Before we get started with the tutorial I would like to answer a question:
Why Wordpress?
While I have listed other easy and inexpensive ways for artists to create online portfolios, I urge you to consider using Wordpress with a theme. Wordpress uses open-source technologies, is open-source itself, and is backed up by a generous, enthusiastic, [...]
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Exhibition Extended – Jan. 16, 2010
Plant Body, Animal Body
December 3, 2009- January 16, 2010
Opening: Thursday, December 3rd, 6:00 – 8:00
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In the Case Study | Eye / World
Curated by: Emily Cheng and Michelle Loh
Opening: Sunday, November 22nd, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Triple Candie (map)
An antique museum case. 72 glass-topped drawers. 72 ways of visualizing the world. Big picture / tiny space. Artists, musicians, mathematicians, curators, writers, philosophers, [...]
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I, like most of artists I know, receive many email announcements for shows. Some of these are poorly formatted, difficult to use or have other annoying features like large unreadable attachments. With that in mind I have put together a few "rules" for producing email announcements. I hope it is helpful.
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I am teaching a 2 1/2 hour class at Maryland Institute of the Arts on creating a website for students’ work. I decided students should use Go Daddy to buy the domain name and set up a hosting account. These are the students’ instructions.
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In this tutorial I explain how to install Wordpress on GoDaddy. The goal is to create an online artist’s portfolio using WPFolio created by Eyebeam.
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Learning about ftping in Dreamweaver and then install some more files necessary for WPFolio.
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Enable WPFolio, configure Wordpress and required plugins.
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First, an explanation of the function of categories in Wordpress and WPFolio and website navigation, then create the categories.
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Learn how to create a post with a gallery of images. Finally. This is the reason for all the set-up.
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