This guide will help explain most of the button links (on the left) and the procedures needed for setting up your member pages and maintaining your account and music through this ArtistCP. If you can't find the answers you need here, then you can obtain additional help in the Soundmetro Forums under the "Members Help" category.
NOTE:
Not all buttion links and options listed below will be available in your ArtistCP. Some will not show up until you have uploaded or used certain features of the site. Others will not show up until you have Upgraded your Account to one of the Tier levels. And some functions such as the "Store" will not show up on your Artist Site until you actually setup an item for sale through your AstistCP.
Discription Of Buttons
MEMBERSHIP TYPE
"1, 2, 3" Type of membership you have (1=Free, 2=Tier1 and 3=Tier2 Membership)
"HOME PAGE" Opens the Soundmetro Main Page in a new window without closing your Artist Control Panel
"MEMBERS GUIDE" Opens the members guide in your ArtistCP
ARTISTS
"MODIFY ARTIST" Used to modify your personal settings and upload your Artist/Band Photo for your Artist Site
 Location, Website, Artist Genre, Background/Story (Bio), Influences
Upload or delete your Artist Band Image
Labels can have more than one artist assigned to their account that can be modified by a "Choose Artist" button
SONGS
"UPLOAD SONG" Used to add (Upload) music to your Artist Site
Song Name & Info, Credits Info, Label Info, Genre and more...
Add your Lyrics so they can be viewed from a popup window on your Artist Site
Upload an image for your song (May be required to be listed in most charts)
Automatically create a LOFI version of your song
Options for streaming only or streaming and downloading of your music
You must upload at least 1-Song for your Artist Site to show up in Searches and in the Soundmetro Charts
"MODIFY SONG" Used to choose and modify any setting of an existing song on your Artist Site
"DELETE SONGS" Used to delete any song in your Artist Site
"ARRANGE SONGS" Used to arrange the display order of your songs on your Artist Site
VIDEOS
"CREATE VIDEO" Used to add (Upload) videos to your Artist Site
Video Name & Info, Credits Info, Label Info, Genre and more...
Upload an image for your video (May be required to be listed in most charts)
Options for streaming only or streaming and downloading of your video
"MODIFY VIDEO" Used to choose and modify any setting of an existing video on your Artist Site
"DELETE VIDEOS" Used to delete any video in your Artist Site
"ARRANGE VIDEOS" Used to arrange the display order of your videos on your Artist Site
BLOG
"CREATE MESSAGE" Creates a message that is posted in the "News" section of your Artist Site
You can use this to make announcements, post messages to fans
or just give general band news.
"MODIFY MESSAGE" Allows you to edit any message posted in the "News" section of your Artist Site
"DELETE MESSAGES" Allows you to delete any message on your Artist Site "News" section
"ARRANGE MESSAGES" Allows you to arrange your "News" messages in any order you want them displayed
STORE (Tier1 and Tier2 members only)
"CREATE ITEM" Used to add any store item to your Artist Site store
Set prices, Upload images, Add a discription of your product
Setup your PayPal payment link for each item and Item Currency
"MODIFY ITEM" Allows you to modify any setting of any item in your Artist Site store
"DELETE ITEM" Allows you to delete any item in your Artist Site store
STATIONS(Tier2 members only)
"CREATE STATION" Allows you to create several radio stations with a play list of your songs that have already been uploaded
Create the station name, Discription, Add a Graphic and many more options
The option to choose what songs are included in your station play list are located in the "MODIFY SONG" button
"MODIFY STATION" Allows you to modify any setting or aspect of your stations
"DELETE STATION" Allows you to delete any radio station you have created
GIG CALENDAR (Tier1 and Tier2 members only)
"CREATE GIG" Used to create a Show or Special Event for your Artist Site Calendar
Add Dates, Show times, Discriptions, Photos and more....
Your Events will also show on the main site event calendar and will be linked to your Artist Site
But Events will only show up untill the Event dates expire
"MODIFY GIG" Allows you to modify any setting or aspect of your calendar events
"DELETE GIG" Allows you to delete any calendar event you have created
PHOTO GALLERY(Tier2 members only)
"ADD PHOTO" Allows you to upload photos in your Artist Photo Gallery.
"BROWSE PHOTOS" Allows you to delete or modify any photo in your gallery
"ARRANGE PHOTOS" Allows you decide which photos come first, second and so on...
YOUR SITE
"VIEW YOUR SITE" Used to bring up your Artist Site within your ArtistCP
"REBUILD SITE" Used to refresh or update your Artist Site when changes are made, Like changing your Photo or Bio
"SITE THEMES" Used to change the Theme Style, Colors and Layout of your Artist Site (All Tier2 & Limited Tier1 members only)
"STATISTICS" Gives you statistics of your site, Number of Views, Numbers of Plays, Downloads, Disk space used and more...
OPTIONS
"YOUR PROFILE" Used to set information used on your Bio Page, Also allows you to change your password
"ACTIVITY LOG" Shows you a log of all changes made to your account and site
"LOG OUT" Logs you out of your ArtistCP and returns you to the Soundmetro Main Front Page
EXTRA
"EDIT GUEST COMMENTS" Allows you to edit or delete any comment in your guestbook
"EDIT SONG COMMENTS" Allows you to edit or delete any comment left in your songs
"LOFI CREATOR" Allows you to manually select and create a LOFI version of any song you have uploaded
This area is also used to put any future special features that Soundmetro may add
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