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Step 8Final thoughts
This method does have downsides. The banner doesn't extend over the edges of your thumbnail like the genuine one does, but by the time someone has clicked on your Instructable and noticed that the intro image has the banner embedded in it, they will be distracted by your amusing and fascinating writing and read through your Instructable despite being tricked into doing so.
That's the theory, anyway.
Also, this method only works for the thumbnail of an Instructable in the browse view- if it appears in a "related" box, or on a person's profile page, the thumbnails are smaller so the banner will be shrunk and appear less realistic. In this case, you will have to consider which view you are more concerned about the image being "convincing" in, and make the thumbnail the appropriate size.
Then, of course, there is the danger that the Instructables staff will not be happy with the co-opting of their banners and remove your Instructable, but that's a risk I'm willing to take. I have screenshots of mine, anyway.
Happy fake-featured-banner-adding!
POST-SCRIPT
As I said in the intro, my test Instructable was unpublished by moderators minutes after I published it. If you try the same trick I am sure the same thing will happen to you- there may even be an automated system to detect the featured/winner stripe on intro images. If your Instructable gets unpubished you can count on not getting very many page views. I can hopefully write this off as an experiment, but if you persist in trying this type of tricks you will probably become unpopular.
Please, for your own sake, do not try this at home. Thank you.
That's the theory, anyway.
Also, this method only works for the thumbnail of an Instructable in the browse view- if it appears in a "related" box, or on a person's profile page, the thumbnails are smaller so the banner will be shrunk and appear less realistic. In this case, you will have to consider which view you are more concerned about the image being "convincing" in, and make the thumbnail the appropriate size.
Then, of course, there is the danger that the Instructables staff will not be happy with the co-opting of their banners and remove your Instructable, but that's a risk I'm willing to take. I have screenshots of mine, anyway.
Happy fake-featured-banner-adding!
POST-SCRIPT
As I said in the intro, my test Instructable was unpublished by moderators minutes after I published it. If you try the same trick I am sure the same thing will happen to you- there may even be an automated system to detect the featured/winner stripe on intro images. If your Instructable gets unpubished you can count on not getting very many page views. I can hopefully write this off as an experiment, but if you persist in trying this type of tricks you will probably become unpopular.
Please, for your own sake, do not try this at home. Thank you.
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