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Started by Kerioak~Christine, March 29, 2013, 10:23

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Kerioak~Christine

Wondered if Leo (and others) would like to see how we are getting on so those of us that are are working with his theme could demonstrate how it is going, maybe we could add it here with comments such as

Things I need to do before going live:
  Get lots more images up
  Link to other people and get links back
  Pretty the site up and get all the "paperwork" sorted

Things I would like at some point
  Option to sell "extended" licence
  Cookie box, I don't know about the US but in the UK (Europe?) all sites should now state they use cookies and if you don't like it please leave - well words to that effect.  (http://www.ico.org.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies)  or I can do as I have done elsewhere and just add a note to the front page


My unfinished site is at www.stockimages.kerioak.com

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Thought it might be useful to add more information

Host:  Justhost.com  (just needed php.ini edited, works fine otherwise)
Want to network - Yes
Current networks added  as these were the first so I could try them out and they all show results from my site
Photomining
Stompstock
Backyard
Ruchos
Clipartimages

Leo Blanchette

Looking good so far! You've got quite a few images up too! I see you've done some styling too - good deal. Tonight I'm posting a child theme so you can make customizations to your site and not lose them with updates. Thanks for making this thread.  ;D

daveh900

My site is starting to take shape. There is a lot of work to do yet.

Technically, it's live. I have started linking to the site in a few areas. I want Google to index it asap.

I have plans to add quite a bit more content (not just images for sale). I'm holding off on doing much customization to the site at this point.

Whenever that first sale happens, it will probably feel better than any other stock image sale that I've had.

My site: www.stompstock.com

I agree with Tinny, some way to offer an extended license would be great. At this point I'm just going to make it clear in the EULA that if people want to use an image in a way that is not allowed to contact me for pricing.

steheap

I'm actively working as well, but stuck with some 1and1.com hosting issues at present that are impacting image processing. If I solve them (with Leo's help), I'll post full details for future users of this theme.

I'll be an active participant in these networks, but I'm a bit stuck for now. It is going to be http://www.backyardstockphotos.com

I've updated my logo and added bits to the licenses to refer to the owner of the website rather than just the website itself (my business entity), but that is about as far as I have got.

More to come!!

Steve
Stock Photo Blog: http://www.backyardsilver.com

farbled

This is awesome. I was able to install to a sub directory and I've uploaded my first image this morning. The only issues I'm having are host related (ie. can't set the "post" function so I can't network, can't upload over 4MB but I can FTP as a workaround.

Now I need to find the child theme thingy and learn how to use that. Here's y site: http://photomining.com/q/

ruchos

I have my site setup. Just working on adding more images, and some actual content pages. Then I will work on some aesthetic changes.
http://www.theruchos.com

Leo Blanchette

Good job! It looks unique! Your using the child theme to make changes?

ruchos


cathyslife

Great work! I like the look of the theme and how you all are customizing.
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cathyslife

My site is up, just working on graphics to make it my own (watermark, logo, etc.)

www.cathyslifeStockPhotos.com
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grsphoto

I have a test site up and am playing with it.
http://glennspecht.com/wp/

things to do:
decide if I will use it.
intergrate into the rest of my site.
rebrand

farbled

If anyone wants to check their networking function, feel free to link to my site (http://photomining.com/q/) and use the search term "graphic". You should see a bunch of photos come up. I'm having a blast with this.

Kerioak~Christine

Farbled - Great, first time I have seen mine come up on anyone else's page  :)

:( Not so great - I cannot get yours to show -- I can get Leo's , Backyard, Stompstock but even changing position does not bring up anything else from yours, not even an empty box.  I tried with and without the Q and the WWW.   I tried on gold as well as graphic.  Can someone else try yours to see if they have more success
I do like your site logo, must sort out something better for mine.

farbled

Leo had the same issue because he had a null link in his list before mine. Perhaps you have an inactive site in your list? I think this is a really, truly great feature.

Thanks about the logo. My strengths are not in design, but it seemed to work out with a little thought. :)

farbled

Hmm, I am wondering how hard it would be to get networked results to open in a new window when you click on them. I don't want to direct anyone away from my site and it might be confusing to buyers to start on one site and then end up in another...any thoughts?

Beach Bum

Got it installed this morning.  Just have to upload a few images and do a test purchase.
www.hookstockimages.com   www.dannyhooks.com   
www.twitter.com/hookstockimages

THP Creative

Got mine happening here: www.timhester.com.au

LONG way to go yet for anything resembling a functioning site, but so far no errors or issues with the theme, other than the common one about large files not processing.
Visit: THP Creative


Chico


Kerioak~Christine

I have added some information to my first post which may be useful to others as once we all launch might be useful to know who links to who so no-one gets left out?

Leo Blanchette

Definitely! I'm finding it hard to remember who's who.

MicrostockExp

http://aseanphotostock.com/ up on Bluehost, everything is fine so far

Stupid question I added travelling light to my network but it does not appear on my main page how do you do that?

Kerioak~Christine

Will only appear on your page when you do a search - for an example go to my page and do a search on "animal" or "graphic" some of my network will have results but if you choose "gold" they will all come up with results

MicrostockExp

Yes I did that but it does not work,my guess is that travelling light did not activate the network yet

cathyslife

Quote from: Chico on April 02, 2013, 00:06
I'm in.

http://hitvectors.com/

Hosted at bluehost. Seems fine by now.


I like your tagline "part of symbiostock network". Ok if i add that to my logo too?
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