New User Guide - Part 1B: User Page and Profile Wizard
Short Guide
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User Page and Profile Wizard: Once you are complete the registration form it is recommended that you open the user page
and profile wizard to help you set up your profile and personal web page.
- First: Enter some information about yourself such as a small bio, your talents, your influences and music genres you prefer
- Second: Upload media to your profile such as audio and video
- Third: Select a style for your page. (You can customize a style later in your user settings)
- Fourth: Add some common content to your page. (Content is added to your pages through modules)
Detailed Guide: User Page and Profile Wizard
Once you are complete the registration form you will be sent to the registration complete page. From this
page it is recommended that you open the user page and profile wizard so you can get started on setting up your profile and personal web page.
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Step 1: User Profile:
- About Me:
- Stage Name: Same as your alias.
- Label: Input the label you are signed to (if you are not signed do not add anything)
- Bio: Write a short biography about yourself that other users can view.
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This will give other users an idea of who you are.
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- About your music and your talents:
- Preferred Genres: Select up to 3 genres that you think best describes your musical style.
- Musical Talents: In this section you can input all the musical talents that you posess.
- Press the add button and then a new area will appear.
- Inside the area there will be two dropdown boxes asking for your talent and experience. Click in the boxes and then a dropdown
menu will appear where you can make your choice. You may also want to leave a comment about a particular talent in the comment box.
- After adding all the information click the add button.
- Influences: In this free-form field you can describe your musical influences/style. The field has a limit of 200 characters.
- Sounds Like: Choose solo artists/groups that you sound similar to. There is a predetermined list of artists in the dropdown
menu that you may choose from. To quickly access particular artists just type in the first few letters of their name and they should
appear in the dropdown box.
- Listening to: Choose solo artists/groups that you listen to most often. There is a predetermined list of artists in the
dropdown menu that you may choose from. To quickly access particular artists just type in the first few letters of their name and
they should appear in the dropdown box.
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Adding this information will help users better understand what talents you possess.
Filling out this information will give users a sense of what type of music you play.
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Step 2: Uploading Media:
- Images:
- You can upload up to 5 images in this section.
- Click the select button and browse your computer for the image you are going to upload (Repeat in all fields).
- Name all the images that you are uploading. (If you don’t name them they won’t upload)
- Choose the folder you want to put the images in from the dropdown box located underneath the fields.
(You can change the folder that the images are in afterwards)
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Post images from previous shows or any image you like.
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- Music:
- You can upload one song and then add others through the music manager.
- Enter the title of the song
- Select the genre that best describes the song
- Choose what type of song it is
- Type who the author of the song is (If it is a cover put the composers name in this field)
- Click the select button and browse your computer for the music you are going to upload.
- When you click the next button at the bottom of the page all the files will be uploaded to the site.
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Upload the next big hit.
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Step 3: Select your page style:
- Choose one of the styles from the dropdown menu. You will be able to view a preview of the layout underneath the dropdown menu.
(You can customize the layout later in your style manager under your user settings).
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Apply a personal touch to your profile.
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Step 4: Add Page Content:
- Content is added to your personal web page by selecting modules.
- Select the modules you want to have on your page
- By clicking the Edit Links beside the module types you are able
to choose the style number that you would like to apply to that module.
- To add other modules and manage the layout of the modules
on your page(s), use the Content Manager found under the Personal Site Settings section of your User Settings.
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Add some content modules to your profile.
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