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« on: April 20, 2013, 07:25 »
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those are questions we're trying to hash out -- it will take some experimenting to see what works best. if reciprocal links are required we'll end up with a bunch of closed groups
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yes I can see that, on the other hand, there is also a situation possible where nobody is linking to one of the SY site. What is the reason for limiting the number of links to 5?
I was thinking that a buyer would probably need a site with a minimum critical number of pictures. Even with 5 sites having each 5000 pictures this is "only" 25000 pictures. Probably not enough to cover all general themes needed by buyers unless having a kind of niche with a specific theme common to the 5 and make the sites known for covering the given theme.
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« on: April 19, 2013, 15:52 »
Quite interesting list! I have now more that 700 pictures online growing fastly (this can be updated on the list). A bulk editing would help to get the higher number even faster, but I also appreciate the one by one editing. To me it is now soon time to test the network features. I have included aleady for test http://stereoshutter.comand it seems it works fine For more I'm not sure if I need to look at similar or complementary. Also I'm not really sure about what is the right behaviour with network. Shall we includes the sites from those having our own. This may be impossible. How to know who is linking to ones own? Can we remove a link at any time, or shall a change be subject to an agreement? It is not clear to me what would be an acceptable behaviour here. Thank you for letting know what you think! jean www.stockabily.com
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« on: April 14, 2013, 08:36 »
When the image installs and page is generated, comments are hardwired as on. However you can turn them off. I'll make a way to alter with next version, monday or tuesday.
For anyone who is concerned - comments are good for SEO in that it adds to the page. Especially if you get some picture that for some strange reason goes viral---your gonna want that cowbell. ...people able to comment.
But the comments are ugly right now. You want them styled? Or you just don't like comments? Let me know.
Over-all though I'll give more control over that.
Leo in this case it would be nice to have the comments filtered from spams if this is possible..... jean
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« on: April 14, 2013, 00:01 »
Thank you for this information Cathy, very appreciated.
jean
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It won't happen unless you try to change your username and password the wrong way! If you want to make those stronger, go to your phpadmin panel at your hosting company and make the changes. If you need help, ask them so you don't do the wrong thing, like I did.
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« on: April 13, 2013, 23:27 »
I've noticed on my other wp site that there are a lot of spammers who leave irrelevant comments touting their sites
Me too, but it doest look like spam, but like comments that have been wrongly ending in my site.... jean
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« on: April 13, 2013, 23:21 »
This is really frightening...I hope you will find a way to recover the pictures edited.
I have now almost 600 online edited one by one and would be desperate if this happens at this stage.
Jean
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« on: April 13, 2013, 12:02 »
I was just about to comment that there are no comment boxes on my site on the latest release - but i always go through the Publish to drafts step.
Steve
yeap I knew there was something like that since not many people complained about it.. I turned the box "off" by choosing -user must be logged in to comment
so when user is NOT logged in, they see: "Leave a comment" link
and when logged in, they see the "comment box"
but definitely can not be turned off completely, if you published the images right away..
I have the same issue, can't turn off the comments. Maybe a good idea for the theme to disable to comments on the - image page - irrespective of settings on the WP-dashboard, the theme should look as much like a Stock site as possible.
I agree, I dont need people to leave comment on the site or pictures jean
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« on: April 13, 2013, 10:25 »
Jean, your front page has a comment box which will probably draw a lot of comments in. Turn off/disable comments in all your "PAGES" as well as everything else you can find. In Settings, Discussion I select that everthing must be modified before it appears, if an email address is being used regularly I stick in in the bottom box of that page
Thank you Tinny, I have now changed things in the setting + the front page; I can still see the comment option there ... I must be doing something wrong still.... jean
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« on: April 13, 2013, 09:03 »
I have got almost 100 comments in the last 2 days and they are comiing still more. Those are on different pages, but mostly photo and have nothing to do with my site. For exemple the last one says "Submitted on 2013/04/13 at 11:05 am Very great post. I just stumbled upon your weblog and wanted to say that I have truly enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case Ill be subscribing on your feed and Im hoping you write once more very soon! " They altogether seems to be related to the same blog and for a reason end to my site www.stockabily.comAre some of you experiencing the same? What to do to avoid this? thnks for any insight... jean
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« on: April 07, 2013, 15:26 »
I have also joined and I'm impressed by what Leo has done!
My site is
http://stockabily.com
I have now about 300 pictures there and target to have 7000 within the next 6/8 weeks.
