Help:Promote

Using the Special:Promote feature — which is only available to administrators — you can easily promote your wiki on Wikia's main page. It allows you to upload images and description of your wiki, which will then be displayed on the "Mix it up!" grid on Wikia's front doorstep.

Promoting your wiki on the main page is easy. Just follow the steps and guidelines below!

Write a description
You must first create a description of your wiki. This can reflect the personality of your wiki. Try to keep your description fun and welcoming to attract new users. You can always come back to edit or update the text.

Create a Headline
Craft an exciting headline for your wiki. This can be as simple as "Learn more about the Bacon Wiki" or "Calling all dog lovers!" Get creative! Just remember that your headline must be more than 20 characters.

What's your wiki about?
Use this space to showcase some of the highlights of your wiki. Have you recently hit 24,000 pages? Now's your chance to brag! Just keep in mind that your description of your wiki needs to be at least 300 characters.

Upload Images
The upload process is super-simple. Just go to Special:Promote. There, you'll find two areas where images can be uploaded. The biggest area is the one for your main image. Using the best practices below as a guide, find and upload the image that works best for your wiki. Make sure to use a high quality image as it will appear in multiple sizes across multiple browsers.

The other upload area is for the smaller images — up to nine of 'em! — that help to illustrate the wikia.com page that people get if they choose to examine the wiki. In other words, these pictures display when people hit the icon of a magnifying glass rather than the picture of an arrow. These nine images do not get rotated into the main image. They are only visible to those who choose to find out more about your wiki.

Once you've uploaded all the images that you want — both main and supplementary — hit the "Publish" button. This will then submit all your images, at once, for review by Wikia Staff. It's better to submit all your pics at once than to hit the "Publish" button every time you add a new pic. Please note that images take 2-4 business days to be approved. Feel free to check your status at Special:Promote on your wiki.

Also, even after you're approved, keep in mind that there are thousands of wikis on Wikia. If you hit the "remix" button at wikia.com, it could take awhile before yours appears.

Best Practices for Images
Above all, get creative! Feel free to draw and design your own images to represent your wiki.

And remember, once submitted your wiki will be represented on the main page of wikia.com. Please follow our terms of use and stay within those guidelines.

Next Pages

 * Check out how to attract more contributors
 * Learn how to build a successful wiki
 * Learn how to raise your wiki's Google ranking

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