Member Guide to Online Features & Tools

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1 3/27/2017 Member Guide to Online Features & Tools What is a profile? A profile is your business page on the Artisans Center of Virginia and/or the Virginia Oyster Trail web sites. 1

2 Your profile Provides your contact information. Displays your logo, an owner photo and three enticing photos representing what you do. Showcases your artist/business description. Links to your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Etsy, LinkedIn, TripAdvisor, YouTube and Virginia.org profiles. Displays a Google Map, so visitors can find you. Provides space for upcoming events, business hours, and other special information. Allows visitors to or share your page content on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Linkedin. A profile is an exclusive benefit of membership. Editing your profile Begin by logging in from the bottom of any website page using your distinctive user name and password Click on your profile name to begin. Tip! Our content management system (CMS) allows you to easily update web content without knowing HTML or web programming languages. 2

3 Add new or updated profile information. Editing your profile Edits are immediately visible on the ACV web site after you hit PUBLISH, located at the bottom of the page. Editing your profile Use the editing tools to enhance your description. Tip! Photos can be added to the description field using the cloud with the arrow. Try it and see how it looks. If you don't like the display you can just delete the image for now and include it in the Image file fields instead. If you know a little HTML you can fix the display (click the "</>" button on the far right of the field to edit the HTML). They're continuing to improve the CMS so you should be able to better insert and edit images in the near future. 3

4 Editing Images Images uploaded to ACV s web site must not exceed the maximum size denoted in each field s description and in most cases your images will automatically be sized. Logo & Owner Image: Width = 150px Max file size 100KB Other Images: Max file size 100KB because they will pop up when clicked Tip! If your image does not load, it likely needs to be sized. Tip! Your digital camera takes pictures at much larger sizes these photos will need to be sized down before uploading. Photo Editing Tools Here are a few FREE, online photo-editing tools: free optimizer (reduces file size): free optimizer (reduces file size): free cropping: free resize (changes scale): 4

5 Pixlr tip: resizing Resizing to a Width = 150px Max file size 100KB Select Image Image size from the menu Select File Save from the menu Pixlr tip: saving Tip! Save as a different file name or in a different location to avoid overwriting your original photo. 5

6 Upload images using the ACV s CMS. Uploading images Remember! Pay special attention to the maximum sizes specified. Linking to other profiles You can use the CMS to link your profile to other common digital media profiles. Linking to Facebook, Twitter and/or YouTube displays the appropriate icon(s). Tip! Don t forget to prefix web addresses (URLs) with 6

7 New Online Calendar Hover for event snap-shots. Multiple,integrated calendars with month, week, day and event views. Color coded & sortable. Events automatically show up on your business profile page Post Your Events & Activities To get to the calendar, click All Calendar Events from right column on all run of site pages. Log in FROM the bottom,right side of the calendar and post your events/activities. Tip! If it s not on the calendar we don t know you are doing it and can t share on ACV s FB/Twitter 7

8 Don t let this be you ACV staff sets up a generic profile for each qualifying member and then sends you your login codes. It s up to YOU to fill in the contact information, call to action, eticing description, upload photos, logos...and keep it current! Tip! Visitors will not visit what they can not see and understand! Coming soon Online Interactive Maps (Now Live at the Virginia Oyster Trail and Artisan Trail Network) Responsive Mobile View Photo Editing Automation Need help? Contact us at any time: membership@artisanscenterofvirginia.org 8