4/4/13 - updated testing theme - please download v1.2.1

Please note: The best thing you can do for the project at this time is to tell others about Symbiostock, and grow your network.

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See this important intro:
https://github.com/orangeman555/symbiostock/blob/master/README.md

Download:
( https://github.com/orangeman555/symbiostock/blob/master/symbiostock.zip?raw=true )

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Here is a child-theme for you. This allows you to change the appearance and functionality of your site independent of Symbiostock theme. - make it yours!

( https://github.com/orangeman555/symbiostock/blob/master/symbiostock-child.zip?raw=true )

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https://github.com/orangeman555/symbiostock

After getting your site uploaded with content ready, you may wish to start networking with your fellow microstockers.

http://www.microstockgroup.com/symbiostock-network-building/networking-what-are-you-looking-for-in-a-match/

Having done many hours on this, I was hoping the more experienced people could help the less experienced. Paypal IPN and basic Wordpress functionality might be new for some people.

I've created some quirky last minute getting started videos you might find a bit humorous...perhaps if anyone has more energy they can get some inspiration from them and make something more pointed and professional. 

Don't forget to add a user end license agreement. http://www.microstockgroup.com/symbiostock-general/eula-legal-paypal-etc/ - Thanks to Jamie and Tinny for helping with that! Simply put it into the page your site generates on install...and change certain words needed.

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Found a bug? Let me stomp it for you. http://www.microstockgroup.com/symbiostock-technical-support/symbiostock-test-build-the-bug-stomping-thread!/ - In most cases I can even send you an updated symbiostock install so you don't have to wait for the next release a few days from now.

EDIT: Symbiostock must be installed in route directly. Its greedy like that . Also some stricter hosts (speculatively) might repress the install if it finds a few functions it doesn't like like file_get_contents() and fwrite() ...sometimes frowned upon for security reasons. But symbiostock can't live without them.

The first video is essential. The others not so much. 

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/1.swf

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/2.swf

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/3.swf

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/4.swf

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/5.swf

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/6.swf

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/7.swf

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/8.swf

http://www.clipartillustration.com/freefiles/tutorials/9.swf

Thanks Leo, this looks great.  Looked at the first video and it looks straightforward.  Now all I need to do is work out if I can afford the web hosting.  I'm on a very tight budget after removing most of my best images from istock.  Might have to wait a few months but this will give me an incentive to work harder.

Send me an email. I can set you up on my inmotion server. It will be nice to have a nearby guinea pig. You just have to register a godaddy domain and point it there, which I can help with.

Thanks Leo. you are great.
Now I know what I will do next weekend 

Very exciting!  I'm familiar with WP and have set up my host site but programming and self hosting are new to me.  It may take me awhile to get up and running but I'm ready to give it a try.

So, the steps are:

1) Rent a space to host a site

2) Create your address like "www.myvectorsite.com"

3) Get some free worpress theme and put it in your space

4) Install it

5) Change it for Symbiostock theme

6) Set Symbiostock theme

7) Upload your content

Be happy

I'm right?

Many Thanks Leo, am having a play now, its looking good
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Chico
In step 3 I would load Wordpress onto your site, it has a default theme already but looks like that is pretty much it.

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Leo's Video No 7  -  (if you are doing this before Video 6)
he shows how to create "above header"  repeat this and create header as well or you may get confused.   I am not working though them quite in order as want to get everything else set up before I start playing with pictures.

I just installed the Symbiostock theme and everything went smoothly. Nice.

I will start fuzzing with it and see what stands out and report it here.

Good job and thanks for your efforts!

Home tomorrow, can't wait to get started!  Leo, really appreciate your hard work!

It's blowing up Wordpress when I try to activate it. I'm not sure if this is the issue, but I noticed it was throwing a folder in the root directory, but my Wordpess install isn't in the root directory.

Mine installed successfully.

Leo, this is really impressive. Thanks for doing this. I'm not going to get too into it just yet, I plan to heavily modify the style and would rather wait for a more stable build before getting into modding it too much. But so far, I'm very impressed.

Make sure you set up some sort of donation system where we can contribute to your efforts. This thing is definitely worth some money. I've paid for far less useful and more buggy WP themes than this.

Quote from: cthoman on March 26, 2013, 15:16
It's blowing up Wordpress when I try to activate it. I'm not sure if this is the issue, but I noticed it was throwing a folder in the root directory, but my Wordpess install isn't in the root directory.

I reinstalled Wordpress in my root directory instead of /blog and it looks like everything is fine.

Worpress is usually provided by webhost service or have to get somewhere and install?

Quote from: Chico on March 26, 2013, 16:27
Worpress is usually provided by webhost service or have to get somewhere and install?

It's often available as part of a hosting package - see 'Install Applications' or similar in the control panel of cPanel or Plesk. I prefer to get it from wordpress.org - not wordpress.com - and install it myself.

Downloaded. Installed.

Couldn't be easier. Looking forward to setting this up.

jumping fish and women marketers with headsets

LOL 

I watched the first 7 videos you provided and set up my Symbiostock version with no problems whatsoever.

I already uploaded one image, made price adjustments etc. - everything works really nice.

I know there will be some bugs lingering along the way but this is miles better than anything I've ever tested on Wordpress.

Super duper! 

Quote from: Travelling-light on March 26, 2013, 16:44

Quote from: Chico on March 26, 2013, 16:27
Worpress is usually provided by webhost service or have to get somewhere and install?

It's often available as part of a hosting package - see 'Install Applications' or similar in the control panel of cPanel or Plesk. I prefer to get it from wordpress.org - not wordpress.com - and install it myself.

Thanks. I'm wating for some paypal funds to choose my webhost service and put my hands on work.

Can we see some sites working right now? Put your links here!!!

Quote from: click_click on March 26, 2013, 17:05
jumping fish and women marketers with headsets

LOL 

stole that from sean a few years ago

Where do we post bugs and suggestions? In this thread here?

Here you go - this will help keep MSG from getting over-run with Symbiostock bugs. http://www.microstockgroup.com/symbiostock-technical-support/symbiostock-test-build-the-bug-stomping-thread!/

Oh great!! I will create a sub domain and try it soon!!! Thank you so much Leo!!

I am very much interested in this. I will go through the threads this weekend and see if i can get it going. I have built a couple of wordpress sites so i am a little familiar with the install. Just have to check about a subdomain...i already have a site and hosting.

You can see in the original post there is a new download available. I haven't changed a lot, but you will see a new tab in your network area: "Testing"

This tab holds a plethura of information on your settings. That way I can ask what they are when someone reports a bug, and I suspect is a server issue (not a theme one)

A few other little issues have been address. The BIG one I'm working on right now is to make the theme happily live in other directories of your site - not just the root. Will take me a while.

If limitations got you down, into the symbiostock admin area and push:

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, b, a, ENTER

And you will smile.