Comments on: atn 33: online galleries for photographers http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/ professional photo techniques for all photographers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:40:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DJ http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-10703 DJ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:38:30 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-10703 Thanks for the wonderful tips and that website you are showing is built with Showit - http://showitfast.com and just for full disclosure it's my company :) and my website - http://davidjay.com - is also built with it so let me know if there's anything we can help with. All the best, DJ Thanks for the wonderful tips and that website you are showing is built with Showit - http://showitfast.com and just for full disclosure it’s my company :) and my website - http://davidjay.com - is also built with it so let me know if there’s anything we can help with.

All the best,
DJ

]]> By: Albert http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-7865 Albert Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:46:50 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-7865 Here's my attempt to save every dime I could - albertreynoldsphotography.com. I used my limited but, growing knowledge of Adobe Dreamweaver to create the site and used flickr to create a flash gallery, used their share feature and embedded that code into my portfolio page. Total cost for 5 years - $35 for my url through godaddy with free hosting. I really like the prebuilt templates from some of the companies listed but on my beginner photographer budget really likes my current $7 a year. What do you all think? Here’s my attempt to save every dime I could - albertreynoldsphotography.com. I used my limited but, growing knowledge of Adobe Dreamweaver to create the site and used flickr to create a flash gallery, used their share feature and embedded that code into my portfolio page.

Total cost for 5 years - $35 for my url through godaddy with free hosting.

I really like the prebuilt templates from some of the companies listed but on my beginner photographer budget really likes my current $7 a year.

What do you all think?

]]> By: Jamison http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-7237 Jamison Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:40:29 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-7237 I use the Adobe Web Gallery in Photoshop CS3 for all my galleries on my website (www.QuietArtPhotography.com). I created a custom template by copying one that looked close to what I wanted. It took a great deal of time diving into the html and making lots of mistakes, but it's been worth it for me. Now that I have spent the time on it, I can update my templates in Dreamweaver and my whole website is updated in about 30 minutes with new features or photos or whatever. I paid GoDaddy $75 for two years worth of domains and hosting - thats a lot better than even a $10 per month account at someone elses domain (at $10/month that equates to $240 for two years compared to my $75). You have to spend a lot of time developing it if you want a custom solution, but if you use one of the 15 or so default templates in the Web Gallery feature you save a lot of time and you don't need much html experience. If you do go fully custom, consider the cost of your time - I spent MANY MANY hours (upwards of 100 hours) to develop what you see on my website. I use the Adobe Web Gallery in Photoshop CS3 for all my galleries on my website (www.QuietArtPhotography.com). I created a custom template by copying one that looked close to what I wanted. It took a great deal of time diving into the html and making lots of mistakes, but it’s been worth it for me. Now that I have spent the time on it, I can update my templates in Dreamweaver and my whole website is updated in about 30 minutes with new features or photos or whatever.

I paid GoDaddy $75 for two years worth of domains and hosting - thats a lot better than even a $10 per month account at someone elses domain (at $10/month that equates to $240 for two years compared to my $75). You have to spend a lot of time developing it if you want a custom solution, but if you use one of the 15 or so default templates in the Web Gallery feature you save a lot of time and you don’t need much html experience. If you do go fully custom, consider the cost of your time - I spent MANY MANY hours (upwards of 100 hours) to develop what you see on my website.

]]> By: James Hancox http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-6823 James Hancox Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:57:45 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-6823 My site is a bit out of date and sad at the moment... but I to have been using Joomla and Gallery2 for some time now. The only downside I've found so far is getting carried away with gimmicks and modules... and then finding the site has slowed dramatically, or I've gotten myself unfocused with all the fun. I'm more than happy to help out if someone wants to dive in. I've redesigned and hacked away at them both a few times, and have picked up some tricks along the way. My site is a bit out of date and sad at the moment… but I to have been using Joomla and Gallery2 for some time now.

The only downside I’ve found so far is getting carried away with gimmicks and modules… and then finding the site has slowed dramatically, or I’ve gotten myself unfocused with all the fun.

I’m more than happy to help out if someone wants to dive in. I’ve redesigned and hacked away at them both a few times, and have picked up some tricks along the way.

