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How to create a great company article (view source)
Revision as of 17:45, 6 February 2011
, 13 years ago→Filling the Company Infobox
* You can collect the company's logo from the official website. Currently ICANNWiki only supports .jpg/.jpeg and .png formats so if the image is in any other format (such as .gif in this case) , you can use any simple image converter such as Windows Paint or Adobe Photoshop to convert the format.
* You can collect the company's logo from the official website. Currently ICANNWiki only supports .jpg/.jpeg and .png formats so if the image is in any other format (such as .gif in this case) , you can use any simple image converter such as Windows Paint or Adobe Photoshop to convert the format.
** Sometimes logos are well defined images and you can just "drag" them off, and other times you may need to "crop" it off the page. This is easy with a Mac, just use the keyboard shortcut (Command-Shift-4). Instructions for PCs can be found [http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/winscreenshot.htm here].
** Sometimes logos are well defined images and you can just "drag" them off, and other times you may need to "crop" it off the page. This is easy with a Mac, just use the keyboard shortcut (Command-Shift-4). Instructions for PCs can be found [http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/winscreenshot.htm here].
** When uploading a company logo, try to give it a name which includes the name of the company and the word logo, like "ABC-Logo.jpg". If you use just "logo.png" over time some logos will overwrite others.
** When uploading a company logo, try to give it a name which includes the name of the company and the word logo, like "ABC-Logo.jpg". If you use just "logo.png" some logos will eventually overwrite others.
* Most of the information needed for the info box, for example, type, industry, founded, purchase, ownership, headquarters, country, products, revenue, website, etc. you can find from the basic search results.
* Most of the information needed for the info box, for example, type, industry, founded, purchase, ownership, headquarters, country, products, revenue, website, etc. you can find from the basic search results.