About the Website and Quick Start Guide
i imagine - an art first network
Visual Artists, showcase your art here without getting lost in
some of the bigger sites. List your
home page and contact information so you are easy to find on-line
(optional). Create your own keywords so you can control how
search engines find your artwork, pick your own thumbnails to represent
your collection. You also control how large your pop-up images will be.
No download or special software is needed to make a portfolio. Graphics have been kept simple for fast page load speeds and also to
not distract from the art.
The site's current format has each artist creating their own portfolios within Albums. In the future as the site grows these
Albums will be separated into different artistic genres. Each user can
have as many albums as they like within their 8 Mb limit. This could
benefit artists that work in different media.
Portfolio storage space is doubled for the first artists to register.
Quick Start Guide
1) Create a free account
Click Join I IMAGINE and
complete the form. You just need a user name and email address. An email will be sent to you
confirming your membership. Your information from the
registration is not shared with anyone.
2) Log in, create Album
You will receive an email from i-imagine. Click the link in the message to activate your account.
Log in and menus will appear on the top of the main table where you
can create your first album. Click on Create/Order my albums to create
your first albums. Help icons (?) are on many of the pages to
assist you on the way.
3) Prepare your images (optional)
Before you upload your files (jpg, png) of your artwork you should
keep in mind that the page load speed can depend on the size (Kb/Mb) of the image
Resize your
pictures/files to fit, a height of 700 (or less) pixels is usually good
as is a width of 950 pixels (or less). If you can
"Save for Web" you can also get more pictures within your 8 Mb limit.
(Of course you should not sacrifice quality if you can help it). Note:
these graphic types: .jpg
.png
are allowed. (no .zip files)
4) Upload your image(s)
Click on Upload file to open the file selector. Upload the files from your computer, as many as 10 at a time. Then you will be asked in which album(s) you want the files to be
placed into. In this step you also will create
the titles and add your keywords to describe the picture. This step can be
done or edited later. Separate the
keywords with spaces, the search function for the gallery can use those
keywords along with the title information. Be sure to complete this for
every file otherwise they will not be saved into the gallery and you
will have to upload them again. Thumbnails and mid-sized pictures are
created by the software during this step.
5) Add more, organize sort
When you are done you can click on My Gallery or Artists Albums to find
your Album. You can also find your thumbnails on the home page since the
software picks these at random when people access or refresh the page.
You can then add more files/images, sort the order within your album(s)
etc..
6) The FAQ link has a lot
of useful information
7) Adding active links
You can add a link to your home page or your other websites with your art.
Add a link to your site in the "Caption" field. Use a complete link - such as - www.i-imagine.net or
http://www.i-imagine.net. You can add the links to any or all of your image captions.
Your Profile information also has a field for your website. Use the same formatting.
8) What can be uploaded?
Users can upload only their own work or work that they have explicit
permission to redistribute.
If you think someone has loaded your work on to this website please contact the webmaster and it will be removed.
9) What about copyrights?
Members always retain control of their copyrighted artwork. i-imagine.net
will never try to control or obtain user's copyrighted material.
If users want to release their copyrights they must clearly state
the release in the image descriptions.
Notes:
- Linking to the site and user's/your album(s) is encouraged
- User's email addresses are not made public, if you want to list your
email address then include/add it to your image descriptions or profile
-The site will be a work in
progress, when upgrades in storage or software are available users will
be notified.
- i-imagine.net uses the Coppermine Gallery software, they have great
documentation on line. The webmaster here is happy to help you as he
can. If "something happens" to your pictures/files here you can always delete
them and try again
Thanks for visiting
The Webmaster
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