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On Contemporaryart.com you can publish your art press releases, post your feeds and images, create your blog and share everything with your social networks.
Join the art community and register now: your account is free.
Register | Login | Your Profile| Location | Add & Publish an Art Event | Manage your Events| Add & Publish an Art Post | Manage your Art Posts | Comments | Share with Social Networks
Fill in your details at the page www.contemporaryart.com/register
- The EMAIL will be your USERNAME for login and you will not be allowed to change it. You must choose an existing email. You will be able to publish online other email addresses (or the same address) if you want to add a public contact.
- Choose your PUBLIC NAME carefully: this will be the name/title of your online public pages and cannot be changed.
Your Public Name identifies your public profile and allows people to find your pages by using the search function.
Suggestions: galleries, museums and art organizations in general should use their name (XY Gallery, XY Museum…); artists, curators, collectors, may use their names or choose an alias. - Select your appropriate category.
- Read and accept our privacy policy and submit.
- After few moments you will receive an email with a password. Check also your Spam folder as, depending on your email account settings, it can end up in that folder.
You can log in on any pages of ContemporaryArt.com. You need to use the email you provided during registration and the password we sent you via email.
Once logged in you will be able to access to your private area by clicking on “Profile” or “Dashboard”. These links can be found just below the Welcome Panel, on the right hand side of any pages.
You will then be able to manage your profile, events, feeds and comments.
We suggest you change your password and choose one that you can remember easily.
To manage your profile you need to log in by using your email and password.
Once logged in click on “Profile” or “Dashboard” (on the right hand side of any pages, just below the Welcome Panel).
Private Profile shows your private details that will NOT be displayed online : the email you choose as username for login, your name and surname.
Public Profile shows your public contact details. You may change or add an email address and web link. One public email address is required.
Profile Image: we suggest you add a public image to your pages. This can be for example the image of your gallery or museum, a logo, or even a picture of yourself or an artwork if you are an artist. It is your choice and it can be changed at any time. Please remember that this image will be published on your pages and will be associated with your profile, so keep it as much professional as you can.
Description:You are welcome to add a presentation of yourself or of your company. This will appear on your public pages, and can be changed at any time. A short description is always useful and can help to understand who you are and what you do. This is quite important in promoting yourself and your initiatives.
New Password: you can change your password very easily. Just enter it in both fields.
Update Profile: to save your changes you need to click on the “Update Profile” button.
We suggest you add your locations before starting creating events.
To enter and manage your locations you need to login and to click on “Profile” or “Dashboard” (just below the Welcome Panel).
Then go up to your left hand side menu and click on “Location” (it is just below “Your Profile”).
You may enter one or more locations and keep them ready for use.
For “Location Name” we suggest to use the most suitable name (e.g. name of you gallery, museum, venue, etc).
Remember to save your changes by clicking on the “Update Locations” button at the end of the page.
This simple step allows you to keep your location details ready for all your future posts.
When adding a new event you will be able to enter details for a Temporary Location, if needed.
Add an Art Event when your post has opening/closing dates and a venue (eg. an exhibition, a fair, a performance, a lecture…); for all other posts please add a Feed (how to Add & Publish a Feed).
It takes just few minutes to publish an art event or a press release, and it will be viewable on your page and on ContemporaryArt.com.
First you need to log in (how to Login) and then you can follow these easy steps.
- Go to the MENU on your left, find ART EVENTS and click on NEW.
- Enter the TITLE (exhibition or event title). This should give an idea of your event.
- Enter the TEXT (you can type it or paste it). You can edit and customize your text at your convenince. We suggest to keep it as simple as possible (avoid using many colours or different fonts…).
- Select the appropriate event CATEGORY.
- LOCATION:
if you have already added your primary locations (Left menu – Profile – Location), you can directly select the event location;
if you have not yet added your primary locations, you may add a “temporary location”.
The “temporary location” will be associated with your event.
(IMPORTANT: if your art events take place at your permanent locations, we suggest you add them to your Profile, so you can keep them ready for all your future events). - Add details like Artists’ and Curators’ names and DATES.
An event MUST have an OPENING and a CLOSING DATE. They can be the same date for one-day events.
If your event does not have dates, you should publish it through your FEEDS. - IMAGE: you may add an image from your computer. Simply browse your folders and select it.
All images will be resized to 260 x 260 pixel, so consider that there is no point in uploading large size images, as they will be reduced in size anyway.
You may add a description to your image. - Discussion: you may or not allow for COMMENTS, TRACKBACKS and PINGBACKS. We encourage you to allow them as we think the art community does benefit from them, but of course it is your choice.
COMMENTS: if you allow comments on a post, you can delete, block or report them at any time.
