CraftScreen: Artist Website

Exer­cise 4
Due: S 14-Dec
10 points; 4–5 pages (see required com­po­nents)

 
» Task: set up a personal-professional artist web­site, apply­ing lessons of com­mu­ni­cat­ing through dig­i­tal media and net­work rhetoric for mul­ti­ple audiences.

 
Com­po­nents (indi­vid­ual pages or com­bined; cer­tainly re-name more creatively!)

1. Front/Main/Intro Page — with 2 ele­ments com­pelling atten­tion (e.g. visual media, quote, per­sonal logo/emblem, brief descrip­tion, etc.)
    
2. Con­tact (Form rec­om­mended; option­ally, social-networking con­nec­tion, e.g. LinkedIn)
    
3. Artist State­ment — updated
   — using early blog/exercise writ­ing + insights about art field, aes­thet­ics, and tech­nol­ogy in con­tem­po­rary con­di­tions (ideas from term & other classes)
    
4. Port­fo­lio (with at least rep­re­sen­ta­tive example/s) — sug­gest: slideshow of images
    
5. C.V. (Expe­ri­ence, Skills, Projects Past/Present, etc.)
    
6. Lessons for Artists in Network-Media Ecology
   — i.e. guide for “online pres­ence,” 200–400 words
   includ­ing spe­cial­ized terms/concepts from field (2 min.) and from class (1 min., e.g. about media ecol­ogy); links to exam­ples, pub­li­ca­tions, and resources (1 each min.)

    

* Other sug­gested ele­ments? (Blog? Store? Social-Net, CU/Boulder/Denver Con­nect?)
Sug­gest in com­ments! (espe­cially from observed examples)

 
 

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Rec­om­mended Sites (choose one)

• Word­Press — re-format exist­ing blog (see instruc­tions below)
• Google Sites (CU or per­sonal account?)
• Wee­bly
• Wix
• WebN­ode?
• Other? (reg­is­ter domain name, e.g. Square­Space, if inclined to pur­chase option­ally)

 

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Instruc­tions for Blog Re-Format

(using cur­rent Word­Press for CraftScreen)
 
Over­all layout: blog refor­mat­ted for new purpose

• Sta­tic home page (rather than blog entries on front page)
   
• “Blog” page/section

 

* Steps: (cru­cial pre­lim­i­nary sequence — cre­ate & update new pages)

1) Cre­ate a new page that will become your home/front page (name it any­thing, “Home”).
 
2) Cre­ate a new page titled “Blog” (or any­thing, like “Posts”) *leave blank*
 
3) Con­vert blog to sta­tic home page → fol­low Word­Press Guide
 
4) (impor­tant) Update your Cus­tom Menu (fol­low WP.com guide)
** re-organize class pages

 
5) Cre­ate / update your About page
 

• Cre­ate addi­tional pages for CraftScreen (required com­po­nents above)
   
• (optional) Add Wid­gets (in Dash­board): Social Media/Network? (sug­gested)
  “Cat­e­gories” and “Tag Cloud” ?

 

 

New Theme & Title

Change Theme to one expres­sive of artist iden­tity (online per­sona / brand)

1) Dash­board → Appear­ance → Themes

Change title: re-name your blog with an apt title (pro­fes­sional + per­sonal + artistic?)

1) Dash­board → Set­tings → Blog Title & Tagline

Optional: Enable “Tag cloud” & “Cat­e­gories” widget

1) Dash­board → Appear­ance → Widgets

* Sug­gested To tag and cat­e­go­rize entries:

1) Dash­board → Posts → Edit Posts

2) Select post to Edit → Add/type tags (right col­umn) → Click “Add” Button.

3) “Cat­e­gories” → Choose/create (right column)

*4) Click “Update” (right col­umn) to save (not updated, otherwise).

→ reminder: don’t for­get to tag & cat­e­go­rize old entries