Creating And Updating Your Website

If you have a verified email address and have never generated a website, the Website page opens a three-step setup wizard. After publishing, the Overview tab is the main place for updating your website.

It brings together three things:

• your public address
• the button to create or manually update the website
• a quick summary of recent website changes

Before you create the website

You need to verify your email address before you can create the website.

You also need to choose your subdomain first. This becomes your website address in this format:

• your-name.artlope.com

If your subdomain has already been set, Artlope shows it as the current website address.

Choosing your subdomain

In step 1 of the wizard, enter the name you want before .artlope.com, then click Continue.

Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. The address must be available, and it can only be set once in the app. If your address was already configured before your first publication, the wizard starts with step 2 and keeps that address.

Have your own domain already? During the beta, connecting your own domain requires manual steps. Contact [email protected] for help. You can use a .artlope.com address for now.

Choose a name you would feel comfortable sharing on a card, in an email signature, or on social media. In most cases this is your artist name or a close variation of it.

Creating the website

In step 2, choose your Main page, Color theme and Menu location. The preview updates as you change these choices, using the same preview as the Setup tab.

You can adjust these choices and explore the other website settings after the initial setup.

When you are ready, click Publish. Artlope saves your settings before generating the website. Step 3 shows a spinner while publication is in progress. Your website and its address may take a few minutes to become available.

After publication completes, use Open website to visit it or Go to overview to manage it. If publication fails, the wizard returns to step 2 with an error so you can try again.

Artlope then creates the current public version of your website from the information you have already added in other parts of the app.

This includes content from:

• your Profile
• your Artworks
• your Exhibitions
• your Categories

Updating the website later

After the website has already been created, the same area changes to Update website.

Use this whenever you want the public website to reflect newer changes.

This is useful after:

• adding new artworks
• changing artwork images or texts
• publishing an exhibition
• changing a category name or banner artwork
• updating your profile text or contact details

Automatic updates

You can turn on automatic website updates in the Setup tab.

Important:

• the first website generation is always manual
• automatic updates only start after your website already exists
• Artlope waits until there have been no new website changes for 5 minutes before publishing

This is useful because many artists make several related edits in one session. Instead of publishing after every small change, Artlope waits for that editing activity to settle first.

Even when automatic updates are on, the manual update button stays available if you want to publish immediately.

Open and preview links

After the website has been created, you can usually open it directly from the Website page.

Depending on your setup, you may also see a preview link. This helps you check the current generated version quickly.

Website changes

The Changes card shows what changed since the last website update.

It can include changes to:

• profile
• artworks
• exhibitions
• categories

This makes it easier to decide when it is time to update the website again.