Projects
How do I add a Project?
On your "Dashboard," you can choose one of two ways:
- Click "Add a Project" on your dashboard
- Click "Projects" at the top and then "Add a Project" on that page
Next, type the project name, select the project type, and see if the "slug" is available (self-generated choice is a recommendation for SEO purposes).
Upon success, the project is now added to your site. But you can add much more by adding more details such as:
- Add a summary and/or logline, set the visibility to featured or archived, and include numbers like length/page count and date
- Add images
- Add videos (embeds or AWS S3 files)
- Add credits
On the project edit page, click "Save." This will refresh the cache on your site and display all your changes.
How do I add a thumbnail and other images for my project?
- First, add a project or edit an existing one.
- If the project doesn't already have a thumbnail, there will be a greyed out icon.
- Click the existing thumbnail or greyed out icon to change it.
- Select the new file on your device.
- Click upload.
- By default, a 16:9 crop will be made. To edit that, click "crop avatar" to manually choose the thumbnail crop.
How do I add a video to my project?
Embed
If you have already added the project and/or want to use a third-party provider (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, etc.), click "Videos" next to your project either from the Dashboard or from your Projects page.
- Select Video Service
- For Video Service File ID, enter its unique ID (usually numeric or alphanumeric)
- Click "Add Video" to attach that video to your existing project
As of 2024, we currently allow easy, future-proofing embeds with the following third-party services:
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- Soundcloud
- IMDb
- Archive.org
Did we miss something you'd like to try? Please let us know and we'll look into adding it right away.
Advanced
We also allow non-embed hosting if you use Amazon S3.
- Select "More" under Add a New Project Video
- For S3 Bucket, enter the name of the public bucket within AWS
- For S3 Filename, enter the name of the public file within AWS
- Click "Add Video" to attach that video to your existing project
What are Lists?
Lists are playlists and categories for your work. By default, you start with none. When you have five or more projects, your work page automatically displays them by type of work, greatest to least.
For example, if you have five features and six commercials, your work page's navigation would list commercials first, then features. If you have all the same project types, like only commercials, you will not see any sub-navigation since your primary work page is exactly the same.
Once logged in, under Work > Lists, you can add a custom list to override these automatic features, such as calling your work "fiction" and "non-fiction" instead of the formal names we use.
Note that using custom lists are a manual effort, whereas the defaults we give you change automatically whenever you add a new project, which we believe is helpful for a low-maintenance site.
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