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Content Spamming and Tagging or Spamdexing

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WHAT IS CONTENT SPAMMING? Best description of the various types of unwanted spamming can be found in Wikipedia's description of Spamdexing.


Tutorial: ArtMetal.com User Account Setup

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click blue triangle to listen now! ArtMetal_User_Setup.mov

This is the last in a series of video tutorials on using the artmetal.com web site. The tutorial goes over the initial setup a new user should consider implementing when they first log into their account. In essence, the tutorial shows how to customize the users experience here at ArtMetal.


Video Tutorial: Creating a Blog Post

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Here's a video tutorial on how to create a blog post. The tutorial goes into using the default ascii text entry, uploading an image via this interface, and then changing the interface to the gui "enable rich-text" and editing/adding more images. The tutorial is geared towards the novice user.


Video Tutorial: Uploading Images

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This is the first in a series of video tutorials covering different aspects of using the social networking capabilities of the ArtMetal.com web site. This tutorial goes into the user friendly interface for any member of the ArtMetal community to upload images to their personal accounts.


Recent Posts

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The "recent posts" under the "community" menu has five tabs which include:

Note that if you are not logged in or just visiting, you will only see recent blogs, recent images, and all recent.


Top 10 List - What is Wrong With ArtMetal.com

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NOTE: The original message was posted on the ArtMetal Sandbox Mail List a few days ago and I asked Warren if I could have his permission to repost it here on the .com web site because I thought it would benefit the web site membership more and give you all an opportunity to discuss some of these issues and possibly other issues you may have with how the ArtMetal web site interface functions. Please take a moment to review Warrens comments. We're open to hear how the site functions for you and how we can make it better.


ArtMetal Available in Different Languages

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Since we have been getting new members from various countries other than English speaking countries, we now have a new series of links at the top right hand column of every page which gives the user the opportunity to use Google's translation services on the artmetal.com web site. Try it and see if you like it. I hope it will help expand our community of metal artists.

Tradition-Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft

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The Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art will be kicking off a nine state exhibition throughout 2010 starting with its grand opening on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the Atlanta History Center. The reason I am mentioning this is because one of my functional art pieces, "Black Electra" console table is part of the exhibition.

You can see my artist page by following this link. However, I did want to mention that the Southern Arts Federation put together a really good educational section for educators teaching the metals media. There are links to quite a few different web resources including a section on my own personal site. Here's what they are saying in part:


New Moderator at ArtMetal - Rich Waugh

Artmetal.com has a new moderator to help maintain the content on the web site. Rich Waugh has graciously accepted the position of ArtMetal Moderator while I am gone to Peru for the next two months. I will still be checking in when I have internet access, but there may be times in which I can't so Rich is going to help keep the site spam-free and keep the content appropriate for the sites mission. Please note his requests when he asks you to do something. He does have editorial rights.


Craft in America Includes Blacksmith Artist Tom Joyce

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If you're interested in seeing what Tom Joyce, a great blacksmith, has been up to in the recent past, check out the PBS series on "Craft in America." It starts tonight!


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