=== DC Artists ===
Contributors: ganddser  
Plugin URI: http://gandenterprisesinc.com/dcartists/
Donate link: http://gandenterprisesinc.com/dcartists/
Tags: artist, band, music manager, label, buy music, links, music artwork
Requires at least: 3.2
Tested up to: 4.6.1
Stable tag: 1.3
Author: ganddser
Author URI: https://www.gandenterprisesinc.com/
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

DC Artists Management is a simple solution for creating an artist music portfolio website.

== Description ==

Developers Choice Artists (DC Artists) Management is a simple solution for creating an artist music portfolio website. Create a bands, solo artists portfolio of music website. Load  artists' biography, videos, song titles, buy links, social links and more. 

Note: This plugin is not for selling, downloading or backing up any music or any files, it is only for displaying music artists body of work as a portfolio with buy links, social links and artists bio.

Features

* 2 Widgets
* Fluid CSS/Reponsive Build
* Ajax page load on artist page
* Custom Page Creation
* Discography Management
* Video Embed
* Buy/Social Links 

== Installation ==

There are two ways to install plugins;

Download and install using the standard WordPress plugin installation method then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.

Download the plugin to your computer

Open WordPress Admin -> Plugins -> Add New
Choose Upload tab
Locate the dcartist.zip file on your computer choose it then click install + activate.

There're no settings to configure the plugin works out of the box begin adding labels, artists and music from the menu.


== Frequently Asked Questions ==

Q. How do I add artists?

A. From the DC Artists menu click Artists then Add New. Enter the artist's name in the title field, enter their bio in the text area you can also embed YouTube video here. Next select label, select or add genres for this artist and set featured image (this is the image your website visitors will see first when the visit your artists page.

Q. How do I add Labels?

A. Click Labels -> Add New enter label name and logo. Like artists you can create a page called labels and place the shortcodes for each label on it add a new menu item if you want to display labels. That's it

Q. How do I add Music data?

A. As before Music -> Add New all artists music will display on the artists page, if you want to display artists individually you can copy and paste the shortcodes to separate pages. (Note: This plugin is not for adding actual music files it is for creating a music portfolio).

Q. How do I display artists profiles?

A. After activating the plugin, create a new page in WordPress name it Artists (or whatever you want) you will copy and paste the shortcode generated by each new artist you add. Add the page to your menu. Artists are listed vertically.

Q. Are there any settings to configure?

A. To keep things simple we decided not to include any customizable settings in this plugin all you have to do to use it is add artists, labels and music info. 


== Screenshots ==

1. Music details
2. Artist frontend
3. Artist added
4. Artist setup

== Changelog ==

1.3

*Fixed minor code errors

1.2

* Minor changes made 

1.1.0

*Brand New Plugin

== Demo ==

Music Portfolio: <a href="http://tryus.gandenterprisesinc.com/artists/" target="_blank">DC Artists Demo</a>



