A Sta.sh Tutorial

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Deviation Actions

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Sta.sh can be quite daunting indeed.

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Inception :icongrinstareplz:

I am writing this tutorial in st.ash..

Titles + Headers



You want to create some

Titles

Subtitles

Headers

Subheaders

Smaller Headers
Normal text
?
:eyes:

Well, you have options.
First, you're going to look at your tool bar that is near the top of your screen. Do you see it? Good.


Stash Image by Astrikos

Note: The red circled things are important.
Then you are going to click the tT Button there. It will hover this menu:
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So that's nice. But you want want emphasis sometimes? Like: This kind of emphasis.

Emphasis

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Pretty basic..

Since you're so busy shouting at people, you lost count of your llamas in your heard. Darn it.
However, as you find them, you need a list.

Listing and Blockquote

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  • The first option gives you
  • this
  • that
  • this

  1. The second option provides numbered counting.
  2. Like this
  3. that
  4. and
  5. this.

(to get out of it, hit return twice without typing anything in. Or clicking space below the listing to the left.. Sometimes it can get finicky.)

The "" is a blockquote. This is a blockquote. It will appear different on different kinds of skins.

Alignment

You got dizzy chasing after all those llamas! You need to align your thoughts. awesome
Notice this on your tool bar?
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Left Alignment
Center Alignment
Right Alignment

Linking

So your fella, username friend sent you something awesome?

You don't want to write out links like deviantart.com/ <that.
You can go like <a wytiwyg="1" h&lt;i="">ref="deviantart.com/">deviantART</a> , and rename them.
The HTML way spazzes in sta.sh, since sta.sh is a WYSIWYG editor. {What you see is what you get}

write out deviantart.com ..
<a wytiwyg="1" h&lt;i="">
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This will appear. Fill it out and press OK.
And you get: This instead of deviantart.com.
You must fill in the Title (optional) to rename the link.


Note: Leave the 100% alone, or you will end up working with size disgustingly small and get a headache.


Complex Rich Formatting in Sta.sh Writer

The Add Items Panel

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Behold...
So many options.
What can you do?

Drag + Drop files from desktop/folders to upload them into sta.sh. Click and drag from the new area onto your writing canvas. Or click them.

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Hover over it and you can drag the corners to make it larger...

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Draw on it in muro, thumb it, or remove it.

Untitled Drawing by Astrikos


More Panels: the deviantART Panel
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You can search dA for thumbs + your gallery + your faves!
You can resize and draw all over the thumbs as well.
Useful for creating features.
However, this isn't a how to make features tutorial.
I suggest you check
How to make a great Journal feature out.
miontre rocks!
Oh quick tip: : devusernamehere : (without the spaces) links to groups + deviants.
You can also use :iconusernamehere :
:iconhq: hq
:iconusername: username
:iconhq: :devhq:
:iconusername: :devusername:
:heart:

The Emoticons Panel

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Click or drag them. Have fun with it. You can also search for emoticons in the search bar.

Get the expressions going! Whee.
Yawn*looks around cluelessly*HandshakePetting is sensual!PartyHere's my $0.02Nana, look what I have and you dont!GrannyShoutBox#1Datew00t!Here's a kiss for you, my love!JuggleYou talk too much!Whisper sweet nothings in my ear!Strong!Dygel <- Sexy. :eyes:

Oh, you must use : : if you're going to type it out without clicking.
:la: makes :la: 

Sharing+ Extra Options
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Sharing that link allows someone else to view your sta.sh article.


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Unchecking the Always Add Full Size Images is useful. Thumbs show up as size ugly huge if that is checked.
Switch to HTML mode removes the rich text effect. Which doesn't allow you to use any of the things I just said, but allows for more controlled formatting if you're amazing at coding. :aww:

The File and Edit Buttons are quite self explanatory.


I hope you found this tutorial useful. :heart:
~Ali

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Hi! I'm just having some trouble downloading a Sta.sh file, I click download and it juts opens the Sta.sh page in a new tab, not downloading it, help? xD