Chapter 5. Preparing To Create A Model Record

Table of Contents

Introduction
Headshot Image Preparation
Making The Big Icon
Making The Small Icon
Icon Placement
Determining The Site Id

Introduction

One of the really major aspects of Wacs is it's ability to access sets via a range of methods, one of the most important of which is to be able to look at the work of a specific model. When we're adding new sets, we want to be able to add that set to a model's portfolio and in order to do this, the model has to already exist within the Wacs system. This chapter will outline how we prepare the necessary bits to create a model for the first time. If you want to look at an existing model record for reference, there are currently three model pages provided as XML files within the samples directory of the Wacs distribution. These can be imported into the Wacs system by choosing to load the sample files at initial setup time or later using either the model manager itself or using the command line tool wacsimport command which is described in Chapter 12, Migration Tools.