Contributing your art to Furtherfield is simple. Here is what you need to do:
1. Become a furtherfield user
2. Create a new Your Art entry
3. Add and format the body text
4. Upload and format images and video
5. Add Tags
6. Publish
7. Share with your friends!
If you have any problems uploading your work contact olga [at] furtherfield [dot] org
1. Become a furtherfield user
If you are already one, skip this step. If not you can register here: furtherfield.org/user/register
2. Create a new Your Art entry
Once logged in:
- Go to 'Create Content' on the top left of the page.
- Choose 'Your Art'.
- Enter all the basic information: title, thumbnail image, summary.
3. Add and format the body text
Make it plain text! Converting your text into plain text before pasting is important. If you skip this step you might get weird formatting errors.
To do so, you can use Text Editor (Linux), TextEdit (MacOS), NotePad (Windows).
NOTE: While some of these programmes will convert your text into plain text straight away, TextEdit requires that you click the option “Make Plain Text”
Use the Editing Toolbar
By default the edit toolbar will allow you to add bold, italics and links. If you would like to have more options do this:
- Click on Input Format (right under the Body field)
- Select Full HTML (for an extended toolbar to control Image Properties for instance)
4. Upload and format images and video
Image Thumbnail
- Displayed in Your Art Here listings page, with the title and summary of your work.
- Size: 150px x 100px
- Upload using: the Image Thumbnail field (at the top of the edit page, right under Title)
Inline Images
- Used within the body of text.
- Size: free (maximum width: 598px)
- Upload using: the Inline Image field (right under Body).
- Paste by: placing the cursor where you would like your image to appear and click Insert.
- Edit properties (size, alignment, border, etc): You will need the full HTML Editing Toolbar for this (see above).
- Select the image.
- Click on the Image Properties icon (small tree).
- Make changes and Update.
Video
You can embed vimeo videos using the Video field at the bottom of the edit page. Just enter the URL or the vimeo ID of the video in the box provided.
5. Add Tags
For your review to be easily searchable add relevant tags.
Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the edit page.
Use the Tags field to enter tags one by one. Don't enter them separated by a comma!
6. Publish
Click Save and Your Art will be published. You can now see it displayed in the Gallery homepage as well as in Your Art Here.
7. Share with your friends!
Use the share block on the sidebar to share your work with your network.
