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== ArticleBootleg article formatting (perpetually unfinished) ==
BOOTLEG INFOBOX. Anything that is optional will be marked as such, otherwise it is mandatory. (Unless it's the archive addition date, in which case, it has not been tracked extensively, only very recently. If you can't find the exact date, ask others about it, otherwise specify "Unknown" in the archiveadd value.)
 
[[User:Yellows111|Yellows111]] ([[User talk:Yellows111|talk]]) 13:38, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 
== How Toto Capture Screenshots Forfor Your Bootlegs: A Guide Concerning Labels Andand Places Toto Capture (perpetually unfinished) ==
All screenshots '''must''' be captured in PNG format, taken from a VM screen (doesn't matter how you get a VM running) and if the screenshot is taken from a hypervisor, be cropped to just the VM screen (for obvious reasons).
 
You can use any screenshot program for screen capture, preferably the hypervisor's screenshot function if it has it, and any hypervisor or site for testing the bootleg. Although you ''can'' just use the Install Any OS VMs (or soon, crusttest, but it's still in development stages right now and will be useful for later), using a virtual machine is highly recommended, as you don't have to deal with distractions and disruptions from any potential troublemakers, and you get a higher quality picture as it's not compressed by the CollabVM server itself.
 
=== Labelling your screenshots and formatting it in its own gallery ===
As for labeling your screenshots, and good places to look for capturing, this is how to label your screenshots:
 
<pre>(Original OS Namename) (Bootleg OS Namename) (Portion).png</pre>
 
Example:
And as for places to look, here are a few good places to look:
 
You must order the screenshots in the gallery in the way that the portions down below are ordered. You can only take one of each screenshot, and if there are multiple sections of one portion, it doesn't exclude it from capture. The Desktop, Start Menu, and Demo portions must always be included.▼
This is assuming you are writing for an XP bootleg.
 
; Pre-boot selector / Boot selector (If''if it exists'')▼
▲You must order the screenshots in the gallery in the way that the portions down below are ordered. You can only take one of each screenshot, and if there are multiple sections of one portion, it doesn't exclude it from capture.
; Text-mode setup
Text-mode: setup (Partition screen, Formatformat screen, Copyingcopying screen)▼
; Graphical setup▼
; Boot screen▼
; Pre-OOBE (In''in most bootlegs with stripped OOBEs, this part will almost always be here'')▼
; OOBE (''if it exists, some bootlegs omit this'')
Post-OOBE; (Login screen)▼
; Post-Loginlogin (Anything''anything that is set to run on startup, such as a WPI, post-install script, or other such'')▼
; Desktop (If''if anyanything rebootselse areis requiredshown (whichwhen isyou first arrive to the casedesktop, mostsuch ofas thea timeWPI inscreen, bootlegsa withpopup WPIs(like a welcome screen or other such), a system shutdown prompt, etc, then that makes it a Desktop on First Boot portion, otherwise it's just a Desktop portion'')▼
; Start Menu (The''the start menu of the default theme'')▼
; Demo (''a Demo portion involves showcasing various system and user information, where there will usually be changes. the list of the programs involved will be included in its own listing'')
: System Properties
: Support Information (''if it exists, then include it'')
: About Windows
: Run dialog (''if it's changed'')
; Autorun (If''if the bootleg has aits customown one'')▼
: Autorun splash, and post-exit screens (''if any'')
; WPI (If''if the bootleg has one'')▼
: The WPI installation screen
; A picture of an Explorer window of the CD root or C: drive (''if it has a custom folder background'')
 
This is the minimum baseline for taking screenshots. You can take screenshots of whateveranything else you want, as long as you have taken screenshots of thesethe necessary portions.▼
<pre>
▲Pre-boot selector / Boot selector (If it exists)
▲Text-mode setup (Partition screen, Format screen, Copying screen)
▲Graphical setup
▲Boot screen
▲Pre-OOBE (In most bootlegs with stripped OOBEs, this part will almost always be here)
OOBE (If it exists)
▲Post-OOBE (Login screen)
▲Post-Login (Anything that is set to run on startup, such as a WPI, post-install script, or other such)
▲Desktop (If any reboots are required (which is the case most of the time in bootlegs with WPIs), then that makes it a Desktop on First Boot portion, otherwise it's just a Desktop portion)
▲Start Menu (The start menu of the default theme)
Demo (A Demo portion involves two or three windows, but these two are paramount: System Properties (you can access the dialog in the Control Panel or typing <code>sysdm.cpl</code> in the Run dialog. You may put the support information if you wish), About Windows (you can access the dialog by running winver.exe in the Run prompt or going to My Computer, clicking Help and then About). You can also include the Run dialog itself)
▲Autorun (If the bootleg has a custom one)
▲WPI (If the bootleg has one)
</pre>
 
▲This is the baseline for taking screenshots. You can take screenshots of whatever you want, as long as you have taken screenshots of these portions.
 
=== Some other things you need to know ===
* Don't forget to specify the default theme's name when you're captioning the start menu image. You can find it by simply opening the waytheme selector.
* If you're reviewing a Windows Vista+ bootleg, if the System Properties window has changed branding, and you have the About Windows dialolg open, move the About Windows dialog to the left and the System Properties window to the right. This will make sure all of the branding will be shown, otherwise the About Windows dialog will cover part of it and not show everything.
 
=== Structure of a themes gallery ===
What is also important to capture are the themes of a bootleg, as there are many bootlegs with many themes (and we do mean many, there are known bootlegs with more than 100 themes), so this is how to deal with it:
 
You must take a screenshot of the theme by applying the theme in the theme selector, then close the theme selector dialog, then you open the startStart menu and then capture the screenshot.
 
As for labeling it, you do it like this: <code>(prepend yourOriginal OS name) from(Bootleg your previousOS screenshotsname)_ (Theme Namename)_Theme theme.png</code>.
 
As for captioning it in the gallery, you do it like this: <code>(Theme name) theme</code>. You can also append the internal theme name if the theme selector's name doesn't accurately represent what it is, but it takes more time to caption in bulk.
 
Screenshot examples:
 
--[[User:Undefishin|Undefishin]] ([[User talk:Undefishin|talk]]) 09:00, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 
== Noting things ==
what should I note in articles? to what extent should I note things? how much effort should i ideally put into this? and would that be acceptable for baseline? idk man --[[User:Undefishin|Undefishin]] ([[User talk:Undefishin|talk]]) 05:56, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 
E.g. should I note things like, say if a bootleg has cokes and keyfunnies should I note the scene name and music? Should I bother looking in thumbs.db for unused wallpapers?
 
--[[User:Undefishin|Undefishin]] ([[User talk:Undefishin|talk]]) 05:56, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 
== How categories should be ordered ==
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