How to Navigate Ning Photo Uploads,Tutorials for Photo Uploads to ourNing Art Community Art Gallery & Subgroups
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How to Navigate Ning our Mixed Media Art Community for Women
How to Navigate Ning Uploading Photos to Subgroups Milliande Art Community Help Guides
~ Our Art Community for Women is hosted by NING ..a provider of a social networking platform
~ Sometimes it can seem like a maze navigating all the different passages and subgroups, art galleries and blog spaces in our ning community
~ Here I would like to share some video guides on "How to Ning" .... little tips for successfully navigating some of the common areas of our art community
~ enjoy
How to Upload Photos into Our Subgroups How to Ning Milliande Art Community Help Guides
*** What is a Subgroup ?
~ Each of the Subgroups in our community has a particular art theme/topic that the group focus is on ( the art journalers, the print makers, the needle queens, the altered artisans , the mixed media hues .etc)
~ Each subgroup features discussions , art gallery spaces and possible challenges /art prompts that that members can freely participate in
~ members of our art community can join any of the subgroups that resonate with them
~ Only images of Art created by you may be uploaded
~ Milliande Art Community does value the artistic expression of all forms, including nudity and the human form HOWEVER Ning Guidelines do not permit us to allow imaged containing ANY FORM OF NUDITY on the ning platform so PLEASE DO NOT upload any images containing aspects of nudity ... we have a seperate blog called " Operation Figleaf" where we have provided space for art images containing elements of nudity to be shared
~ Only images that a relevant to the theme of the Subgroup ( ie art journal pages in the Art Journalers group, Altered Art in the Altered Artisans subgroup etc)
~ Images that are uploaded to any of the subgroups will NOT appear in the main Art Gallery just in the subgroup thread
*** How Many Pictures Can I Upload?
~ you can upload as many photos as you like into the relevant discussion thread of each subgroup . If you partake in our art promot challenges -- find the iscussion thread fo the right prompt ..then upload under that thread
~ pictures uploaded into the subgroups will NOT appear in the main community Art Gallery . If you like to display them in both, you may upload them in both places .
*** Sizes and Format of Pictures to Upload
~ to keep uploading smooth and viewable for people on all kinds of internet connections from slow to fast and to lower bandwidth for photo storage please make sure your photos are
~ supported photo formats are .jpg, .png, .gif
~ a maximum of 100 MB in Size
~ saved in 72dpi for easy web viewing ( not in high resolution 300 dpi etc)
~ You can resize Images ( using Photoshop, Gimp a free program, or Pixlr a webresizer, or Webresizer etc) you can google youtube for free tutorials to gimp and pixlr
~ add your Title and Description, containing information about what art materials you used , maybe what inspired you to aid in communication with our members and encourage discussion in our community
~ you may upload 5 images per day - giving all members a change to have their arwork appear on the front pages
~ pictures of your art are encouraged, please do not share family photos, pets etc in our art gallery
*** How do I upload Pictures?
here are 2 video tutorials on how to upload a photo to our ning community subgroups
How to Navigate Ning Uploading Photos to Subgroups
Part 1
Part 2
**FAQ & Troubleshooting
If you are having issues uploading photos
please check that
~ supported photo formats are .jpg, .png, .gif ... any other formats are not supported by Ning
~ You have ENABLED cookies on your computer.
~ upgrade to the latest Firefox browser - Internet Explorer is known to have issues with the ning platform
~ upgrade your flash player & javascript on your computer
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