Frequently Asked Questions
Before you start using JungleDragon, please have a look at the following Frequently Asked Questions to get you started.
General
- What is JungleDragon?
- Don't we have enough photo sharing platforms already?
- Why should I sign up?
- What languages do you support?
Using JungleDragon
- How do I find interesting content?
- How do I sign up and manage my account?
- I lost my password or my email address changed. Now what?
- I have an account. What are all these icons and numbers about?
- Can I have multiple accounts?
Uploading and managing my content
- How do I upload images?
- What images am I allowed to upload?
- How can I view my images?
- How do I edit image details?
- How do I delete an image?
- How do I set the license of my image?
- Wow! Somebody edited my image details. What's going on?
Interacting with content
- How do I post comments?
- How do I vote on content that I like?
- How do I favorite images?
- How do I tag content?
- What is tag info and how do I use it?
- How can I share JungleDragon content?
Making friends
For JungleDragon gurus
- Sharing content on social networks
- Invite your friends
- Becoming a moderator
- Giving feedback
- Donating
General
What is JungleDragon?
JungleDragon is a social image sharing platform for fans of nature. It is our mission to facilitate the creation of the largest resource of nature imagery on the planet. We do this by offering an engaging, social and friendly way to find and contribute images and other content.
Nature for all, all for nature!
Don't we have enough photo sharing platforms already?
JungleDragon is not a general purpose, personal photo storage service, there are better places for that. JungleDragon is focused and optimized for the topic of nature and its enthusiasts. The content, design, reputation system and feature set of JungleDragon is about nature only. JungleDragon is not just a catalog, it is a focused community that is trying to build an extensive, easy-to-use resource of nature imagery for all of mankind to enjoy. A resource where you call the shots.
Why should I sign up?
You don't have to. If you only want to view and enjoy the images, comments and other content of JungleDragon, you do not need an account. With an account, you will be able to engage in the community. You will have an identity and reputation that matches the foodchain of real nature. You will have a democratic voice and will be able to contribute, vote, comment, favorite , make friends and much more. Based on your reputation, your experience will improve.
What languages do you support?
JungleDragon currently only supports the english language for its user interface. For the time being, we recommend you use translation tools such as those offered by Google to translate pages. You are allowed to post text in comments and image details in any kind of language, although we prefer english for the widest community impact. We hope to offer more robust language options in the future.
Using JungleDragon
How do I find interesting content?
JungleDragon offers many ways to quickly find interesting stuff based on your mood.
If you just want to explore content, the homepage is a good starting point. There you will find the most popular and recent images submitted by the community. From there it is just one click away to similar images or like minded users.
If you are looking for something specific, the Tags screen packs a lot of power. It allows for easy tag browsing and searching.
If you have an account, you can follow users who's contributions you like. From there on, anything submitted by your friends will be displayed in your friend activity stream, which you can access from your profile.
How do I sign up and manage my account?
Signing up is easy. Go to the signup page and fill out your desired username, password and email address. Next, click the activation link in the email that is sent to you. You are now a member. your username, avatar and reputation now appears in the header of each page.
With your account in place, there are a few optional steps you can perform to further create your identity. If you want, you can provide extra information about yourself by editing your profile. Simple click your avatar to visit your profile. From there, visit the "Edit your details" link to provide extra information. All fields are optional. The better you describe yourself, the better you are able to engage in the community and make friends.
An extra optional step to further enhance your identity is to set your avatar. An avatar is a small graphic icon that represents you. It will be displayed everywhere you are mentioned. There are two ways to set your avatar. Go to your profile and visit the "Edit your details" link. Next, in the sub menu of account options go to "Change avatar". Here you can upload a new avatar. If you have an avatar defined at Gravatar, you can tell JungleDragon to use that one. The email address you used to sign up with JungleDragon will be used to retrieve your avatar.
I lost my password or my email address changed. Now what?
In case you forgot your password, go to the Sign In screen and choose the "Recover your password" option. You will be able to reset your password after email verification. Note that you can always change your password when signed in. Visit the "Edit your details" link from your profile and then go to "Change password".
To change your email address associated with your account, visit the "Edit your details" link from your profile and then go to "Change email address".
I have an account. What are all these icons and numbers about?
When signed in, your avatar, username, level and class will be prominently displayed. These determine your reputation in the community. JungleDragon rewards you karma points for positive actions, for example for uploading an image, or when another user votes on your content. When you are signed in and visit your own profile, the activity stream and chart show you which actions were rewarded.
