Below, you will find some examples of badges that are pre-formatted correctly for the system to use. You can right click and “Save image as…” to download any of these images.
Images must be the following:
.png file format
128 x 128 pixels
Transparent background
Example 1
Example 2 (from video tutorial - see below)
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Example 6
Example 7
Example 8
Example 9
Example 10
Example 11
Example 12
Example 13
This is a video tutorial just to give people ideas on creating their own custom badges.
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We have an image for the recently completed Tin Can Sailors campaign and I have located the “Award Badge” in Admin… but how do we upload the image so I can award it to the finishers?
Hi Group, how do we award badges to campaign members? Where does it show up in one’s profile/avatar?
I would like this one given out for Inaugural Railway.
Hi Fred. You need to request admin (Jim S) to do it. You need to give him a .png type image of 128 pixels x 128 pixels. You also need to give him the user names of everyone you want it to be awarded to. Here is your .jpg award in .png format
(Please note, you are not supposed to have a White or Black background if possible. That is in the how to make an award thread.)
When allocated, each recipient will get a message from the system telling them it has been awarded. To see it click on the ‘avatar’ picture on the top right, the preferences icon (head and shoulders) then select ‘Activity’:
When that screen opens select ‘Badges’ and they will be in amongst your other awards:
Looks like I did it correctly with the exception of the white background; that is fixed and resent. I sent this as a 128 x 128 PNG to Jim a week or so ago, with the members included. I know he is busier than an one-legged cat trying to bury scat on a frozen pond but I haven’t heard back from him.
I believe badges can take any form, as long as they are 128x128 pixels and are PNG format. The “medal” format is popular, but not a standard!
As for the page, if you mean “where can I see what I have?” the answer is to click on the three bars (left of your avatar at top right of the page) and you’ll see “badges” in the pop-up box, in the right-hand column. This gives a list of all badges, so scroll down to the Campaigns section and all the issued badges will be there - the ones you have earned have green ticks on them.
Thanks, Tom! What I meant about the badges page is that in the video about how to create them, Jim refers to a page where we can see all the awards that have been made so we can avoid duplication. I don’t know where that is.
I can’t recall seeing the vid, but that badges page shows all the ones awarded so far across the Kitmaker network, so as long as your new design isn’t like any of them you’re good to go!
