And since we're on a roll, here is the product functionality/experience for both the customer and you -

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/productfunctionality.swf

Quote from: KonaHawaii on March 03, 2013, 01:11
And since we're on a roll, here is the product functionality/experience for both the customer and you -

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/productfunctionality.swf

Holy crap! These are awesome! I cannot wait to be able to try this out.

This is going to be great!  Thanks, Kona, for your hard work.

Who wants a progress update?

I got the network feature working! Its wonderfully simple. I'm working on some login / account stuff, and whatever bugs manifest here and there.

My unsung hero which has been testing and looking things over and reports that it installs great, no errors, good code. There are a few concerns regarding some features we'd assume should be there (like image browsing) but I'll be selling a plugin for that. .

Also I haven't exactly had a torrent of help regarding a licensing system, so I'm trying to get some help from some wonderful contacts on that frontier as well, which might delay its release a bit.

As you know, even if this is a test build, its still the foundation and will set the pattern for everything, so I want all the important stuff to be done right.

Kona it's looking great, I really can't wait to get my hands on it. I think this is going to be a winner for you (selling plugins etc for it) and for us all.

So incredibly keen to get my own sales platform happening with this....

Here's another visual update. Finally you can see how networked search results work. As mentioned, you can see your network's search results under your own, nice and organized, with some visual branding as well and the name of your network.

www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/network_results.swf

I still have some things to fix, but coming along.

Quote from: KonaHawaii on March 05, 2013, 09:25
Here's another visual update. Finally you can see how networked search results work. As mentioned, you can see your network's search results under your own, nice and organized, with some visual branding as well and the name of your network.

www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/network_results.swf

I still have some things to fix, but coming along.

AMAZING!!! Thanks for all hard work, Leo.

You are my new hero

Woa Kona is looking real nice job  (This is one of the rare moments I start thinking why I didn't took programing classes  )

Great job, thank You!

Awesome! Can't wait to try it out.

I just found this thread. Dont know how I could completely miss it up until now. Just want to say:

WOW, super duper amazing job Leo!!! I so hope this will become reality. I wish that I could help in any way, but I'm not into programing at all unfortunately....

Hey guys, thanks a lot! Still plugging away. Trying to get things working fast so we can start testing. Glad to hear positive response as always.

BTW, Wreck It Ralph came out today. It might slow down my progress a bit...

(http://disney.go.com/wreck-it-ralph/)

Quote from: KonaHawaii on March 05, 2013, 23:06
BTW, Wreck It Ralph came out today. It might slow down my progress a bit...

(http://disney.go.com/wreck-it-ralph/)

4 disc 3d set from Target for $27, baby!

Hey Sean!

Here's an easy task, if anyone wants to do it...its just time consuming .

Categories...You don't have to use them. Totally optional. But the theme does have its own special category/taxonomy. On Install I'd like to run a function that creates a bunch of categories similar to what you see around microstock.

If anyone wants to give me a nice comprehensive listing, I'll add them to the installer. Like I said, not hard, just tedious.

(ten minutes of work once I have a list)

from SS:

Abstract
Animals/Wildlife
The Arts
Backgrounds/Textures
Beauty/Fashion
Buildings/Landmarks
Business/Finance
Celebrities
Editorial
Education
Food and Drink
Healthcare/Medical
Holidays
Illustrations/Clip-Art
Industrial
Interiors
Miscellaneous
Model Released Only (never seen it before)
Nature
Objects
Parks/Outdoor
People
Religion
Science
Signs/Symbols
Sports/Recreation
Technology
Transportation
Vectors
Vintage

I would add Concepts too

Good start anyway. I don't want to extract a list from one agency though. If anyone is up for it maybe we can add and subtract categories based on the years of experience everyone has. Once its fairly certain I'll put it into the installer.

Quote from: KonaHawaii on March 06, 2013, 00:45
Good start anyway. I don't want to extract a list from one agency though. If anyone is up for it maybe we can add and subtract categories based on the years of experience everyone has. Once its fairly certain I'll put it into the installer.

its a good list, I don't think it is a problem being from SS but yep your call

Slightly modified version.

Abstract/Backgrounds/Textures
Animals
Architecture/Interiors
Beauty/Fashion
Business
Cities/Places
Concepts
Editorial
Education
Food/Drink
Healthcare
Holidays/Events
Miscellaneous
Nature
Objects
People
Recreation/Hobbies
Religion
Science
Shopping/Retail
Signs/Symbols/Icons
Sport
Technology
Transport
Vectors/Illustrations/3D
Vintage/Retro

Thanks, I'll keep monkeying with them and see if I can't add a few unique to Symbiostock, something self-hosters might use.

I think Music & Industry were missing.

Great. As people keep thinking of any "universal" ones that are definitely needed, tell me at any time until release and I can keep adding them.

Here's a nice preview of easy installation, categories and pages automatically created, and some category / keyword management you no doubt recognize in wordpress:

www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/installation_categories.swf

Great to see how it all develops!

I sure hope that we aren't going to be stuck with any kind of category list as I find them useless and a waste of time on the micro sites.

OK, if there HAVE to be categories

-Travel
-Landscape (or Rural Places as opposed to Cities/Places)

are still missing.

How's movie, Leo?