As you grow in karma points, your level will increase. This is the number that is displayed next to your name. The progress bar in the header shows how far you are within the current level. And then there is the icon of your class, visualized as an animal in the food chain. Every few levels, you will be promoted to a higher class. Your class literally indicates your place in the food chain.
Your class acts like a badge of honour for the rest of the community to see everywhere you are active. But there is more. Your class raises your influence in voting and even gives you access to exclusive features such as viewing images in their original size, social image editing, social tag editing, and more. The higher your class, the better your JungleDragon experience.
For an overview of all classes and their abilities, go here. Ready to start earning karma? Visit the guide.
Can I have multiple accounts?
An account is associated with an email address, you can only have one account per email address. Although it is technically possible to create multiple accounts if you have multiple email addresses, we do not allow for it. It is more beneficial for both you and JungleDragon to have a one person one account policy.
Uploading and managing my content
How do I upload images?
When signed in, you simply visit the Upload link from the global navigation bar. You are required to at least provide a title and select a file. When the upload finishes, you will be rewared karma points and redirected to the image page.
Although not required, you images will be appreciated by the community more if you also provide a description and tag it with relevant keywords.
Note that an upload quota is enforced on your account. The size of this quota is generous and is based on your class. This quota is in place to prevent abuse, not to hinder you.
If your image contains EXIF data, JungleDragon will parse it and show it on the image page.
What images am I allowed to upload?
You should only upload images of nature to JungleDragon:
- Animals
- Plants
- If you have the gear, micro organisms ;)
- Natural landscapes
- Natural events
Images typically concern photographs, but illustrations and artwork are also allowed. JungleDragon is largely community moderated, but photos that are clearly off topic will be removed. You should only upload images that you own or have permission for.
How can I view my images?
JungleDragon has powerful image viewing capabilities. From your profile, you can view the images you uploaded, voted on or favorited.
On image lists, you can choose how you want the images to be sorted. Common sort methods are by date uploaded (most recent) and most popular.To the right of the sort options is the display mode. This allows you to view the images in the list as small, medium, large and slideshow. If you are signed in, the save icon to the right of the display mode options allows you to save the current display mode as a preference. From then on, image lists will always be shown that way.
When you click on an image in an image list, it will open the image page, containing all details and actions related to that image. The image page contains information about the image, uploader and related images. Clicking on the image itself allows you to zoom into regions of the image. The "View Sizes" option allows you to view, download and embed the image in various formats.
How do I edit image details?
By default, you can edit the details of all images you have uploaded. With enough reputation, you can also earn the social editing capability, allowing you to edit the image details of all images.
To edit image details, simply open the image page and click the "Edit Details" button. This button is also visible on image lists for each image. You need to be signed in to see this button. On the image edit page, you can edit the title, description and tags of the image. Note that all your edits are saved into a history and can be undone at any time from the Image history screen.
How do I delete an image?
To delete an image, you need to be signed in. The delete button is visible in image lists and on the image page. You can only delete your own images. Note that deletes cannot be undone. The image history and comments will be deleted as well. You will lose any karma you have earned with the image you are deleting.
How do I set the license of my image?
By default, all the images you upload are marked as copyrighted. This is merely an indication to other users that your image may not be used outside of JungleDragon without your prior permission. Note that JungleDragon does not block users from viewing or downloading copyrighted images.
If you want, you can associate a less restrictive license to your images, such as one of the Creative Commons licenses. To edit the license of your image, you need to be signed in. Visit the image page and find the license section in the sidebar. From there, visit the "Edit license" link to open the Edit License screen. On this screen, you can select your prefered license. Hovering a license option gives you an explanation of the license conditions. You can even chose to set the selected license as a default for future images you upload. The less restrictive you set your license, the more karma points you will be rewarded.
Wow! Somebody edited my image details. What's going on?
This is social image editing at work. Users with enough reputation earn the right to edit the details of all images, much like a Wiki. These users are generally trying to improve the data quality and description of content. If you disagree with an edit made by such a user, simply open the History page from the image page. Next, find the image version that you would like to restore and click the Restore button.
If you find that a moderator is repeatedly vandalizing image details with poor data, be it on your images or someone else's images, you can report the user. Visit the profile of the user and chose the Report option. In the popup that appears, please select the reason for the report and optionally fill out a justification. JungleDragon administrators will take a look at your report and take action if needed.
Interacting with content
How do I post comments?
You can post comments on image pages when you are signed in. You can also vote comments of others up or down. When others vote on your comments, you can earn or lose karma. There is a limit to the number of comments you can post per hour and per day. You can post a reply to an existing comment using the reply link below each comment. The collapse and expand buttons allow you to collapse or expand all replies in the thread. Comments that have a score below a certain treshold will be folded.
