Has Your Link Been Deleted? Here's Why...

Has your link been deleted from a challenge? There are a few different reasons why this may have happened:

• Your creation is linked to a tonne of challenges - we ask for Just Add Ink submissions to be for no more than 3 challenges (ours included), and all must be different themes (e.g. one colour, one sketch, etc).
• It was accidentally linked twice.
• Wha... where?? Is the post the first thing we see? Or an advert block? We know how blogs work, if it's the latter it will be deleted.
• It was not linked correctly - your link must be a DIRECT link to your submission, not to your main blog page. Have a look at our tutorial on Using Mr Linky.
• It did not meet the challenge requirements.
• It was linked to a project that was posted before the challenge was posted (we specifically ask for challenge projects to be new).
• It did not contain a reference to Just Add Ink and/or a link back to the challenge (c'mon, that one's common courtesy!).
• It was inappropriate or contained inappropriate images.

A couple of things to note:

• If a post before yours has been deleted, your post will have moved up the list.
• If your post has been deleted and you think none of the above reasons apply, please email us at just-add-ink@hotmail.com so we can figure it out.

Thanks for your understanding!

Blog Tutorial - Using Mr Linky

Blog Tutorial

Using Mr Linky

Hi there! If you're reading this entry, then chances are you're checking how to link your work to our site using Mr Linky.  Here are the steps!


Step One
At the bottom of a challenge post, you'll see the Mr Linky gadget.  It looks like this:

Step Two

In a moment you're going to enter your details, but first you need to get the DIRECT link to your entry.  Go to your blog and click on the blog post (the title) that contains your challenge entry.  I've used my blog entry as an example.  You'll see this:

Highlight the address (at the top):

That's what you're going to enter as your URL.

Step Three

Back on Just Add Ink, type your name into the Your Name field, then paste your DIRECT link to your entry into the Your URL field.  My example looks like this (you can't see the entire address - you can see the end part):

Step Four
Now click on Enter.  Your entry is now linked!



Some important things to remember:

• In your blog post about your challenge entry, you need to include a link back to Just Add Ink, preferably to the challenge requirements themselves.
• Incorrect links are NOT eligible for Top 5 picks, and may be deleted (you can always re-link your entry correctly).
• If you're having any problems, get in touch with us by emailing us at just-add-ink@hotmail.com.