Step by Step Instructions for designing your Art Market Platform

Posted on January 29, 2008 at 11:34 AM.

Follow Quick Setup instructions below for making individual entries. Once you are familiar with the steps, you'll be making entries is less than 5 minutes.

Before you start: Plan out your website. Get images ready to approximate sizes below and compressed for web.

1) Welcome area: upload userpic (120x120 pixels: shop front or picture of curator) + banner (560x120 pixels) + welcome message (2-4 lines text)

2) Portfolio area: upload portfolio: needs 12 pictures - decide if it will be a portfolio of artists OR portfolio of exhibitions

2a) Entries in LH column will automatically fill portfolio: 1 picture (450 pixels wide) from each entry, AN entry for each artist (12 or more) OR an entry for past/current/future exhibitions/ press releases (12 or more), can add more pictures to each entry later

3) Right Hand Column Area: Entries in RH column = A separate entry each, Titled : About us; Contact details; Exhibition schedule; Press releases; Social Picture Gallery; Video Gallery; Work for sale with Paypal buttons installed...whatever you need here. You can have a picture for the front cover of each entry or just have titles - you can add pictures later....just decide what you'd like to go where...

Quickest way to upload

Upload pictures first - 1 per entry, can add more later
Add titles to each entry - add text to entries later once you have good layout
Save

Further reference:

About the Art Market Platform...

The Benefits and Features of Art2Bank Art Market Platforms for Art businesses

Rules for users of Art2Bank Art Market Platforms

Frequently Asked Questions

Internet Safety

Quick Setup Instructions:

Creating 'Welcome Message' with Banner

> Login > Edit your profile > Userpic (upload/browse) > Save

Warning: Changing Username and Display Name will result in broken links and information loss.

> House Icon > System Overview/ select 'Art Partners'

> Create > Page > Display Options > Banner (tick) > OK

> Banner Custom Field (Upload) > Body (insert 2-4 lines text)

> Title (type 'Welcome message') > Folder (RHS) > Select Opening Text)

> Preview (found below entry area) > Click display name to view all

> Re-Edit Page >Publishing Option (Publish) > Save

Creating Entries

> Create > Entry > Publishing Status - tick Unpublished > Insert Title

> Display Options (top right) > Tick Image > OK > Image Field (Upload)

> Check Format is always Rich Text > Insert Body Text (visible from

front page) - can copy & paste from MS Word

> Can also format text using Toolbar functions (Always keep in WYSIWYG Mode)

> Insert Extended Portion, Tags & Keywords > Preview > Publishing

Status > tick Published > Save

Creating Right Hand column entries

> Create > Page > Same as for creating an entry > Insert @right, - in the

tag field, then followed by other tags

For more detailed instructions see: Art2Bank User Guide

Please note: Right Hand Column entries are only updated on the hour, so changes are not evident immediately. All other entries are immediately updated.

GO LIVE !! Send us an email requesting that we launch your platform at partners@art2bank.com