I cannot stress enough that the main objective of a journal is making written content enjoyable to read. It is all about readability and making it as easy for the reader as possible. Very often I come across pretty journal skins, that have a complete lack of readability. In one of my previous CSS Tricks I already mentioned the dangers of text lengths and how to limit the .text width to improve readability.
Problems with using images:
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How to: Make thumbs big in features?I get this asked a lot!
Back when they introduced sta.sh, I didn't really use it. Because it seemed hard to get used to. I always wrote my articles in the old way.
Then I toyed with it a little and noticed that is is something really awesome! 
Not to mention that the only way to make articles and journals is through Sta.sh Writer.
So I assume not so many if you know that there is a way to make thumbs big!
That is actually pretty easy. All you have to do is add big in front of a thumb code!
For example:
: thumb159252268 :
This is the "regular" size

: bigthumb159252268 :
This is the big size
Of course: without the spaces between the colon ( : )

But this is not what I wanted to show :shifty:
Fancy Features with sta.sh Writer
Go to your Sta.sh!
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A Week in dA Related is a weekly news article series that aims to bring you the most important and fun deviantART and dA Related news from the previous week.

If you have any deviantART Related news you'd like to share, shoot a note to ^ladygagz.

This issue covers July 3rd to July 10th, 2011.


:devart: deviantART News :devart:



RIFT Create a Colossus Contest Winners
The winners for the RIFT Create a Colossus Contest have been announced! Check out the winners in said article.

Emoticon Legend Update: The Emoticons Strike Back
#hq introduces five new emoticons! They also announce which emoticons are retiring from the emoticon legend.

:dalove: dA Related News :dalove:



Pokemon Stamp Feature: Isshu #008
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Weekly Stamp Feature - The 38th Instalment
`stuck-in-suburbia's Weekly Stamp Feature returns from a short hiatus, with the 38th Instalment being posted in the past week. Check out the extensive range of stamps included in this article!

STAMPS TO SUIT EVERYONE, Issue 12
~zaz14ispottermad continues her weekly feature, featuring all things stamps.

[#dAr] June 2011 Newsletter
#deviantART-Related released their monthly newsletter this week, which contains news and features regarding the dA Related Gallery!

:spotlight-right: dA Related Contests :spotlight-left:



#Stamp-Stadium's Stamps in the Seasons Contest
Create a stamp with one of the four seasons in mind. Deadline: 29th August, 2011.

~eCSSercise's Stamp Contest
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:? #deviantART-Related's Question of the Month :?



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deviantART Suggestions



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Deviant IDs

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Guide to the deviantART Related Gallery!
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with examples! Each section opens with words in italics; these are the official deviantART definitions of the gallery sections and are the first thing you must

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Official deviantART Related Chat - #dARelated

dA Related Presents
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Browser Scripts & Extensions
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*artorifreedom Jul 11, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Great article!
Thanks a lot for the feature! :heart:
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$namenotrequired Jul 10, 2011  Student Interface Designer
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`d3rzi Jul 10, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
Seriously darling, there is nothing in this community that you don't support, I am really proud of you =D
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^ladygagz Jul 10, 2011
Aww, thank you. :hug:
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Mood: Joy ~hyp3r-fux Jul 10, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks for the feature ^__^
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^ladygagz Jul 10, 2011
No problem! :D
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~Peter-Metzger Jul 10, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Yeeha, thanks for the feature!

cheers ;)
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`ginkgografix Jul 9, 2011
Voting boost, thank you :w00t: :hug:
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^ladygagz Jul 9, 2011
That's quite alright. :huggle:
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