TRACKBACKS and PINGBACKS can be very usefull for your posts and for the visitors of your pages. More info about TRACKBACKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback
More info about PINGBACKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingback - Publish: you may click on SAVE DRAFT (and publish it at a later time), PREVIEW (to see what it looks like online, so you may consider to make any changes), or PUBLISH (in this case your post goes immediately online).
Please remember that you are responsible for all texts and images you publish. - ADVANCED FUNCTIONS: Insert a video.
Inserting a video from an existing URL into your post is very easy. Go to the text field and choose where exactly you want to place the video (eg. between lines, at the end…). Click and press “enter” in your keyboard in order to create an empty line.
Then go to the text toolbar and click on the “Kitchen Sink” icon that will open extended functions. Now click on the “Insert / edit embedded media” icon and paste the URL address where the video is located into the File/Url field (eg. the Url could be related to your personal website or to other websites, like YouTube or others that support the same file format).
Save your post by clicking the “Update Post” button, and your post will be online with its video.
You can edit all your events at any time. You can add information, change texts or images, dates or delete posts.
First you need to log in (how to Login) and then you can follow these easy steps.
Go to the MENU at your left, find ART EVENTS and click on MANAGE.
All your events will appear. If you do not see the specific event you need to edit, you may browse the next pages or try to use the search tool.
Once you find the post you want to manage, click on its title and you will be able to make all the changes you need. When you click on the “Update post” button, your changes will be overwritten and automatically published online.
This is ideal when you need to publish a post that is not associated with an opening or closing date. An Art Post can basically have a Title, a Text and an Image, and it’s very quick to post.
For example you may want to post something about an exhibition you visited, an artwork you just saw, bought or produced, to keep the art community informed about your activity or to keep your artblog rolling.
Your Art Posts will immediately appear on your page.
First you need to log in (how to Login) and then you can follow these easy steps.
- Go to the MENU at your left, find ART POSTS and click on NEW.
- Enter the TITLE. This should give an idea of your message.
- Enter the TEXT (you can type it or paste it). You can edit and customize your text at your convenince. We suggest to keep it as simple as possible (avoid using many colours or different fonts…).
- IMAGE: you may add an image from your computer. Simply browse your folders and select it.
All images will be resized to 260 x 260 pixel, so consider that there is no point in uploading large size images, as they will be reduced in size anyway.
You may add a description to your image. - Discussion: you may or not allow for COMMENTS, TRACKBACKS and PINGBACKS. We encourage you to allaw them as we think the art community does benefit from them, but of course it is your choice.
COMMENTS: if you allow comments on a post, you can delete, block or report them at any time.
TRACKBACKS and PINGBACKS can be very usefull for your posts and for the visitors of your pages. More info about TRACKBACKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback
More info about PINGBACKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingback - Publish: you may click on SAVE DRAFT (and publish it at another time), PREVIEW (to see what it looks like online, so you may consider to make any changes), or PUBLISH (in this case your posts goes immediately online).
Please remember that you are responsible for all texts and images you publish. - ADVANCED FUNCTIONS: Insert a video.
Inserting a video from an existing URL into your post is very easy. Go to the text field and choose where exactly you want to place the video (eg. between lines, at the end…). Click and press “enter” in your keyboard in order to create an empty line.
Then go to the text toolbar and click on the “Kitchen Sink” icon that will open extended functions. Now click on the “Insert / edit embedded media” icon and paste the URL address where the video is located into the File/Url field (eg. the Url could be related to your personal website or to other websites, like YouTube or others that support the same file format).
Save your post by clicking the “Update Post” button, and your post will be online with its video.
You can edit all your Art Posts at any time. You can add information, change texts or images.
First you need to log in (how to Login) and then you can follow these easy steps.
Go to the MENU at your left, find ART POSTS and click on MANAGE.
All your Art Posts will appear. If you do not see the specific feed you need to edit, you may browse the next pages or try to use the search tool.
Once you find the post you want to manage, click on its title and you will be able to make all the changes you need. When you click on the “Update post” button, your changes will be overwritten and automatically published online.
When publishing a post (art event, art post, artwork), you may choose to allow or not allow comments.
When you allow comments, registered and non-registered users will be able to add their comments to your posts.
To manage and edit comments you need to log into your account (how to Login) and then to click on “Comments” from your Profile Menu, or to click on “Edit” just below your published comments.
At any time you can Delete, Unapprove or Approve or mark as Spam any comment.
If you have an account on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Blogger or other social networks, you may share all your posts immediately.
Go to the page where your post is published. Just below any post title you will find the SHARE toolbar, with individual buttons for each social network. You need to click on the appropriate button and you will be connected to your social network. Your social network will ask you to log into your existing account, and as soon as you log into your social network account you will simply need to click on the “share” button: your post will appear on your wall or feed wall. It is very useful, quick and easy.
