Undergrowth.org
Image Upload FAQ
Step by step instructions for uploading images to Undergrowth.org Gallery section.
1) Fist step is to format the image size so that it will fit in the screen. The largest dimensions which a page in the gallery can stand is 660 x 660. Any larger than this and it will crop the image, or require the reader to scroll down to see it, which will not give the reader the best view of your art. Also, if using Photoshop, use the 'save image for web' function and try to keep the content under 100k. This makes the gallery section more accessible for people not using broadband, and generally your files dont need to be larger than this for web viewing anyway. If you would like to include a larger downloadable image as an attachment to an image file - this is possible - but Ill come to that later.
2) Log in to Nomadology using your username and password.
3) Go to 'My Workspace' in the left column.
4) Where it says 'add content' you can either scroll down on the button which says 'select' and choose a kind of media, or click the button 'add new item' which will take you to a page with info on each item.
5) From here, choose 'image' as your media to upload.
6) You will come to the 'Submit Image' page.
There are a series of fields to be entered into. I will describe them here.
-Title: Obviously this is the title you wish to call your work.
-Path alias: as described this is the URL it will come under. Generally leave this blank and an automatic path alias will be created by the website.
-Magazine Content Images - unless you image is a apart of a specific Undergrowth magazine, leave this section
-Undergrowth Project: Select 'Image Gallery' so that your work will appear in the Gallery section of the website. Pressing the Apple key (on a mac) you might also want to post this to 'Freshly Sprouted' - to indicate that it is new site content so that it will appear on the bottom left block on the main page.
-Tags: This indicates which sections of the gallery the image will appear in. We have created a number of fields, but if you have any suggestions for more, please email me (Tim Parish) at art@undergrowth.org and I can create more.
-Image: Click the button 'choose' to select the image you wish to upload from your hard disk.
-Description: Write any words you would like to add to your image such as Title, materials, date of completion, maybe exhibitions it has been in, publications, thoughts, poetry, etc.
-Input Format: This is really only needed if you want to add links to other site's or images in your 'description' area. If you do want to make a link to another website, this is the secret html code, passed down from coder to coder.
Undergrowth
Replace the section in the "quotation marks" with the website you wish to include (including the http:// bits) and where it just says 'Undergrowth' will be the word that shall be displayed as an active button.
From here you can 'preview' the page or 'submit' and your work will go through to be published or moderated, depending on your access priviledges. General 'Users' of the site will need to await approval from an editor, while people with 'Contributors' access can publish directly to the site.
I hope that helps you clearly understand how to upload images to Undergrowth.org
Any further questions please write to art@undergrowth.org and I will respond with more explanations.
Happy publishing!
xx
Tim
Undergrowth Art Director.

