Publishing your formulas

When you have written a new formula, you might want to publish it, so other people can use it as well. You can publish it using the online formula database at formulas.ultrafractal.com. When you register with the formula database, you reserve a two- or three-letter abbreviation that you can use to name your formula files.

Before publishing your formula, take a step back and ask yourself the following questions:

In general, you should take responsibility for the formulas that you publish. For complex formulas, you might want to have them beta-tested by a small group of people first. Consider that it might not be possible to fix problems later without breaking compatibility with parameter sets produced by earlier versions.

When you are revising and improving your formula files, make sure that you do not break backwards compatibility either. Here are some guidelines to help you:

See Also
Public formulas
Compatibility