Archive for November, 2006

Tutorial: ArtMetal.com User Account Setup

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This is the last in a series of video tutorials on using the artmetal.com web site. The tutorial goes over the initial setup a new user should consider implementing when they first log into their account. In essence, the tutorial shows how to customize the users experience of the artmetal web site. Setting up subscriptions to groups/forums, blogs, individual posts, and buddy lists is an important concept to understand so that the individual can be notified of content that is specific to their interests.

Tutorial: ArtMetal.com Creating a Blog Post

Here’s a video tutorial on how to create a blog post on the artmetal.com web site. The tutorial goes into using the default ascii text entry, uploading an image via this interface, and then changing the interface to the gui “enable rich-text” and editing/adding more images. The tutorial is geared towards the novice user.

Tutorial: ArtMetal.com Uploading Images

So, I’ve finally upgraded the ArtMetal.com web site to a wonderful social networking web site for metal artisans. This upgrade has taken me well over 10 months to complete. It’s been a daunting task converting the old static html web pages into a content management system developed using the open source Drupal software. But the work has been well worth it because we now have a user friendly way for anyone to communicate on the artmetal.com web site.




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