What is Dripbook?

What are the costs?

All portfolio accounts on Dripbook are paid accounts. Dripbook offers several account levels and payment plans based on your portfolio needs and budget.

No account is needed to search the Dripbook index or to contact creative professionals about an upcoming assignment. If you use Dripbook frequently to contact and hire creative professionals, you can sign up for a free Client Account for added benefits of archiving messages, saving favorites, and following artists.

Do clients need an account to view Dripbook?

Anyone can view the portfolios on Dripbook and contact creative professionals on Dripbook - no account is needed.

Dripbook does offer a free Client Account to those who use Dripbook frequently to contact creative professionals. Our Client Account offers additional benefits of archiving messages, saving favorites, and following artists. While anybody can search for talent on Dripbook by genre, tags, and geolocation, Client Accounts allow you as a user to keep track of all the creative professionals you might want to hire. When you find the right person for the job, click on their Contact page to see all their details. Then fill out the quick email form and our members will respond promptly.

Head here to signup for a free Client Account on Dripbook. Note that Client Accounts cannot upload or display portfolios.

What browsers does Dripbook support?

Dripbook currently supports these browsers:

How are portfolios on Dripbook promoted?

Dripbook promotes the portfolios on Dripbook via the following channels:

•Advertising campaigns on Google, Facebook, targeted blogs, and other web outlets

• Dripbook's email promos that are sent out each month to more than 36,000 art directors, art buyers, bloggers, editors, and others interested in checking out the work of creative professionals on Dripbook

• Dripbook's Facebook Page with more than 21,000 fans

• Dripbook's Twitter Account with more than 23,000 followers

• Dripbook's Instagram with more than 6,000 followers

• Dripbook's Tumblr with more than 900 followers

• Dripbook's Pinterest with more than 1,000 followers

• On the Dripbook Website an average viewer spends 36 minutes with 12 daily page views per visitor and only a 22% bounce rate, with the majority of views coming from a work location. Just being in the Dripbook index means that creative industry professionals will see your work!

I'm having trouble logging in. Help!

Your username and password are case sensitive, so make sure any capital letters are entered properly when you log in.

Your username was emailed to you in the verification email we sent you when you first signed up. Check there if you forgot it. If you need us to re-send your username, head here.

If you've forgotten your password and need us to re-set it, head here.

If you're still having trouble, use this link to re-set your cookies from Dripbook.

If you are a new member of Dripbook, make sure that you have verified your account with the link in the verification email originally sent to you. You cannot login until you have verified your account.

If you are still having login trouble, get in touch with us and we'll do our best to sort it out.

How do I change my password?

There are two ways to change your password.

If you can't remember your current password, head to the "Forgot?" section of the Login page and you can re-set your password by having our robot send you an email to change your password.

If you know your current password and would like to change it, you can head to your My Controls > Settings > Password to change your password.

How do I change my display name?

To change your name as it is displayed in your Dripbook account, head to My Controls > Settings > General Info.

Can I change my username?

Your username is the part after ...dripbook.com/ in the web address of your Dripbook account. You also log in using your username.

We do not recommend changing your username.

Your entire account is organized based on your username. Your splash page, profile, and all of your portfolios are organized under your username. If you change your username, all incoming links to your work, including search engine links from Google, Bing, Yahoo, and elsewhere, will be broken. Additionally, the links anyone else has made to your work in any blog or any other web page will be broken.

However, if you have an extreme situation, or if your account was just set up, and you'd like to change your username, please get in touch with us and we'll do our best to help.

You are free to change your name as it's displayed within your Dripbook account - this display name isn't related to your username. Head to My Controls > Settings > General Info to change the name as it's displayed inside your Dripbook account.

How can I change my splash page image?

All Dripbook accounts come with a customizable splash page that is the gateway into your Dripbook portfolio. Your splash page is accessible at http://www.dripbook.com/YourUserName. Your splash page is also displayed at the opening of your exported website. You can see all of the images you've selected as splash page images in the Overview tab of the Organize section.

You can specify the image(s) you'd like to appear on your splash page. Large, horizontal images work best. We recommend images about 3,000 pixels wide by 2,000 pixels high. If you select more than one splash page image, they will rotate randomly between all the images selected. If you don't select any images, our robot will pick one for you rather than showing a blank screen. We don't advise this, though.

To select an image as your splash page image, head to My Controls > Organize , click "Open" under any image, select "Make this your Splash Page image?", then hit "Save+Close" in the popup window for the image.

Can I have more than one genre? How do I manage my genres?

A genre is a group of portfolios presented together. Standard accounts allow two genres and Pro and Premium accounts allow three genres.

You can present portfolios in multiple genres - for example, you could have portfolios in "Graphic Design" and in "Illustration".

You can also present portfolios in multiple versions of the same genre as long as you give each genre a unique custom name. For example, you could have portfolios in "Commercial Photography" and "Editorial Photography" - both genres designated as "Photography" but each given a custom name and presented separately.

