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A tour of the Grey Bruce Cultural Network Web site with its builders Emma Hogbin & You! www.GBCN.ca
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A tour of the Grey Bruce Cultural Network
Web site with its builders
Emma Hogbin & You!
www.GBCN.ca
the Web is a scary place
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touring the cultural network
1. creating your account2. the culture directory3. the culture calendar
I create
appropriate technology for on-line communities
My clients are
on-line craft stores, on-line communities, face-to-face communities, cultural networks,
theatre companies, artists, rural communities,not-for-profit organizations
the cultural network wants to help you fill the seats
use the Web site to
1. promote yourself2. promote your venue
3. promote your organization4. promote your events
an overview
overview with pointers
Main Navigation
Culture Directory
Communities
Upcoming Events
Login and new accounts
the culture calendar
the culture directory
ready? let’s go!ready? let’s go!
step 1.
creating your account
creating your account
1. click “Create new account”
creating your account
2. fill in the blanks
1. name
2. email
wait for your passwordwait for your passwordto arrive via emailto arrive via email
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logging into the Web site
3. fill in the blanks, click “log in”
as the kids say these days:
OMG!
f’real?!
That was EASY!
of course it was... now...
let’s get this party started!
(I don’t think the kids really say that)
(so don’t try that at home.)
customize your account
edit your settings
change your password
change your login name
change your email
advanced options
receive email when the site is updated
bonus mode settings
GBCN mailing lists
but how do you update
the Web site!?
add yourself to theculture directory first
then
link your events to your venue in the culture calendar
entries in the culture calendarcan be LINKED
to entries in the culture directory
when these links are made, magical summaries of events
appear within the culture directory(but you have to be in the directory FIRST for these links to work)
step 1. create an account
step 2.
add yourself to theculture directory
are youa person, a venue or
an organization?
Note: you do not have to be an artist to be a person in the culture directory!
(or are you all three?)
adding yourself to theculture directory
click “Culture Directory”
fill in the blanks, click “submit”show me!
organization type:hold down the “control” key and click as many options as are relevant
community location = communities
OMG!
f’real?!
That was EASY!
step 1. create an accountstep 2. add yourself to the culture directory
step 3.
add your events to theculture calendar
adding yourself to theculture calendar
scroll down to here
OMG!
f’real?!
That was EASY!
the calendar can do more complicated tricks as well.
for example: multiple performances of the same show
WARNING
this is a little bit harder than previous steps
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ready?!ready?!
let’s do it!let’s do it!
it’s not actually hardit’s not actually hardI just wanted to use another I just wanted to use another
scary snake picturescary snake picture
repeating eventsshow me!
1. click “repeat” to open this set of options
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well that made sense...
But we want to add
PICTURES!
Dear John,
I’ve been lying.You can add pictures.
But first you need to be inBONUS MODE!
now entering BONUS MODEnow entering BONUS MODE
look for “enable rich text” below the large text boxes
look for the
bonus mode
bonus mode
currently “enabled” “enabled”
adding Web linkswith rich text enabled
show me!
bold, bullet lists & links
To add a link:1. type some text.2. select the text using your mouse3. click the link button (2nd from left)4. follow the instructions.
adding pictureswith rich text enabled
To add a photograph:1. open a new web browser2. go to your photo sharing site (e.g. Flickr)3. find the picture you want to use4. drag and drop it into this window
OMG!
f’real?!
That was EASY!
now that we’ve toured the cultural network
you should be able to
1. create an account2. add yourself to the culture directory
3. add your events to the culture calendar
we hope you will use this Web site to
1. promote yourself2. promote your venue
3. promote your organization4. promote your events
The Web is now your oyster!The Web is now your oyster!Live long and prosper!Live long and prosper!
Emma HogbinEmma [email protected]@xtrinsic.com
www.xtrinsic.comwww.xtrinsic.comwww.gbcn.cawww.gbcn.ca
