To add a new artist

1. Click Artists > New Artist in the sidebar in the admin dashboard.
2. Enter the artist’s name in the Title field
3. Create a gallery of images at the top of the main content field as follows:
   
   • Click the “Add Media” link.
   • When the media library opens, click the “Create Gallery” link from the links on the left.
   • Either choose images that have been already-uploaded to the media library or upload the artist’s images to the new gallery directly. Jpegs should be 800-1500px high and between 100-400kb.
   • When you have uploaded/selected all the images you want (ideal number is six but up to nine can work), click the “Create a new gallery” link.
   • The images will be arranged as thumbnails with caption fields beneath each one and the gallery will be in editable mode. Add captions to each image using a <br/> tag to force the artwork data to a second line in this format: [Artwork Title ]<br/>[ Artwork data (year dimensions media)]. If you want to re-order the images, you can drag/drop them into different positions while the gallery is in edit mode. When you are finished, click the “Insert gallery” button. You can go back and edit the images again by clicking on the gallery to activate it then clicking the pencil (edit) icon to open the gallery in edit mode. Don’t click the “X” icon on the whole gallery unless you actually want to delete the entire gallery. You can delete individual images within the gallery once you have the gallery open in edit mode.
4. Beneath the gallery you can add any texts (bio, statements) you like. Make each different section-heading a “Heading 4“ header so that the page-styling remains consistent and add the paragraph content normally.
5. Create a pdf for c.v. content and add it as a media file. Use the “Add media” link and the system will create the link to the file automatically. You can technically paste the details from a long c.v. into the content field but it is not advisable.
6. Add phone number, email addresses and website urls in the fields provided below.
7. Upload a representative artwork as the “Featured Image” (on the right). This will be the image that displays on the main artists page. It can be the same as one of the images in the gallery/carousel.

If in doubt, compare the page of an already-created artist record with the editable content in the backend.

To edit the content of an existing artist:

1. Use the “Edit Artist” link in the black toolbar at the top of the pages if you are on the artist’s page when logged in or navigate from the dashboard sidebar “Artists” link and select the artist record from the list.
2. Once the record is open in edit mode, you can open the image gallery into edit mode by clicking on any image in the main content gallery then clicking the pencil/edit icon. Once the gallery is in edit mode you can move images around, delete images, add new images and edit the captions. Remember to add a <br/> tag between the artwork title and the artwork data to ensure it will format as two lines.
3. Edit any text content on the page by clicking into the field and changing the text.
4. You can remove the current featured image and choose a new one to change the image that represents the artist on the main artists page.
5. Click the “Update” button when you are finished.

To remove an artist

If you want to remove an artist from the site you can either delete their record or change its status from published to draft. Leaving the record as draft would make it easy to restore the artist if they returned (or you may like to keep their record as an archive).