Lastly, you can give each genre a different name on an exported website - for example, you could have work on the Dripbook website under the genre "Photography" but have that genre displayed on your exported website as "My Work".

Here's how to set up your Dripbook account with multiple genres and manage the naming of your genres.

1) Head to My Controls > Settings > Genres. Add genre(s) with the drop-down menu selections, and add custom name(s). If you're removing genre, take special note of how the system will re-assign portfolios.

2) In the Organize section, head to the Sort Portfolios + Genres tab to rearrange your portfolios and genres. It's all drag-and-drop. Drag your portfolios up and down and genres left and right to arrange them as you'd like. Then hit Save and you're all set.

3) When you make new portfolios, or edit portfolios you already have, you can specify which genre each portfolio is associated with. You can change the portfolio's genre here, or you can drag and drop each portfolio into a new genre in the Sort Portfolios + Genres tab as described in the previous step.

How will search engines find my work?

The entire Dripbook website and all porfolios displayed on Dripbook are optimized for search engines. We've done a lot to make search engines love Dripbook. There are also things you can do to further improve how search engines find and index your work.

All portfolio accounts can benefit from increased search engine optimization by adding a bio to your profile as well as portfolio captions to all portfolios and image captions to all images. All of this information is great for human clients viewing your Dripbook portfolio - people love more information about you. This information is also great for the robots that run the search engines for Google, Bing, Yahoo, and the rest. Check this handy PDF - 10 Tips for Best Success - for more information.

Dripbook allows Pro and Premium accounts to enter custom description and keyword information that will be added to the code of your pages on Dripbook and exported websites. This code will help search engines like Google better catalog your pages. You don't need to know much about technology to use this feature - we've made it simple.

Head to My Controls > Settings > Keywords + Description. Enter your customized description and keywords. Click Save and your customized description and keywords will be automatically added to your pages on Dripbook, and your exported website.

Please note, if you have already have an exported website, you will have to re-export your website for updated description and keyword information to be included. If you have not yet exported your website, this description and keyword information will automatically be included when you first export your website.

How can I get to the top of the Dripbook index?

All of your public portfolios are included in the Dripbook index and are searchable to clients around the world. Clients can search Dripbook by any combination of genre, tag, and location.

Dripbook's super smart robots sort all of the public portfolios on Dripbook multiple times every day using a custom algorithm. Here are some of the factors the robots use in determining the display order of the portfolios on Dripbook:

•The last time the portfolio was updated.

•Tags associated with the portfolio.

•Image captions, portfolio captions, and the bio information included in the profile.

•The order of other portfolios in that genres - the robots don't want too much of the same genre appearing together.

To help your portfolios display as prominently as possible, focus on creating great work that is updated frequently and add descriptive tags, captions, and bio information about yourself. Here's a handy interactive PDF - 10 Tips for Best Success - with more information.

How do I use Google Analytics with Dripbook?

Head to your My Controls > Progress > Stats to see detailed information about views to your pages on Dripbook - including where the views are coming from. Of course, we're no Google Analytics and we know they have far more powerful robots than we do for tracking your traffic. You can integrate Google Analytics to track your traffic to your Dripbook account and to an exported website.

First set up a free account with Google Analytics if you don't already have one.

Next, please see Google's FAQ "Where can I find my tracking code?" for assistance obtaining your Tracking Code. Your Google Tracking Code should resemble this format - UA-XXXXXX-X. Please note that Google may tell you to include a whole string of code into your website. We don't need that whole string of code. All we need is the actual Google Tracking Code that looks like UA-XXXXXX-X.

To use your Google Tracking Code to track traffic to your Dripbook account, head to My Controls > Settings > Google Tracking . Enter your Google Tracking Code in the text field. Click Save and Back to Controls.

To use your Google Tracking Code to track traffic to your exported website, head to My Controls > Export > Exported Websites. Enter your Google Tracking Code in Step 2 of your exported website configuration pages and re-export your website.

If you have not yet exported a website, your Google Tracking code should be saved in your Exported Sites configuration pages. It's a good idea to double check.

How do I update my billing information?

It is important that you keep your billing information up-to-date. If your account has a billing failure for any reason, including address and expiration date changes, we'll email you to let you know about the problem and offer a grace period but will temporarily put your account on hold if the problem persists.

To update your credit card information head to My Controls > Billing > Update Billing Info.

How do I change my account type?

You are free to upgrade or downgrade your account at any time. Head to your My Controls > Account Level, select the account you would like to change to, and click the Modify button.

If you are in the trail period, you can upgrade or downgrade your account level to try out different accont features. You'll be billed for the account you are using on the last day of your trial unless you cancel your trial account.

If you have an existing account with Dripbook and you'd like to upgrade or downgrade, you can do that at anytime. At the time you upgrade or downgrade, you'll have to pay for the new account level in full. Our smart billing robot will automatically pro-rate any time remaining in your previous account level and credit that pro-rated time into your new account level. So you'll keep all the value of the time remaining in a previous account level.

