Submitting zine back issues
If you would like to submit a back issue of your zine, you may do so. You can only submit zines you own (or owned) and made. Each issue should be in html format. If you have images to include that go along with that issue (that are either within the issue or were attached), you should put them in a zip file along with the html issue file.
What I did to make the files was to compose a new blank email, open the zine issues, and copy and paste the pages of the issue into the blank email message. Then, I saved it by going to File…Save. I saved it (ex, as issue01.html), and because there were pictures in the issue, AOL automatically created a folder called issue01_files. Then you go to My Computer, open the folder where you saved the issue, and select both the html file and folder at the same time. Then, right click. In the menu that comes to, Go to Send to…Compressed (zipped) folder. You might get a notification, it really doesn’t matter if you hit yes or no, but I try to hit no just in case. And tada! Your issue will be zipped! The file will be named something like issue01.zip or issue01_files.zip, depending upon which icon you selected last. Sorry if you already knew how to do that
Tip: Delete the links in your issues before you save them, so that people don’t click on outdated links now or in the future.
To upload the zip file on the website, you first have to register. Then upload your issues to the “AOL zines” category of the downloads section. Most of the fields don’t need to be filled in, just the file name and description. I’ve been putting the table of contents in as the description, and I think that’s a good way to do it. If you have more than 5 issues, I’ll give you your own category for your zine.
If you don’t want to upload them yourself, I could do it, but it would really help me out if you did it as I’m pretty slow about uploading issues because I’m pretty busy.
Tip: If your zine is still active, submit it to the zine directory so that people can go to your listing to subscribe.
If you have any questions, please use the contact form.
