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Title: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: hroe on February 14, 2009, 08:43

Hello,
Is there any trick to go fast on the process of choosing categories? I found it very time consuming and would like to know if someone has found an little magic wand or something.

Thank you.

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: runamock on February 14, 2009, 09:08

I've always found that a beer and relaxing music helps  ;D

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: Microstock Posts on February 14, 2009, 09:52

Lol Runamock. Yeah it's a little annoying, I spend ages choosing categories. Although, I know I shouldn't as keywords are the important thing. No categories on 123rf Yay! But unable to change keywords in the future Boo!

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: hroe on February 14, 2009, 10:01

Well, I guess, there is no way around it.... Maybe uploading images per packages of the same theme to make it a little bit easier... I found it annoying to have to go through the drop-down menu (it would be easier to have all the wording on a listing on the side)... In my opinion...

Enjoy the beer!

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: mantonino on February 14, 2009, 11:17

the only thing that speeds up categorizing is knowing each site's categories well.  You need to be able to figure out where it goes and what to do with it quickly and for a lot of sites you can also "type" the category like on Dreamstime if you want people>Action you just click the category button then P and it takes you to People> then you're only one click from "Action"  Same with People>Children.  I think if you click the category then close it, click P like 4 times and it's People>Children ... if that makes sense.

Bigstock is the same way.  You can type, tab, type, tab, type, tab, type, tab  but only if you know the categories.  It's quicker for me to categorize a person playing sports at BigStock by typing P tab W tab IN tab SP then it is to search the menus.

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: Microstock Posts on February 14, 2009, 11:37

Cool, I didn't know that.

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: hroe on February 14, 2009, 11:58

Very good to know as the menus are not super-friendly to me. Imagine entering 150 images to 5 companies and dealing with menus. A good strain on your eyes!

Thank you!

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: fotografer on February 14, 2009, 12:39

Thanks for that it will save me a lot of time.  I hate the catagories especially as I don't even think that they are particularly useful.
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Quote from: mantonino on February 14, 2009, 11:17

the only thing that speeds up categorizing is knowing each site's categories well.  You need to be able to figure out where it goes and what to do with it quickly and for a lot of sites you can also "type" the category like on Dreamstime if you want people>Action you just click the category button then P and it takes you to People> then you're only one click from "Action"  Same with People>Children.  I think if you click the category then close it, click P like 4 times and it's People>Children ... if that makes sense.

Bigstock is the same way.  You can type, tab, type, tab, type, tab, type, tab  but only if you know the categories.  It's quicker for me to categorize a person playing sports at BigStock by typing P tab W tab IN tab SP then it is to search the menus.

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: mantonino on February 14, 2009, 16:36

I'm glad it sounds useful - I just did a full write up on the technique and included a REALLY USEFUL download here:

http://www.niltomil.com/archives/452

:)

Enjoy!

Title: Re: Categories - Is there a better way?
Post by: hroe on February 14, 2009, 17:50

Awesome  :D
Actually, the thing that is good with fotolia is that the categories you already have submitted are showing on the side and you can then choose from your own choice. This might be a new feature, but it helps!

Thank you for your help!