If you plan to downgrade your account, make sure your current account doesn't go over the limits of the account you'd like to downgrade to.

Let us know if you have any questions.

How do I suspend or cancel my account?

If you have any questions about any part of your account, please consider getting in touch with one of the owners / creators of Dripbook to see if we can address your issue.

If you are currently paying for an account on Dripbook, you can "pause" or suspend your account for up to a year. Payments will be stopped, your account will be taken offline, and we'll keep all your portfolios, images, videos, and other account information on hand for a year. After suspending your account, you can simply log in to re-activate your account.

If you have a trial account you'd like to cancel, or if you'd like to fully cancel your account and permanently erase all uploaded content, you can cancel your account as well.

To pause or cancel your account on Dripbook, head to My Controls > Settings > Cancel Account.

Please consider contacting us with your reasons for canceling or suspending your account. We're always interested in hearing from our customers.

What size images and videos should I upload? What format?

Dripbook was built to accept images and video of just about any common format and reasonable size. Dripbook's super smart image and video robot will do its best to convert and optimize whatever you upload. What this means for you is that there is no set of requirements for images or video. We don't want to make you sit around all day and re-format stuff - boring!

We suggest you upload large images and HD video. We ask for all images you upload to be at least 2,000px high. We ask for video to be High Definition (HD) - 1080p or 720p. If you give us good, high quality originals to work from, our image and video robot will have a happy time making great looking images and videos to display across our entire platform - the Dripbook website, exported websites, iPad, iPhone, Android displays, and more.

We do have upper limits on size - we don't accept images over 100MB or videos over 2GB and 10 minutes in length. And some formats do trip up our robot. We cannot process CMYK formatted images or 16 bit images. Additionally, we cannot process videos using the proprietary Apple ProRes codec even though they may be using the Quicktime .mov extension. You can find more information about "best practices" for formatting video here.

Dripbook applies a web standard sRBG profile to images, so if you'd like to preview how your images will look online, apply a standard sRGB profile in your favorite image editing program. You can also download the exact color profile here.

If you have a question about image and video formats that isn't answered here, get in touch and we'll help you out.

Can I upload multiple images at once?

You can upload multiple images and videos at once. Head to Dripbook's web-based uploader by going to My Controls > Organize My Portfolio > Upload Images + Video.

There are two possibilities for how you can upload images and video depending on the browser you're using and how it's set up:
•An HTML5 uploader for modern versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer.
• A simple uploader for older browsers or for situations where the HTML5 uploader is not available.

With the HTML5 uploader, you can drag-and-drop multiple images and videos at once into the upload queue. You can also manually select images and video from your computer:

Another option for uploading multiple images at once (this option also works with the simple uploader ) is to create and upload a Zip archive. The Zip archive can be any size, but each image in the Zip archive should be less than 25 MB apiece. Dripbook's crafty image processing robot will unpack the Zip archive and process all the images individually.

As a time-saving tip, first select the portfolio you'd like to upload the images into before selecting the images for upload. That way, you can avoid the step of later putting the images into a portfolio.

How do I upload video?

Upload video in the same place as you upload images - head to Dripbook's web-based uploader by going to My Controls > Organize my Portfolio > Upload Images + Video.

The process for creating a video portfolio on Dripbook goes like this:

1) Upload the video (preferably in HD format) in Dripbook's web-based uploader.

2) Be patient while Dripbook's web processing robot crunches through your video making different versions for the Dripbook website, exported websites, iPhone, iPad and Android displays, and more.

3) We will automatically make a new portfolio with the processed video inside. The new portfolio will be set to In-Progress so no one can see it until you have made edits.

4) We'll send you an email when the video is ready. You can then open the portfolio, re-name it, add a caption and tags, and make it Public.

Sorry, we can't accept embed codes for videos on other websites like YouTube. We need the actual video so we can process out different versions of your video for all the different display options we offer.

If you have any questions about this process, get in touch and we'll help you out.

What are the "Best Practices" for formatting video?

Because there are so many different video editing programs and so many different camera formats out there, it's not possible to recommend settings for every situation. However, Dripbook is set up to accept, convert, optimize, and display just about every video format out there.

As with images, we recommend uploading the best quality video you have access to - the better it looks full-screen on your computer, the better it will look on Dripbook. Please don't upload traditionally "web-optimized" or otherwise very small or highly compressed video - it just won't look good.

Here are some more technical suggestions for best formatting practices for video:

• Compression: The ideal compression codec is H.264 - if that's an option, use it.

• Frame rate: Keep your frame rate "current" - we'll work with 30 frames per second, or 25, or 24. Stick with what you have.

• Resolution: If possible, keep your resolution at the original output of the camera, or downsize to 720 pixels high if necessary. It's not necessary or recommended to downsize the resolution lower than 720 pixels high.

• Data rate: For HD footage, target somewhere around 10,000 kbit/sec. DV and Standard Definition video should remain around 5,000 kbit/sec.

• Deinterlacing: Do it. It keeps footage from looking jaggy. Even if you shoot with a non-interlacing progressive camera, some video editing software can generate interlaced video. So de-interlace it if possible.

• Audio: AAC audio is best, or keep it at your "current" setting.

If you have a video file that is very large or in a format Dripbook can't process like Apple's proprietary ProRes codec, a good video converter that we recommend is MPEG Streamclip.

Below is a screenshot of settings in MPEG Streamclip that we find ideal for compressing a video ready to upload to Dripbook.

Get in touch if you have any questions not answered here.

Are my images + videos safe?

All original versions of the images and video you upload to Dripbook are stored securely on Dripbook's servers. Viewers of the Dripbook website do not have access to the original images and video you upload.

Dripbook takes image protection and copyright infringement very seriously.

Dripbook does actively disable some right-click to download functions of images displayed on the Dripbook website. However, these disabling tools do not work in all instances and in all browsers. There is no secure method of preventing publicly displayed images from being downloaded / saved from any public website. While Flash-based websites (like the Dripbook exported websites) have no right-click-to-download functionality, viewers could easily take a screen shot of a page, and advanced users can copy images from browser caches.

Please understand that one of the inherent risks of putting your imagery online is that there could be an occasional instance of a viewer keeping a copy of your visual material. While considering this risk, keep the following in mind:

1) All of your written and visual material is protected by U.S. Copyright Law. Reuse / republication of your material without your permission is strictly forbidden by law.
2) If an image of yours has been reused without your permission, contact the source of the reuse and demand that the image is immediately removed and the re-use is immediately ceased. Feel free to contact us for assistance if you believe the re-used image was taken from Dripbook.

How do I create a new portfolio?

A portfolio is a set of images or a video.

To make a new portfolio, head to My Controls > Organize > Add To Portfolio and look for "Add New Portfolio" in the top and bottom of the left-hand column.

You can then upload images and add them to the portfolio. If you're looking to create a video portfolio, it's best to just upload the video - we'll make a portfolio for the video automatically after the video is finished processing.

How do I add content to a portfolio?

There are two ways to add images or a video to a portfolio.

1) To upload new images and video to Dripbook, head to My Controls > Organize > Upload Images + Video . You can select images and video from your computer to upload, or drag-and-drop images and video from your computer into the Drag Images and Video Here area. Once you're done selecting images and video, click the Start Uploading Content button in the upload queue. You can watch the status of the uploads in your upload queue.

As a helpful tip for uploading images directly into an existing portfolio, first select the portfolio you'd like to upload images into before uploading them. Then, when you upload images, the images will be added directly into that portfolio.

2) To add images images that you have already uploaded into to an existing portfolio, head to My Controls > Organize > Add to Portfolios and drag images to portfolios in the left hand column. You can hold the "Shift" key to select multiple images at once. Make sure your mouse pointer goes over the portfolio you'd like to add the images to - the background of the selected portfolio will change from grey to blue. Release the mouse and the images will be added to that portfolio.

To upload video, the easiest thing to do is to upload the video and our robot will automatically create a new portfolio for the video after the video has finished processing. You can then edit the video portfolio and make it Public. If you need to add a video you've already uploaded into an empty portfolio, follow step #2 above.

Note that you cannot add images and video to the same portfolio. A portfolio can contain multiple images or one video.

I've made a portfolio but it doesn't appear online. Why?

When you first create a portfolio, the portfolio's default status is In-Progress. This means that you're working on it and don't want anyone to see it yet. Once you are ready, you can change the status to Public so that everyone can see it. Your portfolios won't be visible to anyone else until you change the status from In-Progress to Public.

There are two ways to make a portfolio public.

1) You can make a portfolio public in the Sort Portfolios + Genres tab of the Organize section. Drag a blue portfolio from the In Progress section upward to the black Public section. Then, click the Save button on the right.

You can also make a portfolio public in the Edit Portfolios tab of the Organize section. Select a portfolio, and in the left hand column, change the "Status?" field to "Public" and hit Save.

How do I make a video portfolio?

A video portfolio is a portfolio with one video inside it. A video portfolio can be in any genre. You can organize all your videos together in one genre, or you can put video portfolios together with your image portfolios in any genre you'd like.

The easiest way to make a video portfolio is to upload a video using the Upload Images + Video tab of the Organize section. Once your video is done uploading and processing, we'll automatically create a new In-Progress portfolio with the new video inside it. You can then open the portfolio, re-name it, add a caption and tags, and make it public.

Head here for more information about uploading video.

Note that you cannot add images and video to the same portfolio. A portfolio can contain multiple images or one video.

How do I change the settings for a portfolio?

To change a portfolio's settings - name, caption, tags, genre, Public / Private / In-Progress status, and more - head to head to My Controls > Organize > Edit Portfolios, select a portfolio, make changes, and hit "Save" in the bottom of the left-hand column.

How do I add captions?

To add captions to an image, open the image by clicking "Open" under the image, and add any caption information, and hit "Save". Image captions are displayed on the Dripbook website and on exported websites.

To add a caption to a portfolio, open the portfolio, add a caption in the portfolio's settings in the left-hand column, and hit "Save". Portfolio captions are displayed on the Dripbook website and on exported websites.

What are tags? How do I add tags to a portfolio?

Tags are descriptive keywords that provide searchable context for a portfolio. Your portfolios on Dripbook are searchable by genre, tag, and location. The more accurately you tag your portfolios, the more ways people will find your work. Tags area very important part of your promotion on Dripbook.

To add tags to a portfolio, head to My Controls > Organize > Edit Portfolios, select a portfolio, add tags to the portfolio's settings in the left-hand column, and hit "Save". Popular tags are auto-filled.

Make sure to separate multiple tags with a comma, and enclose multiple-word tags with quotation marks. So your tags might look like this : portraits, "black and white", "natural light", musicians, "los angeles"

Single or double quotation marks are fine. Make sure separating commas are outside the quotation marks.

When thinking about how to tag your portfolios, think about the mood and the context of the work. What would a client be looking for that this portfolio would provide? Very general tags like "lifestyle" are fine, but make sure to think about more specific concepts. What kind of lifestyle?

There's absolutely no need to add your own name as a tag. Your portfolios are always searchable by your name.

What is a key image and how do I make one for my portfolio?

A key image is the representative image for each portfolio that shows up in various places on the Dripbook website and on exported displays. There are no special requirements for a key image - it's up to you. If you don't designate a key image, our system will use the first image in the portfolio as the key image.

It's easy to set an image as the portfolio's key image. While editing a portfolio in the Edit Portfolios tab of the Organize section, click and drag an image to the box at the top left hand corner that reads "Drag here to set as Key Image." Hold the mouse arrow over the box until the image reads "Make Key Image." Let go and you're done - just hit "Save" in the lower part of the left-hand column and your new key image will be saved.

How can I change the key or thumbnail image of a video portfolio?

Dripbook's video processing robot will automatically select a frame from each video you upload to serve as that video's representative key image.

You are free to specify a different key image for any of your video portfolios. You can upload any image you'd like to act as the key image. You can select a single frame of the video in your favorite video editing software and upload that frame as a still image. Or you can use any image in your account to serve as the video's key image.

Once you have the image you'd like to use as the video's key image uploaded into your account, head to My Controls > Organize > Add to Portfolios and drag the image over the "Needs Key Image" icon of the video portfolio in the left-hand column. Let go, and you're done.

What is a private portfolio? How do I create + send a private portfolio?

A private portfolio is a collection of images or a video that you want to show to select people. Private portfolios are sent via email to recipients through the Promote section of your Dripbook account. You can receive email notifications letting you know which private portfolio was viewed by which recipient, and when.

You can use a private portfolio to send a large number of images to a client to review. You can also send a specific portfolio of work to a few prospective clients, and track who viewed what.

To set a portfolio as private, head to My Controls > Organize > Edit Portfolios, select a portfolio, and in the left hand column, change the "Status?" field to "Private" and hit Save.

Another way to set a portfolio as private is to head to My Controls > Organize > Sort Portfolios + Genres and drag the portfolio down into the "Private" area, and hit Save.

To send out a private portfolio, head to My Controls > Promote > Email a Private Portfolio, select the private portfolio you'd like to send, fill in the appropriate details, and hit Send.

Private portfolios are not visible on exported displays including exported websites. Also, Dripbook displays the "Title" of your images and video within the private portfolio. We do this so that your viewers will be able to comment on specific images by title. You can change the title of your images by clicking "Open" under any image.

What is a mature portfolio?

Dripbook welcomes material that may depict graphic sexual themes, illicit drug use, or other material clearly inappropriate to young viewers as long as the content is legal to display and does not disagree with our Terms of Use. Portfolios containing material clearly inappropriate to young viewers must be labeled as "mature."

If you are not sure if your work should be considered "mature" or not, here's a guideline - content that could be viewed in a public museum or traditional print magazine does not need to be labeled "mature." Content of a more provocative, directly graphic, or sexually explicit nature that would traditionally be restricted from minors should be labeled "mature."

Portfolios labeled as "mature" will not not be included in searches on Dripbook. The representative key image for "mature" portfolios will be replaced by a standard icon. Viewers of "mature" portfolios must agree that they can and would like to proceed to view the work.

To label a portfolio as "mature," head to the Edit Portfolios tab of the Organize section, select a portfolio, and in the left hand column, select "Yes" in the "Mature Content?" area and hit Save.

How can I delete images?

To delete images, drag them to the bottom of the screen in the Add to Portfolios tab of the Organize section. Hold the Shift key to select multiple images.

When you are editing a portfolio in the Edit Portfolios tab, you can either delete images completely or just delete them from the portfolio. Hold the Shift key to select multiple images.

How can I delete portfolios?

In the Edit Portfolios tab, look to the bottom left of the screen for a “Delete this Portfolio” action. Click Save + Close.

You can also delete portfolios from the Sort Portfolios + Genres tab. Look for the handy trashcan icon.

Please note, deleting portfolios does NOT delete the images and video inside the portfolio.

What is an exported website? How do I export a website?

An exported website is a stand-alone, personal, customizable presentation of the portfolio you create on Dripbook. You can select among 20 designs and use a custom domain name.

Your exported website automatically updates itself anytime you update your portfolio on Dripbook - add images, video, change the order of things in your Dripbook portfolio and your exported website updates itself automatically.

Dripbook's exported websites have custom mobile displays for iPads, iPhones, and Android phones as well as custom backends optimized for search engines.

You can change the customization settings of your exported website any time. You can change designs anytime. And - of course - you can update the content of your Dripbook portfolio anytime.

In order to export a website from Dripbook, you'll need a Pro or Premium account on Dripbook with public portfolios and a domain name.

Then, head to My Controls > Export > Exported Websites, choose a design, customize it, preview it, and export your new website. Your exported website will then be visible at your domain name and anytime you update your portfolios on Dripbook, your exported website will update automatically.

What do the exported website designs look like?

Dripbook currently offers 20 designs for exported websites - 10 using HTML5 technology and 10 using Flash technology. Each design offers mobile displays for iPhones, iPads + Android phones as well as dedicated Search Engine Optimization.

The Left Thumbnails (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Navigation is a column to the left. Portfolio images are presented above a strip of thumbnails.

The Left Slider (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Navigation is a column to the left. Portfolio images are presented as a slider.

The Left Select (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Navigation is a column to the left. Portfolio images are presented with next + back selections. Thumbnails can be toggled by the viewer.

The Style Tile (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Portfolios are presented with uncropped images arranged in vertical columns. Main images are presented with next + back selections.

The FilmGrid Filmstrip (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Genres open to a full page presented with all the portfolios "open" showing a wide range of work right away. Portfolio images are presented as a filmstrip.

The FilmGrid Slider (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Genres open to a full page presented with all the portfolios "open" showing a wide range of work right away. Portfolio images are presented as a slider.

The Simple Thumbnails (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Portfolios are presented as a simple list. Portfolio images are presented above a strip of thumbnails.

The Key Filmstrip (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Portfolios are presented visually using the portfolio's key image. Main images are presented as a progression of images next to each other.

The Key Slider (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Genres are presented visually using the portfolio's key image. Portfolio images are presented as a slider.

The Key Select (HTML5) design:

Responsive HTML5 design optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile. Portfolios are presented visually using the portfolio's key image. Main images are presented with next + back selections and thumbnails toggled by the viewer.

The Left Select (Flash) design:

Navigation is a column to the left. Portfolios are displayed with thumbnails first. Main images are presented with next + back selections.

The FilmGrid Slider (Flash) design:

Each genre is presented with all the portfolios "open" showing a wide range of work right away. Main images are presented as a slider.

The Key Select (Flash) design:

Portfolios are presented visually using the portfolio's key image. Main images are presented with next + back selections and thumbnails.

The Key Slider (Flash) design:

Portfolios are presented visually using the portfolio's key image. Main images are presented with a slider.

The Thumbnail Bold (Flash) design:

Main images appear above a horizontal row of scrolling thumbnails. Navigation elements are bold.

The Slider (Flash) design:

Simple and clean presentation with main images presented in a slider. Navigation elements are subtle.

The Thumbnail Scroller (Flash) design:

Main images appear next to a vertical column of scrolling thumbnails. Navigation elements are subtle.

The Filmstrip (Flash) design:

Main images are presented as a progression of images next to each other. Navigation elements are subtle.

The Thumbnail Grid (Flash) design:

Images appear as a grid before viewing individually. Navigation elements are subtle.

The Floater (Flash) design:

A moveable navigation menu allows for a unique viewing experience with very clean main image presentation.

What does it cost to export a website?

Using Dripbook's exported website feature requires a Pro or Premium account.

There are no additional costs associated with exporting a website.

There are no setup fees. You can upgrade to a Pro or Premium account here.

Please note, if you fail to renew your Pro or Premium account, your exported website will no longer function.

Does Dripbook host my exported website?

Yes, Dripbook offers complimentary web hosting for all exported websites. All you need is a Premium account and a domain name.

You can also host your exported website on your own web host if you need higher level customization options, like custom e-mail addresses at your domain name, for example.

What can I customize in my exported website?

You can pick among 20 designs for your exported website. Within each design, you can customize colors, fonts, font sizes, your website name / title, your bio and contact information, and genre names. You can upload a custom logo as well.

You can change these customization settings as often as you'd like.

You can switch designs anytime you'd like.

To change the content of your exported website - add images + video, change the ordering of images + portfolios - you simply update your portfolio on Dripbook and your exported website updates automatically.

If I choose to use a separate web host, what information will I need to export my website?

If you've chosen a web host separate from Dripbook, you'll need your web hosting FTP login information. This information is very standard - anyone would need it to make a website for you. You should be able to find this information in an email that your web host sent you when you signed up. You should also be able to log into your web hosting account and find this information online. If not, call or email your web host and ask for this information - they should be able to get you this information very easily.

1) FTP Host Name (for example: "YourDomainName.com" -- do not put 'http://' or 'ftp://' in the text here.)

2) FTP Username

3) FTP Password

4) FTP Initial Path (this is the folder on your web host where your website needs to be placed. Common FTP Paths are "public_html", "www", "html", or it could be blank.)

How do I export my website?

Note: This function will write over and replace any existing website you may have. It is a good idea to make sure you have a copy of the old one just in case. If you don't know how to make a copy, contact your web host.

Once you've selected a design for your exported website and configured it to look the way you'd like, you'll need to export the website.

There are 3 options for doing this:

Option 1. Let us host your website for you.
The first step in creating any website is to purchase a domain name. You can get one from any domain registrar you like. Some popular ones are GoDaddy, Namecheap, and Google Domains.

In order for Dripbook to host your website, your domain name must be configured to point to Dripbook’s server. You do this by editing your domain’s DNS “A” record to point to 69.43.202.119 - if you don’t know how to do this, your domain registrar’s customer support can help.

Once your domain name’s DNS record has been configured, go to Step 4 of the export process (after you've chosen a design, configured it, and previewed it), enter your domain name in the space provided, and click "Publish my Website".

Dripbook does not offer email or other associated hosting services. For those that require these services, options 2 and 3 allow you to host your website on your own web host server.

Option 2. Let us export your website to your own web host.

In Step 4 of the export process (after you've chosen a design, configured it, and previewed it), enter in the requested FTP login information then click the "Export my Website" button.

Option 3. Download your website to upload it to your own web host.

In Step 4 of the export process click the "Download my Website" button. The file you download will be called "index.html" - you can upload it via FTP to your own web host with a program like Fetch or Transmit.

How do I update my exported website?

To update the content of your exported website - images, videos, portfolios, captions, and splash page images - head to the Organize section and update your Dripbook portfolio. Your exported website will update itself automatically to reflect changes you make in the Organize section. You may need to clear your browser's cache (memory) to see your updates in your exported website. There is no need to re-export your website in order to update the content.

To update the customization settings of your exported website - fonts, colors, bio and contact information - head to My Controls > Export > Exported Websites, choose the design you are using, make changes, and click the Save button. Your exported website will update itself to reflect your changes. You may need to clear your browser's cache (memory) to see your updates in your exported website. Some changes to your customization settings do require you to re-export your website. These changes are marked with red ** symbols.

To change to a different design for your exported website, head to My Controls > Export > Exported Websites, choose a new design, set up the configuration settings for your new design, preview it, and export the new design to your web host. Changing the design of your exported website does require you to re-export your new design.

How do I create a custom logo for my exported website?

The best option for creating a good looking custom logo for your exported website is to create a custom logo that is laid out to match the size and shape of the area reserved for your logo in your exported website design. Uploading a logo you may have that isn't the size or shape of the area reserved for your logo may work, but it won't look as good.

There are currently two different sizes for logos for exported websites depending on the design you're using:

The best option for creating a custom logo is to open a new Photoshop file set to the size for your logo with a transparent background. Lay out your logo design inside this space. When you're done, save the logo you made as a .psd photoshop file - keep this for your records or to make edits later.

Then, use Photoshop's Save for Web feature to save the logo you just made as a PNG-24 with transparency selected. You can then upload the .png file to your website in the exported website configuration settings on Dripbook. Using a transparent background will allow you to change the background color of your website but keep your logo as-is. Using a transparent background will also allow your logo to float nicely overtop full-bleed Splash page images if your design supports this feature.

How can I export a portfolio for display on another website?

You can export portfolios that you created on Dripbook for display on other websites. Using this feature, you could build a whole custom website or just export one or more portfolios to a blog. As with all of Dripbook's export features, we automatically synchronize all exported displays any time you make an update on Dripbook. So your exported portfolios are always up to date.

To use this feature, head to your Controls > Export > Exported Portfolios. Then choose a portfolio, choose a style, and copy the code to paste it on the external website where you want to display the Dripbook portfolio.

To see an example of building a website from portfolios exported from Dripbook, click here and here.

What are Feeds and how do I use them?

Feeds are a simple, universal, and endless way to distribute and promote your work elsewhere online. Fans can subscribe to your feeds in a newsreader. You can also incorporate and embed your feeds into distribution channels based on RSS feeds.

All accounts have access to limited feeds. Pro and Premium accounts have access to feeds of all public portfolios including all images and videos.

To access your feeds, head to Controls > Export > Feeds. Select a feed and export it.

Is my Dripbook portfolio visible on mobile devices?

Yes - your Dripbook portfolio is visible on mobile displays like the iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. The responsive HTML5 redesign in 2014 focused on making the entire Dripbook website fully optimized for desktop, tablet, and mobile.

