VECO Project Gallery - Help 

menu: about the gallery · before starting · general layout
preparing material · using html (optional) · ready to begin?
sample Gallery page · sample Gallery Form

About the VECO Project Gallery

The VECO Gallery has a publishing tool that has been designed to make it very easy for you to publish stories directly to the VECO website. Those stories might be case studies or project reports (for ASTF funded projects and others). All you do is fill in a web form and the information will automatically be structured for you.

In order to contribute stories to the website you need to register for a username and password. You do this online from the Gallery homepage - click on "register".

Before you begin your story/case study/project report 

Before publishing your own story, it is a good idea to have a look at a few that have already been published. This will give you some idea of the variations that can be achieved. Point your browser to the Gallery homepage, choose a category and then a specific story to view.

General Layout of a Gallery page

On the following page you will see an example of the general layout of a gallery page with accompanying notes. This is informative for when you are filling out the web form that will generate your story in a formatted way.

Screenshot: general layout of a gallery item

Preparing your material
You will find it much easier to publish a story if your material is prepared in advance. You will need to fill in the fields shown on  page 3 which gives a screenshot of the form. By comparing the sample form with the sample gallery page, you can see where your information will be displayed.

Screenshot: Gallery form 

You will need to assemble electronically:
1. Text of your information to enter in the Gallery form
2. A picture if you wish to include one – the picture needs to be in the format of a gif file or a jpg file and be less than 50 KB. This is added on a second form like the one below

3. Any associated files that you wish to upload
4. The address of any web links you wish to include along with a short description of the link.

You might place all of these items in a special folder or subdirectory or alternatively store them on a floppy disk.

Using html in your story
Some of the fields on the gallery web form enable you to “use html”. If you check this box then you can use html tags to format your text. THIS IS PURELY OPTIONAL.

Using html is useful if you have lots of text and want to create subheadings or add interest by changing colours. It isn't difficult if you know how!

Some sample html tags:

Ready to begin?
Having read the help notes you are ready to begin. You will need your username and password that you were given after registering online

1. Point your browser to the Gallery homepage at http://www.veco.ash.org.au/gallery

2. Choose “contribute/edit” from the menu

3. Log on to the system using your username and password

4. Choose "new" in the category you are publishing to

5. Fill in the form and click "submit"

6. Add a picture, files and documents as required

7. Preview your story

8. Edit if necessary

9. Log off

10. Return at any time to edit your entry or add another using your username and password.

That's it! It's simple and rewarding to see your work on the web!

menu: about the gallery · before starting · general layout
preparing material · using html (optional) · ready to begin?
sample Gallery page · sample Gallery Form

First published August 1, 2000. Last modified August 14, 2000.

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