I'm fighting to get things as I want them to be and I have got valuable info from this forum!
I do not know yet if I have to network with similar or with complementary....I'm thinking about it;
I have many practical questions, but try to figure out with the info given. There are points for which I have not been able to find answers:
1) How can we change the size of the text for the "image categories"? I like to have a smaller text for the categories as it will fill more than one sreen with the actual size
2) Is there a way to edit picture by category or by filtering with keywords. Otherwise once we will have many pictures there it will be a problem to edit them.
3) is there a way to make bulk change in categories once published or shall it done one by one.
Thanks in advance!
Jean
Nice work Jean
1. Yes there is, I asked this the other day and it was suggested I look in the CSS after I had already said I could not find it, however if you put this in your child theme css it might work - no guarantees, I work by trial and error
**********
a {
color:
a {
color: #7C05A3;
text-decoration: none;
}
.hero-unit {
color: inherit;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: 200;
line-height: 16px;
}
text-decoration: none;
}
.hero-unit {
color: inherit;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: 200;
line-height: 16px;
}
***********
2. I use the "drafts" option in all images but am doing them one by one as none of mine have descriptions and I am doing the SEO as I go as well and reworking any keywords, spelling mistakes I find
3. Yes you can bulk change prices and sizes in the Symbiostock area
Thanks a lot you Tinny; I'll try what you suggest very soon and will report back jean
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« on: April 07, 2013, 07:32 »
I have also joined and I'm impressed by what Leo has done! My site is http://stockabily.comI have now about 300 pictures there and target to have 7000 within the next 6/8 weeks. I'm fighting to get things as I want them to be and I have got valuable info from this forum! I do not know yet if I have to network with similar or with complementary....I'm thinking about it; I have many practical questions, but try to figure out with the info given. There are points for which I have not been able to find answers: 1) How can we change the size of the text for the "image categories"? I like to have a smaller text for the categories as it will fill more than one sreen with the actual size 2) Is there a way to edit picture by category or by filtering with keywords. Otherwise once we will have many pictures there it will be a problem to edit them. 3) is there a way to make bulk change in categories once published or shall it done one by one. Thanks in advance! Jean
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« on: March 21, 2013, 01:25 »
I'm very interested too...
jean
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« on: February 26, 2013, 00:39 »
I don't have the first clue how to even start with a site like this. But if you get this to work I will learn! I haven't commented because I have nothing to add right now but you need to know that people are watching and are very appreciative of your initiative and effort.
Don't stop, and as others have said before, figure out a way to make this worth your effort.
I will happily pay, because this idea is worth while.
+1 (I am one of the ghosts)
+1 (me too) you can also count on me / also for financial support when relevant
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« on: December 14, 2012, 02:46 »
And another one Name of Site:Energy pictures URL: www.energypicturesonline.comOwner: jean schweitzer, contributors: about 40 photographers A brief one or two sentence description: Energy & environment specialized picture library. jean
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« on: December 14, 2012, 02:37 »
Excellent initiative thank you! her is mine Name of Site:Rudersdalfoto URL: www.rudersdalfoto.dkOwner/Artist/Photographer: jean schweitzer A brief one or two sentence description: Stock pictures and local pictures from Denmark As Cascoly if anyone links let me know and I'll do the same jean
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« on: December 08, 2012, 07:56 »
Picturengine is the tool we have been waiting for a long time. I think we shall give Justin a chance to make it, and of course everything cannot be perfect from scratch. I can imagine the difficulties in making things working properly, I think we shall let him work on the project.
I was one of the few (4 or 5) that indicated in a specific thread that Ktool compatibility was highly wanted. If we are only 5 I can understand this cannot be a priority for Justin, if we are more we should maybe tell him all of us so to get Ktool on board asap......
For now I have taken the 3 month free option and I'm presently uploading my pictures as a test. I have a Ktool store and I intend to stop the test once the 3 months free period is over and from than I will wait on Ktool compatibility....unless the 3 first months sales are enough to justify to stay as it is....
jean
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« on: October 24, 2012, 14:03 »
Justin, I also asked for compatibility with Ktool for two sites; shall I write again?
Jean
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« on: March 26, 2012, 09:42 »
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« on: March 24, 2012, 01:11 »
I dont know Lausanne, but I was in Zurich, Basel and Montreux and have always found it exciting to be in places where I have never been before and found plenty of picture locations just walking around. Also if you have a chance you can shoot magnificient landscapes in the Alps or in the countrysides.
