User-Submitted Graphic
The Web Editorial Group encourages UCF students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners to submit graphics or ideas for the centerpiece section of the UCF homepage.
Image submissions for the centerpiece area must present some aspect of UCF, its community, events, campuses, or academics. We encourage you to submit images that fit the format and overall style of the UCF homepage. Images that promote specific campus-wide events or activities can be accepted based on additional guidelines which are listed below .
The Web Editorial Group makes the final decision reagarding image acceptance. Submission does not guarantee that the image will be used. All submissions become property of UCF. Also, the Web Editorial Group and our digital media designers reserve the right to modify any image prior to use. This may include but is not limited to adding photo credits, optimizing image for Web use, etc.
Feel free to contact the Web Editorial Group prior to creating your graphic. We may be able to collaborate with you and help guide the design process. Proposals can be submitted via e-mail as GIFs or JPEGs but must conform to the guidelines below.
User-Submitted Graphic Guidelines
Each submission must include the following:
- Contributor's name
- Contributor's hometown (optional)
- E-mail address
- URL (if applicable)
- Short biography
- Class year
- Major
- Brief explanation of the graphic, which should include any associated links.
What We Want
The final product can be either a high-resolution image or a Photoshop file (150 dpi), created using our Photoshop template (.psd).
- Original photographs
- Owner-manipulated photographs (please indicate any manipulation when submitting)
- Illustrations
- Graphics
- Non-looping animations (GIF only please)
General Guidelines
- Though we prefer student submissions, we encourage UCF alumni, staff, faculty and partners to submit content for this homepage "channel."
- Any photo taken off-campus AND containing recognizable faces must include release forms.
- Please do not use UCF logos, UCF wordmarks, Pegasus icons, or explanatory text in the graphic. The "About the Homepage Image" page will explain the graphic.
- Please do not submit images that are out of focus or of poor quality. Also, note that pictures with a vertical orientation cannot generally fit in the centerpiece section.
- The most common reasons that images are not accepted for the homepage are poor quality, incorrect orientation, inappropriate subject, and/or lack of relevance to the UCF campus and community.
Examples of approved centerpiece images:
Guidelines for Images Promoting Specific Events or Activities
- Images promoting specific events must be received at least two weeks in advance of the time period that they will appear on the homepage.
- The submitted image or graphic must fit the overall style, tone and format of the UCF homepage.
- Submissions should include minimal text describing the event or activity. If approved, the image will link to an "About this Image" page for further explanation.
- The event or activity being promoted must be open to the public and of broad interest. We prefer events that can be linked to a related news article or web site.
Examples of images promoting events: