Hello, and welcome. Welcome to the next module, which is how to create your own media page. Having a media page is a great idea, especially if you have a website, a blog, something you want to promote. It can show all your different statistics and your general biography to give people an idea of what you do and what you're all about. So what we're going to do is login to the dashboard and go to create a design. And we're going to scroll down and go to documents us LETTER MEDIA page is going to be eight and a half by 11.

So we are going to start by setting up a basic framework so that we can see how the whole page is going to be laid out. So what I'm going to do is go to elements and we're going to just set up a few different grids so that we can kind of see the whole thing before we start plugging all the information in. So first, we're going to insert the logo go to upload First, let me get the logo. And we're just gonna click and pull it right into the design. We're going to line everything up first and then go back and really fine tune it so that it all looks good together. Second, we are going to create an area for a biography and a picture.

So we're going to do a grid of two boxes. And you know, you can add a picture when you see the little mountain and sky details. So we're just going to line that up right underneath that. The next part of the media page is going to be showing your work. So it may be links to articles, it may be pictures. In this case, I'm going to show a few of my pictures of my paintings.

So I'm going to just add a grid of three different boxes. And we'll just line that up right underneath So far, we have about half the page covered. So that's good. Next, we're going to create a space for some social media statistics because that's always a big deal today. So I'm going to just pick these four basic boxes and size them down. Make them real small, we'll go to around 250 somewhere around there, and then put them right under here and we can line it all up.

And again, we're going to fine tune it as we get all the designs in. And then next to that, we are going to do some basic other statistics. So I'm just going to add a plane, a plane grid. Just one box is fine. Just click on that it brings it right in. You can reduce it by pulling on the corners.

You just click and pull it to whatever size you want. So I'm going to stretch this out. We'll see how that looks. At the bottom, we're going to add some contact information, testimonials, or any other information that you think is important that businesses know about you. So all we have to do now is really fill in the boxes. So up here, we are going to do the bio and the picture.

So first, let me insert the picture and click on whatever file you have uploaded. Or if you want to use a free image from their library, obviously, you wouldn't want to use that for your bio, but if you want to use it for other things, all you do is click on it, and then drag it right over. Now you see how it's kind of not exactly showing it the way you want it to. We can either pull down and make the box a little bigger, or we can also double click in the box. And then it allows you to crop it in a way that you think is best. So I'm just going to pull it down a little bit to see a little bit more of my face.

Okay, so we can make that a little bigger and make this a little smaller. That's the great part about using grids is that keeps everything lined up evenly. And you don't have to worry about lining up different boxes and moving them all together and grouping them gets a little overwhelming. So next, we're going to I saved some text from my BIOS. So I'm just going to Ctrl C or Command C if you're in Mac, and I'm going to double click on this. I'm going to go up to the color and make the background white.

So then what I'm going to do is add a text box, we'll just add a little bit of a smaller box. Okay, I'm going to double click in it to highlight it and then Ctrl V to paste. So that's all the text from my bio from my Word document. I'm gonna go up here and make It probably about 14. When you print it out, that's a easy size to read. So then I'm also going to left justify it because I think that looks a little more professional.

And you just use it that button right there, text align. Okay, so we have a logo, bio and a picture. Next, I'm going to add some of my work. So I'm going to do I already uploaded some of my work, I'm just going to click on it and drag it right over, click on it and just drag it right over, click on it and just drag it right over. So there it is. And then we can double click on each box and just crop it the way that you want it to be seen.

So I like to see the sentiment as much as you can and see the head of the girl as much as you can. So the next we're going to do a search for social media. icons, and they have all these free options, I would suggest trying to find four of the same kind. So maybe what we'll do is we'll use some of these and then change the colors. So what we're going to do is go into the box, and we're going to make each of those white. So it looks like we have the white background.

We'll start with Facebook. And we're going to bring it down to small size. What we'll do for this part is increase the size on our workspace and you do that down here. So we're just going to reduce it, let's reduce it to 65. That's probably 6465. I'm going to do Pinterest.

So we'll make that 65 again, and then we can line it up right there. And what we'll do is We're going to click on that box and make it white again just so that we can see how we're working as we go. And we're going to change it to black, just to make all the icons similar and change that color to black. So now let's look for an Instagram icon. So there's one that's already black, so we will reduce that to 65. Again, just pulling the corners and pulling it down.

And then click on that box, go up here, change it to white and it changes the background. And then we're going to do Twitter so we can do Twitter icon. Okay, we'll just do the bird. Everyone knows the bird will change it to black, reduce it down to 65. You can see that numbers in the corner as you work, and you could see how they line up together. And then again, click behind the box and click on white.

So then what we're going to do is we're going to add the numbers. So we'll just do a little bit of body text. We'll do 2500 for Facebook, and then we'll reduce it. Okay, and we'll bring it over here. And then what we can do is click on the box, go up to more, press copy, and then you can just use that same size box for Pinterest. There we go.

But we're going to click in it, change our stats 1500. Again, we'll just copy and we can actually just copy again and just use the same set boxes and then just line them up. See the grid allows you to line it right up 2090 and then click on 1800. pull that down. And then this is 3829. These are just kind of sample numbers. Then right alongside the statistics for social media, we're going to add some other statistics that people might find interesting.

So we're just going to again, click on the landscape picture, and I'm going to make that background white. And then I have some copy saved for my monthly page views. So we're just going to copy that from a Word document. And then come back here, click on Add sub heading. And we're just going to paste the info first from the Word document. And then we just move it right here.

Looks a little bit So we're going to reduce it to 18. And then we're going to text align it with this button to the left makes it look a little neater. So it gives a few more statistics. And then there's a lot of stuff going on. So I'm just going to add in a little line to separate statistics from some other texts that we're going to put down here. So I'm just going to click on that simple dotted line and bring it down to do any line, whatever makes you happy.

It's all about having fun. So I'm going to put in my main color that I use so I can keep consistent. And then I'm going to go up here to the transparency and pull it down just to lighten it up a little. And another interesting thing you can do with this type of line is to make it a little smaller. So if you go to the corner and you just pinch it down it will make the boxes smaller and then come back and find the sideways stretch and pull it out. That way it makes it a little bit more of a dainty line but it gives you a little space in between the two sections.

So for this next section, we are going to insert three different pieces of information one is going to be how to contact me if they want to work with me. So I'm just going to click on this first square, go up to the colors and click on white to make the background white. Then I'm going to click on Add subheading, and we're just gonna drag that down here. do work with me first. And I'm going to change that to a little bit of a softer font. Again, this is a matter of preference.

So I'm going to do Sacramento. Then I'm going to add another text box and drag it down. And then I'm going to go back to my texts that I had saved, and just copy Ctrl C, go back, and then Ctrl V, and that'll just paste it right in there. I'm going to click right to the left of tutorials and click on the list making icon. So that it'll make it into a little bit of a list. We're going to size it down, and then I'm going to left justify it just to clean it up a little.

And I'm just going to capitalize these so we're consistent. So that's work with me, and then the middle one is going to be praise. So it's always great to have some social proof of people working with you. And you can add anything into this a quote from someone, you can add a link to an online article. So I'm just going to again, make it consistent and go up to to Sacramento, and I will go to my document, copy the quote, I have Ctrl C, we're going to add in a text box, drag it down, and the grid is always there to kind of guide us to show us the lines to make sure it's lined up with the other boxes in the area, so that always looks good. Then for the last one, we're going to again, click on it and make the background white, so we don't see that landscape box.

Then we're going to add in text. And this last one is for my contact information so that people can get in contact with me. So contact me. We're going to make it Sacramento and then I'm just gonna put in The information I think is important you could put in whatever is the best way to contact you. If you're more of a phone person, then put your phone number and I just put my name, my website and my email. And I'm going to left justify this and then bring it down and then it'll line it up.

So it looks like that is going off the page, we will make that a little smaller. So then you can always adjust everything this looks like maybe it would be better a little larger, could even make it a custom size. So that was 30. So then you just want to be consistent with all the other ones. And all you have to do is click on them and put in 30 and you can play with it you know to make sure it looks consistent throughout And the way to do that also is to keep kind of going in and out. Scroll in to see the details and then you want to scroll out to see how it looks overall.

You could spend a lot of time tweaking the spacing, the spacing needs a little help over here, maybe just playing around putting the pictures in the exact area that you want. But that is the basics for the media page. And that will be very helpful when someone wants to collaborate with you or is interested in finding out more about your business. It can kind of give them an overview of what you offer. So that is the media page.