Calling All LOL Cats
Comments(1) Sometimes a photo communicates what words cannot. Without photographic evidence, we might still be debating whether a galloping horse is ever airborne or, worse, unaware of MJ’s ability to multi-task.
Regular users know that we’ve been displaying automated story thumbnails for some time, but tonight we launched story photo upload to BallHype and ShowHype. You can upload a photo to a story that you submit or write, tag it, and the photo will appear both on the story page and in the tagged entity’s thumbnail album. The photos in the album link back to the original source, so it’s another way for sports or entertainment fans to discover new content. By mousing over the thumbnails in Lindsay Lohan’s album, for example, you get a nice roundup of the latest stories.
How it works:
When writing an original story, you can upload up to 5 images by clicking the Preview button after each upload. The first uploaded photo will serve as the thumbnail image for a story. You can then move the image around using the editing tool. If you submit a link to a published story, you may upload one photo, which will appear after the description.
After uploading, you can edit which story tags apply to the photo. Later, you can flag photos as misclassified or inappropriate from story pages or from photo albums.