Here are a few of the art-specific website hosting services of which I ’ m aware , although many others exist online as well .
Building an artist specific-website may be best done by those who answered questions earlier with , “ I know very little aout computers and would prefer someone walk me through setting up my website .” Although generally easy to set up , a few artist specific hosting companies offer telephone technical support ( e . g . Fine Art Studio Online [ FASO . com ] and ArtSpan . com ). Phone support can be a huge help to cut down on setup time if your desire is to get a new website live quickly .
These artists ’ hosting companies are in tune with making website set up easy for us on a regular computer , however , most of these hosted websites are not optimized for mobile smartphone and tablet viewing ; a critical feature in today ’ s mobile society .
VIEW FROM THE SMALL SCREEN
If you are an artist new to setting up a website for yourself , I suggest trying the free basic service for one or more website hosting companies . Create an account , add a few pictures of your artwork in one or more galleries , add a short bit of info on you in the ‘ About ’ page , grab the website address from your computer ’ s browser bar ( top of the screen ), and use the internet feature of a smartphone , tablet or iPad to see how the website and photos are presented .
View from a s m a r t p h o n e , left to right : Z h i b i t . o r g gallery page , i n d i v i d u a l painting page , We e b l y . c o m gallery page , i n d i v i d u a l painting page .