1. Dayton Visual Arts Center December 15, 2012 Steve Betts sbetts@minethurn.com 937-477-1797

2.  Steve Betts ◦ Senior Software Developer at GD-AIS ◦ 24 years software experience ◦ Many many websites ◦ Photographer

3.  To promote your art  To connect with your fans

4.  Biography  Artist Statement  Portfolio  Contact Information  News

5.  Static ◦ Everything on the web site is fixed before displaying the web page ◦ Changes require user to code them ◦ More difficult to maintain  Dynamic ◦ The web page is created when requested ◦ The content is stored in a Content Management System (CMS) ◦ Pages may change based on the date, or the user, or some other criteria ◦ Easier to maintain

6.  Free is never free  Introductory pricing – know what it will cost  Technical Support – who you gonna call?

7.  Find a hosting service ◦ Look for inexpensive but reliable service ◦ Check http://dayton.bbb.orghttp://dayton.bbb.org  Get a domain name ◦ Use your artist name in the domain  Get an email address ◦ Make it easy to use, like artist@ or info@

8.  Hosting should be about $5/month  Domain names cost about $10/year  Most hosting services include a domain name and email, but some don’t

9.  Wordpress is software that manages the web site for you  You determine how the site should look using themes and plugins  Themes are designs for a website  Plugins are additional functionality  Vibrant community  Free!  http://wordpress.org http://wordpress.org

10.  Places to get Wordpress hosting ◦ http://www.inmotionhosting.com/wordpress- hosting.html http://www.inmotionhosting.com/wordpress- hosting.html ◦ http://www.bluehost.com/ http://www.bluehost.com/ ◦ http://wpengine.com (costly) http://wpengine.com

11.  http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/  http://newwpthemes.com/ http://newwpthemes.com/  http://themeforest.net/ (not free) http://themeforest.net/

13.  http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/  There is a plugin for everything  NextGEN Gallery – show your pictures  BackupWordpress – back up your website  Facebook Photo Fetcher – get images from Facebook  Flickr Manager – get images from Flickr

14.  When putting images on the web ◦ Make them web sized  2-3 inches at 300dpi  500-600 pixels ◦ Watermark them

15.  Start with what is there  Add little bits at a time  Everything can be changed  Play!