How do I vote on content that I like?
You can vote on images and comments. Images can only be voted up, not down. To vote on an image, you need to be signed in. You can vote directly from the homepage or from the image page. You can vote comments both up and down from the image page, but only once per comment and only for comments not made by yourself. Votes cannot be undone. Your vote can influence the karma of the comment or image poster. The better your reputation, the more influence it has. There is a limit to the amount of votes you can make per hour and per day.
When others vote on your content, you can earn karma. If somebody votes one of your comments down, you lose karma. However, depending on your reputation your defense power will compensate some of the karma lost. The better your reputation, the stronger you voting influence and protection against negative votes.
You can always see what images you voted on from your profile page.
How do I favorite images?
You can easily build up a gallery of your favorite images on JungleDragon. Just make sure you are signed in and visit the image page of the image you enjoy. Next, click the Add to favorites button. Image owners receive a karma reward if their image is favorited.
How do I tag content?
If you are signed in, you can tag content from an image page, either by going to Edit details, or by clicking the Tag This link. You can always tag your own images, but if you have earned the social image editing power, you can tag all images. If this is the case, you can view a list of untagged images from the Tags screen. From there you can very quickly tag a lot of images in a fun, optimized experience. Tagging content well is a thankful and important task, it allows other to find images more easily.
What is tag info and how do I use it?
Tag info is extra information attached to a tag. Tag info is only available for moderated tags. For example, the tag "Africa" may have extra information about this continent attached. This content will appear on the image page of images that are tagged as "Africa". This content is also available from the Info tab of the Tag screen.
Administrators may allow some of the tag info to be editable by community members. Editing such content requires the social tag editing power which you can earn by reputation. Tag info is much like a Wiki, the only difference is that the information is attached to a tag.
How can I share JungleDragon content?
Each page in JungleDragon has a unique URL, so you can easily copy that and share it elsewhere. However, you can also embed JungleDragon images directly on your website. Go to the View sizes option on the image page, and find the embed code. Please first choose the desired format that is suitable for your website.
Do not download and repost JungleDragon images that you do not own, this may violate the license the image owner has attached to the image.
Making friends
How do I find interesting people?
JungleDragon is all about the content. However, if you want to be ensured of a steady stream of the best images, the community is your biggest friend. To find interesting people to follow, just visit the Users screen. From there, you can easily find the most popular, newest and oldest members of JungleDragon. You can also look up users by alphabet or using the search option. You can display these user lists in two ways, mini or card, using the display mode selector. If you are signed in, you can save this preference.
How do I follow a user?
Once you have found an interesting user to follow, just visit the user's profile and hit the "Follow" button. You need to be signed in to do this. You can see who you are following from your own user profile. The user that is being followed may earn karma points from this new connection. You can always unfollow a user from their profile or your friend stream.
How can I see what my friends are up to?
Once you start following one or more users, you can easily see what your friends are up to from your friend stream. When signed in, visit your own profile. It will show your activity. Switch this stream to your friends updates by selecting "Friend activity".
For JungleDragon gurus
We realize that a lot of JungleDragon users just want to enjoy the content. However, we count on and depend upon community leaders. Community leaders are a role model in providing and promoting great content and positive behavior. They will be rewarded with karma points and extra capabilities.
It does not end there though. True fanatics who deeply care about the survival and growth of JungleDragon can take some of the steps below. It's all optional of course!
Sharing content on social networks
We deeply appreciate the sharing of JungleDragon content on social networks such as Facebook and Digg. These sharings can go viral and bring in new users, and thereby new contributors.
Invite your friends
We always welcome new community members, so why not send your friends, family members and colleagues to JungleDragon? The more, the merrier!
Becoming a moderator
Using the JungleDragon reputation system, community leaders can raise their voting influence and earn special abilities, such as the capability to edit the details of all images. However, special actions such as deleting images and banning users are only allowed by moderators. This is not a right that can be earned by the reputation system but you can apply to become one. Preferably, you already have a solid reputation inside JungleDragon. You can apply using the contact page. Please clearly state your motivation, availability and proof of your reputation.
Giving feedback
We love feedback. If you have a suggestion for improvement, or have found a bug, please let us know on our Facebook fan page or via email.
Donating
JungleDragon lives in the real world and requires money to operate its infrastructure, marketing and development. If you care about the survival and future of JungleDragon and have a few bucks to spare, you can donate an amount of your choice to us.
We are working on integrating the donation function with the reputation system. For now we will manually upgrade your karma points after payment. We thank you in advance, you donation will be put to good use!