]]> By: Keith Conley http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-6791 Keith Conley Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:17:06 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-6791 I just came across a very nice script for displaying photos and more. It's called <a href="http://highslide.com/" title="Highslide JS" rel="nofollow">Highslide JS</a> and it touts itself as: <blockquote cite="highslide.com">Highslide JS is an open source JavaScript software, offering a Web 2.0 approach to popup windows. It streamlines the use of thumbnail images and HTML popups on web pages.</blockquote> There are already plugins written for Joomla, Coppermine Photo Gallery, Wordpress and others as well. Its free for non-commercial or non-profit organizations and pretty affordable for commercial use ($29). I think commercial covers most readers of this blog. Its very well documented and easy to use. The end result is quite nice. <a href="http://highslide.com/" title="Highslide JS" rel="nofollow">http://highslide.com</a> I just came across a very nice script for displaying photos and more. It’s called Highslide JS and it touts itself as:

Highslide JS is an open source JavaScript software, offering a Web 2.0 approach to popup windows. It streamlines the use of thumbnail images and HTML popups on web pages.

There are already plugins written for Joomla, Coppermine Photo Gallery, Wordpress and others as well. Its free for non-commercial or non-profit organizations and pretty affordable for commercial use ($29). I think commercial covers most readers of this blog. Its very well documented and easy to use.

The end result is quite nice.

http://highslide.com

]]> By: elzora http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-6759 elzora Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:46:53 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-6759 Playing catch-up! And wow... you have perfect timing. I'm so tired of the service that I use for print sales/display, I'm looking for something else for my 2009 season. I'd looked into BIG Folio/NextProof recently and I would love to hear more about how you used them and how it went. Playing catch-up! And wow… you have perfect timing. I’m so tired of the service that I use for print sales/display, I’m looking for something else for my 2009 season. I’d looked into BIG Folio/NextProof recently and I would love to hear more about how you used them and how it went.

]]> By: Ron http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-6696 Ron Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:02:08 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-6696 I use dripbook.com I really like it so far. I have the premium account and you can customize and export your website to another host. I got in during beta testing and got the premium account for $10 a month http://www.dripbook.com/Robotmotel I use dripbook.com

I really like it so far. I have the premium account and you can customize and export your website to another host.

I got in during beta testing and got the premium account for $10 a month

http://www.dripbook.com/Robotmotel

]]> By: Marcin Retecki http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-6687 Marcin Retecki Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:11:26 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-6687 I've recently started looking for nice but cheap flash gallery software. I've found Simple Viewer. I have created few galleries with it so far, one with <a href="http://marcinretecki.blogspot.com/2008/12/gosia-session.html" rel="nofollow">my friends photos</a> Other one from <a href="http://marcinretecki.com/olalifestyle/" rel="nofollow">Outdoor Life Style Session</a> The same site gives few other options, I've used one recently for shots from <a href="http://marcinretecki.blogspot.com/2008/12/lublins-dog-market.html" rel="nofollow">Puppy Market</a> Both version are free. Only thing that can discourage is small link in bottom right of flash. For now I'm fine with that but like I said, I'm still searching. I’ve recently started looking for nice but cheap flash gallery software. I’ve found Simple Viewer. I have created few galleries with it so far, one with my friends photos
Other one from Outdoor Life Style Session

The same site gives few other options, I’ve used one recently for shots from Puppy Market

Both version are free. Only thing that can discourage is small link in bottom right of flash. For now I’m fine with that but like I said, I’m still searching.

]]> By: jar http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-6683 jar Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:16:43 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-6683 Hi Jim, I did my entire website with a template I bought from Flashden. www.flashden.net I didn't even know how to use Flash. Most of the templates are XML based. I didn't know what that one was either but went to download a free shareware from versiontracker.com, and just edited everything with that program. When I go to Flash, it reads from the XML that I edited. Changing menus and content is a breeze since it's text based. I paid about $35 for the entire template! :) Hi Jim,

I did my entire website with a template I bought from Flashden. http://www.flashden.net

I didn’t even know how to use Flash. Most of the templates are XML based. I didn’t know what that one was either but went to download a free shareware from versiontracker.com, and just edited everything with that program. When I go to Flash, it reads from the XML that I edited. Changing menus and content is a breeze since it’s text based.

I paid about $35 for the entire template!

:)

]]> By: Keith http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/12/05/atn-33-online-galleries-for-photographers/comment-page-1/#comment-6606 Keith Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:23:20 +0000 http://www.prophotolife.com/?p=2418#comment-6606 I have been using ifp3.com, but have been looking at other options. Thanks for all the great info posted. I have been using ifp3.com, but have been looking at other options. Thanks for all the great info posted.

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