Your home page is the front door of your artist website and you only have seconds to capture the interest of your visitors. Why not wow them with a slider of four to six images of your art? There are many slider plugins for WordPress in the WordPress Plugin Repository but here are 5 of Read more >>
One of the most important sections of your website is your artist statement. Your online portfolio is like a virtual exhibition and your artist statement helps them understand your work, why you do it and how you do it. It invites them into your world and your process. So writing your artist statement is a Read more >>
Website backgrounds are usually created with small jpgs or gif images that tile to fill the screen. You can find many websites that offer free background tile images. Most of them are hideous. You’re an artist so create one. Start by thinking of how this background can compliment your site. Don’t overdo the design, it Read more >>
You have a sidebar, so what do you put there? As an artist you probably have events in the near future or a gallery that represents you. You can use your sidebar to add images promoting the event or your gallery’s logo. WordPress has the text widget for this purpose, but unless you know html Read more >>
Many people building their own site for the first time spend all their time learning the HOW of building their site but never learn the little things they can do to “get found” in the search engines. On artist sites a good portion of the site is populated with images. It is important to make Read more >>