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Society of Equestrian Artists
'On the Web!' - Jan 2000
www.equestrianartists.co.uk

Open to Friends, Associates and Members alike! This section updated 20 Jan 04 (image sizes!)

Web Site Submissions.  Please send the following to me (the Webmaster) at the address below:

  • Up to 4 (5 at a pinch) good photographs of your work, each marked on back with your name, title of the picture, any other details you would want displayed (eg medium, size) and any special copyright information.  If no special copyright, I will assume it rests with you.

  • 300 words or so of text.  If they were on disk or by email, so much the better (anything to save me typing!)

  • A stamped, self-addressed envelope for me to return the pictures (and disk)

  • A separate note with any comments or suggestions you may have for developing the site

Electronic Submissions (by email or on disk)

  • Picture Formats

    • The quality of images I seek to publish on the web (to avoid other people nicking them and doing anything useful with them) demands a file size of less than 100Kb or so each. 

    • If you have a graphics package that generates JPG files, a scan of a 6"x4" photo at 100dpi with a compression option for low compression higher quality gives files of about this size, and you can email them to me. 

    • Anything up to 150dpi for this size photo will do. As long as the size of each file doesn't exceed 200k or so, send them to me anyway - I'll do the scaling and framing as necessary. (I have broadband, so the size doen't matter to me, but if you're sending from a dial-up link, it'll certainly worry you)

    • If I get any higher quality images, I'll reduce the quality of the published version as necessary.  

    • Bottom Line - If the images you send me are any smaller than about 500 dots x 500 dots, they won't look right on the screen

  • If emailing, please include in body of email picture details to be displayed (eg title, medium, size and any special copyright information.  If no special copyright, I will assume it rests with you)

  • The files can be emailed, or sent on floppy or 100M ZIP Disks or even CD. If you use Snail-mail, please be sure to include an appropriately-addressed return envelope and packing!

  • Biography/Text Formats - Almost anything - whatever word processor you have, send me the output from it.  If I can't read it, I'll let you know. The safest format is ‘rich text format’, also known as ‘.rtf files’

Web Address:  www.equestrianartists.co.uk  : Email Address:  webmaster@equestrianartists.co.uk 

Bruce Wynn, 10 Springfield Close, Buckden, St Neots, Cambs, PE19 5UR
Tel:01480 811533

     
 

Website Development

t the 1999 AGM the subject of an Internet/Web Site for the Society was discussed.  In order to better inform the debate a demonstration site was been developed--it can be viewed at the web address above.

  • Pros and Cons.  The pros and cons of a Web presence are outlined in the box on the right.  The demonstration site has a representative structure, as well as some basic society-oriented content (such as society constitution and exhibition information).

  • Members' Gallery.  Of most interest to most people, however, will probably be the Members' Gallery.  The demonstration site shows the type of presentation that your Executive Committee has endorsed, and uses a number of Full Members' and Friends' work to illustrate the possibilities.  For those of you who can't find somewhere to view the site, each member page contains name, own email and own web site address, 4 or so miniatures of photographs of the member's work (each of which can be clicked on to show a bigger version occupying the whole screen) and approximately 300 words of text about the artist.  While the results look good on the screen, they are purposefully formatted NOT to give high quality print outputs  (ie there is no possibility of viewers printing high quality images from the web site!)

  • Further Development.  A web site of this type demands a degree of investment and resources which the conventional 'free' service providers cannot offer.  The development site uses a commercial service provider, and the recurring costs of  that provider and for the site maintenance and development itself must be covered by the society.  This could be as a running  expense against the Society as a whole, by blanket subscription 'enhancement' across the membership, or by an optional subscription element levied on members who wish to have a place in the Members' Gallery.  Prior to or at the 2000 AGM it would be useful to have a feel for Members' views.

  • In the meantime, however, the site would benefit from a more fully-populated Members' Gallery--you can be a part of this development by submitting information and pictures to the Webmaster as shown below.  If you have any comments or suggestions for the site, these would also be very welcome, and can also be submitted to the Webmaster.

  • It will be your site, and it is up to you to provide the basic information around which the site can help promote the aims of the Society of Equestrian Artists.  Please help us to develop it! 

If you have your own site, please provide a link from it to:
www.equestrianartists.co.uk 

 
   
     
 

What the Web Site can do!

  • Advertise the Society to people searching for equine artists or in similar categories
  • Offer a showcase of members' work and related text
  • Give links to members' full sites and email addresses (if they have them and if they wish!) (but not telephone numbers and addresses unless members' specifically  - contact would normally be via Email, to be faxed or onward mailed by WEbmaster)
  • Provide a reference source of documentation  for the Society (constitution, committee details, meeting minutes, calendar of events)
  • Display 'countdown' details for the annual exhibition (for both members and visitors)
  • Offer an electronic newsletter for members and visitors
  • Provide a method (anonymous if required) for members to be contacted by prospective buyers/commissioners of work
  • Keep track of numbers of visitors to the site
  • Display a 'What's New' page
  • Offer links to other related sites (of which there are many)
  • Present a 'guest book' in which visitors can comment on the site

What the Web Site WON'T do!

  • Offer any form of electronic commerce (ie carrying out trading across the net)

  • Give electronic dissemination of high quality images to customers.  Members may be worried that people could 'steal' images off the web-site.  This is certainly possible, but there will not be any reproduction quality images on the site in the first place - printed versions of what is there would look like very poor (and small!) colour photocopies.