I have no specific recommendations for stock, this will be up to you, but want to reassure that you will find motives from authentic to modern. Let us know when you are back!
jean
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« on: November 17, 2011, 08:37 »
As several asked, here is a "want list" (non exhaustive,,,,,)
Domestic & commercial:
- heating (from boilers, pipes, radiators, convectors, control systems, valves Etc...)
- Cooling
- Cooking (also including people making food)
- Ventilation
- Any white goods (washing machines, dishwasher, fridge, freezer) when possible without the trademark.
- Any small appliance: hair drier, ventilator, etc...
- Gas and electrical meters in/outside houses
- Fuel oil: tanks, refilling, boilers, burners etc...
- Micro CHP
- El cars / el vehicles / vehicles using RE
Industrial
- CHP
- Engines (gas fuel & oil)
- Energy plant (gas, coal, fuel oil, renewable, solar, geothermal, dam etc..)
- Biogas plants
- Fuel cell / Hydrogen
- LNG terminals, LNG transport
- Oil Refineries
- Energy utilisation in the industry (glass, cast iron etc...)
- Flames / combustion
- Pipelines
- Large plants, large technical installation related to energy with people working or without people
- Coal mines
- Industry using energy, flames
- Renewable (wind, PV, biogas, solar...) including large sloar power plants
- Infrastructure, el / gas grid etc...compression stations
Nature
- Glaciers, icebergs etc..
- Environmental pictures, pollution etc..
- Any pictures that convey energy & environment including global warming idea.
ask if you are in doubt....
thank you
jean
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« on: October 06, 2011, 22:07 »
Same problem here, not yet resolved (have informed 123).
I guess if this happens to several of us at the same time, there must be something wrong...
jean
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« on: June 01, 2011, 23:50 »
For few years already i have been selling energy related pictures at my Ktool based site " www.energypicturesonline.com". I'm one of the main contributors and involved myself in the energy business (some of my clients are indeed work partners). There is an increasing focus and interest on LNG and I have those last months sold well such pictures license for 300 euro/photo. I need new pictures as those clients will soon be tired of seeing the same ones on my site.... So I'm looking for those rare pictures even with logo (most use is editorial). LNG sells well, but if you have nice refineries or pipelines; gas & oil offshore, solar plants, etc... (no wind power anymore - we cover well unless you have exceptional ones..anyway if you have something and are in doubt if relevant, just ask!) please contact me if you are interested to have your pictures on my site. The photographer share is 50%. I don't sell everyday, but I have few photographers who earn regularly few 100 of euros with only 40-50 pictures on my site.... Thank you in advance. jean www.energypicturesonline.com
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« on: April 23, 2011, 22:00 »
There may be 2 sides to every story but I have to correct you cclapper as what you say is not correct: 1) I have never opposed to the fact that there were few pictures (mainly with my family by the way) without release, I also said those were on the way, but as my folio was deleted within 48 hours and I did not get a chance. At this time there were by the way also other pictures from other contributors without release. 2) I was never told to self-moderate; the folio was deleted over-night without a single discussion or warning (and on top of this on request of another contributor). This method is brutal and not corresponding to what I believe a "collective" should be, and especially not in a construction phase where with massive upload this can happen. I'm very surprised that all you contributors find this way of behaving another photograph "normal". There was at least two things to consider before doing this: (a) ask the contributor to be more selective (b) deleting the pictures with issue instead of the whole folio! 3) This is right, I have been starting to organize a collective and asked for large folios to join. Did I ever complained about your CEO taking large folio only? The answer is no, I never did Please read the threads again and don't put in my mouth words that other have been saying. I try to be factual please do so too. Jean There are 2 sides to every story and I think it only fair for you to mention that you uploaded some photos without releases (from what I understand), after you were told to self-moderate. I don't think that's being fair to others who are following the rules, either.
Everyone here can go to ktools and purchase the software for about $200 and start their own collective. In fact, Jean, if I remember correctly, you were talking about starting one before Dan did, and it seems to me you immediately put a caveat on the people who could upload. I remember, because I was excluded right off the bat. With 800+ images approved and a Gold level on istock. So let's not be a pot calling the kettle black.
Here's the link to the thread you started:
http://www.microstockgroup.com/selling-direct/virtual-agency-with-multiple-contributors/
You were looking for folks with 3000-4000 images. If that isn't being elitist, I don't know what is. But it was okay when you were doing it, right? 
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