All your portfolios and your custom Dripbook URL / Splash page - dripbook.com/YourUserName - are visible to clients on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Rest assured that your work will always be visible to anyone on an iPhone, iPad, or Android phone.

If you have an iPad or iPhone and want to download your entire Dripbook portfolio for display even while offline, check out Dripbook's free iPad and iPhone portfolio presentation App.

If you have an Android phone or tablet and want to download your entire Dripbook portfolio for display even while offline, check out Dripbook's free Android portfolio presentation App.

For more information on mobile options for Dripbook, download Dripbook's interactive PDF "10 Tips for Best Success".

Is my exported website visible on mobile devices?

Yes - your exported website is visible on mobile displays like the iPhone and iPad as well as Android phones and tablets.

Dripbook's responsive HTML5 designs for exported websites are all built from the ground up to be optimized for different screen sizes. These responsive HTML5 designs display beautifully on desktop, tablets, and mobile. Plus, the URL (web address) of each page isn't a mobile redirect so that if a client is emailed a link, it will work perfectly on a phone or tablet.

Dripbook's older Flash designs for exported websites automatically detect when the viewer is using an iPad, iPhone, or Android phone to view the Flash based exported website. A customized mobile display - including video - is shown to the viewer so your website never misses a beat. Your contact and bio information is displayed and email links are maintained.

How do I use Dripbook's iPad + iPhone App?

Dripbook’s free iPad + iPhone portfolio presentation App is custom built to show off your portfolio while on the go. Our presentation App allows you to download and synchronize your portfolios on Dripbook and display them on your iOS device so that you can present your portfolio wherever you are, regardless of whether you have local internet access.

You can share images via email, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. And you can stream videos to any AirPlay compatible device.

Download Dripbook’s iPad + iPhone presentation App for free.

Head to this blog post for more images of the App in action.

How do I use Dripbook's Android App?

Dripbook’s free Android portfolio presentation App is custom built to show off your portfolio while on the go. Our presentation App allows you to download and synchronize your portfolios on Dripbook and display them on your Android phone or tablet device so that you can present your portfolio wherever you are, regardless of whether you have local internet access. You can share images via email, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and more.

Download Dripbook’s Android presentation App for free.

Head to this blog post for more images of the App in action.

How can Dripbook update my Facebook profile?

You can post updates to your Facebook Profile directly through Dripbook's Facebook Application.

Head to My Controls > Promote > Facebook , choose your portfolio, and click "Post Now".

For more information on integrating Dripbook with your with social media channels, download Dripbook's interactive PDF "10 Tips for Best Success".

How can Dripbook update my Facebook Page?

After updating a portfolio on Dripbook, you can post updates to your Facebook Page directly through Dripbook's Facebook Application.

Head to My Controls > Promote > Facebook , choose your portfolio, and click "Post Now".

For more information on integrating Dripbook with your with social media channels, download Dripbook's interactive PDF "10 Tips for Best Success".

How can I create a mini-website within my Facebook Fan page?

Those with a Pro or Premium account on Dripbook can create a mini-website within a Facebook Page.

Here's an example of what this feature looks like:

Here's how to create a mini-website in a Facebook Fan Page :

1) Head to My Controls > Promote > Facebook .
2) Look for the "For Your Facebook Page" section on the right - click the "Add the Dripbook Fan Page App to your Facebook Page" button.
3) You'll then be prompted by Facebook to select the Page on which you'd like to install the App.
4) Head to Facebook, and load up your page. Look for the "DB icon" under your page's name, to the left.
5) If you've used this App in the past, you should see your mini-site loading. If this is your first time installing this App, you'll need to confirm your Dripbook username - enter your Dripbook username.

For more information on integrating Dripbook with your with social media channels, download Dripbook's interactive PDF "10 Tips for Best Success".

How can Dripbook update my Twitter feed?

Dripbook's custom Twitter Application can send automatic updates to your Twitter account each time you add or update a portfolio on Dripbook. You can also select a portfolio to post to Twitter at any time.

Head to My Controls > Promote > Twitter and allow Dripbook to post to your Twitter account.

Once you've connected your Twitter account, you'll be able to set up automatic posting to Twitter, you'll be able to edit the text of the Twitter post, and you'll be able to select a portfolio to post at any time.

For more information on integrating Dripbook with your with social media channels, download Dripbook's interactive PDF "10 Tips for Best Success".

How can Dripbook update my Tumblr?

Like with Facebook and Twitter, Dripbook's custom Tumblr Application can send automatic updates to your Tumblr each time you add or update a portfolio on Dripbook. You can also select a portfolio to post to Tumblr at any time.

Head to My Controls > Promote > Tumblr and allow Dripbook to post to your Tumblr.

Once you've connected your Tumblr account, enter the address of the Tumblr you want to post to, select the image posting format (one, two or three images), and select whether you'd like automatic posting. You'll also be able to select a portfolio to post at any time.

For more information on integrating Dripbook with your with social media channels, download Dripbook's interactive PDF "10 Tips for Best Success".