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HAVE YOU SEEN MY
NAILS Magazine has totally reinvented our online Nail Art
Gallery: Now it’s a little bit Flickr, a little bit Facebook, and a
lot of amazing nail artistry. Use this tutorial to help you set up
your profi le and get started sharing and interacting right away.
Pretty soon you’ll be using our catchphrase: Have you seen MY Nail
Art Gallery? BY HANNAH LEE
Our brand-new Nail Art Gallery, which has long been
the most popular section of our website, has been
completely redesigned, and I know you’ll love it. It’s a
cross between Facebook and Flickr, and allows you to
do more to showcase your own art, as well as browse
and get inspired by other nail artists’ work.
On Nail Art Gallery 2010, you can create a personal
profi le, become a fan of other nail artists, and upload
all of your nail art photos in one easy-to-share place.
In addition, you can interact with other nail artists by
browsing, liking, or commenting on other techs’ art
and photos.
I’m hoping you’ll visit the site at nailartgallery.
nailsmag.com. You don’t have to register to browse,
but I think once you see the fantastic artwork you’ll be
inspired to create your own profi le. Use this article to
give you some pointers for maximizing your Nail Art
Gallery experience.
1 Create your username and password.
You can log in using your Facebo
ok
username and password.
You can create your account directly on our site or, if you are
already on Facebook, by using Facebook Connect. Facebook doesn’t
share any other information with us and your Nail Art Gallery will
not be displayed on your Facebook page (unless you specifically
link to it). If you don’t have a Facebook account or you’d simply
prefer to create a new username and password, sign up directly from
the homepage. You’ll receive a verification e-mail and once you
click on that, you’re all set to create your profile.
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Create your profile.
Upload your profile photo.
Since it’s a social networking tool, the more you enter, the
more you’ll be able to interact with other nail technicians who
share your passion for nail art.
On your first log-in, you’ll be prompted to Update User Info.
This is where you enter your name, city, state, salon name,
website, and a brief bio about yourself. You can enter as much or
as little of this information as you want.
Upload a photo of yourself. This allows other members to see who
you are.
Once you’ve created your account, entered your profile
information and uploaded your profile picture, you’re ready to
start!
Feel free to post your own photo, a photo of
your nail art, or anything creative that you
want to represent you here.
WHY GO PRO?There are two levels to the Nail Art Gallery.
Everyone can join for free and have access to all the features
listed on these pages. You’ll be able to upload up to 50 pictures
at no charge.
For more prolifi c nail artists, we off er the Pro Membership. A
$20 annual subscription allows you unlimited photo uploads, a
second profi le page for your salon photos and salon information (a
great promotional tool for you!), promotional spots as a “Featured
Nail Artist” in the pages of NAILS Magazine and on our Nail Art
Channel homepage, the ability to download your original
high-resolution photos, and a PRO label on your profi le. We’ll be
running promotions throughout the year on Facebook and Twitter, on
our blogs, at events, and in the magazine. So make sure to keep
your eyes peeled.
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4 Start uploading your photos.
The upload tool will make the a
ctual image
the exact right size for the galler
y.
You can tag brand names (Young
Nails, OPI, CND,
for example) or you can tag
themes (Holiday,
Easter, Summer, Floral, Anima
ls, etc.). We have
pre-populated some common the
mes, so when you
start typing, you’ll see them pop
up automatically.
You can also tag types of produ
cts used (Glitter,
Mylar, Shells, etc.) or nail s
tyles themselves
(Stiletto, Edge, Competition, etc.)
.
It’s so easy to upload photos to the new Nail Art Gallery.
Select a JPEG image from your computer that is at least 500 pixels
wide (for horizontal images) or 300 pixels high (for vertical
images). Give your artwork a title, and at the bottom of the input
screen, check off the application style you used so techs searching
for, say, gel designs will have a way to find them.
We also recommend (but don’t require) that you put in some sort
of description about the nails. That might be a brief explanation
of how you did the nails, what products you used, where you got the
inspiration, or maybe even which of your clients you did the nails
for.
The last part of the photo upload process is tagging your
photos. Again, you aren’t required to, but we highly recommend that
you tag your photos so they will come up in more search and browse
functions. The more tags you use, the more likely your nails will
be seen by visitors to the site.
This really helps other viewers understand your art better and
we think it will encourage interaction between nail artists.
We discourage watermarks on your images. You can read our
watermark policy on the site, but basically we think it obscures
your art and makes it diffi cult for us to use the picture on the
home page of the Nail Art Gal-lery, in the pages of NAILS, or as a
featured artist on other portions of the NAILS website. That said,
we aren’t banning photos with watermarks, but please read our
policy to make them more user-friendly.
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5 Start interacting with other artists.
There are several ways to get started. You might choose to
search by Artist. Once you click on another artist’s page, you can
read the bio, “Send a Message” to the nail artist, click on the
“Become a Fan” button, or start browsing through her photos.
On each photo detail page, you can click the “Like” button if
you want to show you like that nail art, or you can leave comments
below each photo.
We encourage positive interaction on the site, so if you don’t
like some-thing we suggest you simply move on to the next
photo.
We’ve implemented a system to allow the site users to keep
things professional: If a picture is offensive, you can click the
“Report Offensive” button under the photo. If a comment is
offensive, you can click on the yellow triangle next to the specifi
c comment. It takes three different members to mark a comment as
offensive and then it will be taken down.
Report as Offen
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6 Browse at your leisure.
That’s basically it — six easy steps to becoming an engaged and
active member of Nail Art Gallery. Have fun! This site is a place
for you to keep all of your nail art pictures in one place so you
can show them off to your peers, your friends and family, and your
clients. We encourage you to share the link to your Nail Art
Gallery profile with as many people as you want. And we hope you’ll
be inspired by other artists’ work. We know we are inspired by you
all every day.
You can always go up to the top of the page and look at Most
Recent, Most Popular, and Most Active Artists; or you can look at
Most Recent, Most Popular, and Most Viewed Photos. But let me share
a little trick for improved browsing. Once you’re in the photo
detail of an image you like, look on the right hand column of the
page. There you’ll find several ways to browse.
Browse by application style.
(If you only want to see gel
nail art or hand-painted art,
for instance.)
Browse all photos by that artist. (If you like the style and
want to see more from the artist.)
Browse all photos on the whole site. (If you just want to see a
variety of nail art.)
Browse by tags. This is where
the tagging comes in handy. If
you are looking at a design that
was created with Young Nails
products, you can use the
Young Nails tag to browse
through all the nails that have
been tagged Young Nails.
Say you’re looking at a design with Glitter and you want to see
more nails like it. You can simply use the Glitter tag to browse
through all the nails that have been tagged Glitter.
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