Artist Tutorial

How To Change Your Password

1. Log on using the artist account that was created for you. Use the password communicated to you in your introductory letter. 

Click here to go to the logon page now.

2. Click on MY PREFERENCES --> MY ACCOUNT in the menu.

3. Type in a new password in the password field, and repeat it in the next field. The system makes you type in the password twice to avoid any potential spelling typos.

4. Click SUBMIT to finish the process.

 

How to Edit your Biography

To edit your biography, change contact information, or upload an artist photograph, logon to the system using your credentials.

Click on CONTENT->PAGES in the menu bar.

Click on the page that bears your full name.

Scroll down to the CONTACT INFORMATION field and type any info you'd like to publish to the users.

Scroll down to the BIOGRAPHY field and type in your biographical paragraph(s). There's no limit to the amount of information you can publish. You include hyperlinks, event schedules, etc.

If you have a photogrpah of yourself you'd like to publish, scroll to the top of the page and click on the IMAGES tab. If you don't, then just click on the SUBMIT button at this point and you're done.

If you're submitting a photo and you're now on the IMAGES tab, click on the BROWSE button and select the picture (in JPEG format) from your local PC.

Click OPEN/OK and click SUBMIT. The upload process may take a minute or so, depending on the size of the picture and the speed of your internet connection.

 

 

How to add art works to a member's gallery

Prepare one or more digital pictures in JPEG format (the filename extension - the last 3 letters of the filename - should be "jpg"). The size of the picture should not exceed 500KB. How to prepare a digital picture is beyond the scope of this tutorial.

Log on using the artist's account that was previously created.
After logging on, you should see the Admin Panel
Click on the Content link
Click on the Pages link

To review the current art work portfolio expand "The Gallery" and then "Artists" line items by clicking on the caret (the little sideway triangle at the start of the line). Expand the artists' line item.
Note, if no works have been created then there will not be a caret in front of the artist's name.

To add a work of art,

Click on Add New Content

In the Content Type drop-down field (1st field -- has a button with a triangle pointing downwards immediately to the right of the field) select the entry "Item Page".

Enter the "Title" of the art work in the 2nd field, and enter the same title in the field "Menu Text" (3rd field) again.

Using the "Parent/Category" drop-down list (4th field -- has a button with a triangle pointing downwards immediately to the right of the field) select the artist's name. You may have to scroll down a little to find it.

In the "Page Template" drop-down field (5th field -- has a button with a triangle pointing downwards immediately to the right of the field) nothing needs to be done since the desired entry, "Artist Page", should already be selected.

In the "Sub - Template" drop-down field (6th field -- has a button with a triangle pointing downwards immediately to the right of the field) select the entry "Item-CSS-based"

In the "Item Notes" field (7th field -- has an "editor" window with its own formatting controls) you can type any information other than the medium, dimension or price, that you would like to make the viewer aware of. Examples might include "private collection" or perhaps how the picture came to be.

Optionally fill the "Medium/Media" field.

Optionally fill the "Dimensions" field.

Optionally fill the "Price" field.

Click on the "Images" tab at the top of the grey box. You should then see the field "Images 1" along with a "Browse..." button.
Click on the "Browse..." button and select the digital picture on your machine (the one that was described at the start of this tutorial).

Click on the "Submit" button to begin the upload process. This will copy the file you selected to the OAA web server. The process will not harm your local file.

After a short delay you will be back on the main Content Pages screen. You can now add additional works by repeating the process. Youi can preview your gallery by finding the magnifying glass icon next to the line that has your name and clicking on that. This will open a new browser window with your updated gallery. This is the view that outside visitors would also see.