To create a link on your webpage

1. Go to your SouthernArtistry.org portfolio and copy the web address that appears in your address bar.
2. Enter HTML code below. Cut and paste your portfolio web address where indicated. <a href="YOUR PORTFOLIO ADDRESS" title="New Window" target="_blank">Click here to view my portfolio on SouthernArtistry.org</a>
3. Upload the award image to sit above your link.

To create an email signature that automatically appears on all of your outgoing messages, check the help section located on the log-in page of your e-mail provider. If you use Gmail, Hotmail or Microsoft Outlook, see detailed instructions below:

Gmail - Add Signature:

1. Log in to your Gmail account at mail.google.com.
2. Click Settings.
3. In the Signature section, click the button next to the text box. When your cursor appears in the text box, typed the signature you wish to display with outgoing messages (e.g. First Name, Last Name; www.SouthernArtistry.org/your_address) Upload a picture window appears.
4. Important: Click Save Changes at the bottom of your Settings page to save your new signature. Your signature won't be saved unless you do.
5. Your selected signature has now been applied to your account. You'll be able to view and change it from your Settings page, and other users will see your signature at the bottom of every email you send.

Gmail - Add Picture:

1. From the Settings menu, My picture section, click Select a picture. The Upload a picture window appears.
2. Click Browse and navigate to the Southern Artistry Award emblem that you have saved to your computer.
3. Click Open in the File Upload dialog.
4. Click Upload picture.
5. Use your mouse to drag the selection box, and click and drag on any corner of the selection box to shrink or enlarge it.
6. Click Crop picture. Don't worry - any changes you've made won't affect your original file. These changes will only appear in Gmail.
7. You can select whether you'd like all Gmail users to see your picture, or only those who you've allowed to chat with you, using the radio buttons next to your uploaded photo on your Settings page.
• Visible to all Gmail users means anyone who you email, or who emails you, can see your picture
• Visible only to people I can chat with includes users who have been given permission to see when you're online and to chat with you. You can see a full list of these users from the All Contacts tab of your Contacts page. They'll be listed with a colored ball next to their name.
8. Important: Click Save Changes at the bottom of your Settings page to save your new picture. Your picture won't be saved unless you do.
9. Your selected picture has now been applied to your account. You'll be able to view and change it from your Settings page, and other users will see your selection when they roll over your name in conversations or in their contact lists.

Microsoft Outlook:

1. Go to Tools, scroll to Options. A box will open, click the Mail Format tab, then click the Signatures button.
2. If you do not currently have a signature, click New OR if you have an existing signature, select it and click Edit.
3. Click Advanced edit (this will open Microsoft Word).
4. In Word, go to Insert, scroll to Picture. A box will open, click Browse (find your downloaded award image) then, click Insert to close the box.
5. Now click on the award so that the image is selected. Click on hyperlink icon (picture of world and chain link at the top of your screen - if you do not see this icon go to View – Toolbars – highlight Standard). A box will appear to create your hyperlink.
6. Click on World Wide Web icon (world with magnifying glass). This will open a link to the Internet, where you can go to your portfolio online as usual. Once you have arrived at your portfolio, go back to the hyperlink box and select OK.
7. Your SouthernArtistry.org award icon will appear at the bottom of every email and link directly to your portfolio.

Hotmail:

1. Click Options.
2. On the left side of the page, click Mail, and then click Personal Signature.
3. Select the checkbox show the rich-text toolbar.
4. Type your personal signature in the text box. With a line that reads something like "Visit my online portfolio".
5. Select your line (i.e. Visit my online portfolio) and click the hyperlink icon on your toolbar that looks like a chain link. This will open a box that requests a link.
6. Open a new Internet window and go to your portfolio on SouthernArtistry.org. Copy the web address found in the address toolbar at the top of your screen and paste this into the request box.
7. Click Insert to close the box.
8. Click OK once you are happy with the look of your signature.