I'm still following it. Does that make 4? 

All joking aside, I think you'd be surprised how many people follow these threads. Especially one that has 8 pages.

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.

There's always a lot of people hiding in the shadows.  If you were to put a poll in this thread saying 'are you interested' you'd get a lot more responses that people having to say me me, or respond in the thread.  There are also lots who follow the forum but don't post.  Come out of the shadows you ghosts!

Awesome guys. I'm glad to hear there are people following! I needed a little boost. I'll make a thread pole as well, because I need some opinions on a few basic things. I'll also post another video not long from now, but far better, I'll be ready to release it soon too.

There's always a lot of people hiding in the shadows.  If you were to put a poll in this thread saying 'are you interested' you'd get a lot more responses that people having to say me me, or respond in the thread.  There are also lots who follow the forum but don't post.  Come out of the shadows you ghosts!

There's actually quite a few things I want to check on with people. Is there a limit to 1 pole per thread?

I am interested in your project.............

going back to the shadows

carry on dude 

Please, please keep it up. Your photo website development is the best thing that happened in micro so far this year.

Can we actually start setting up our websites "based on the progress of this project"? Is a part of this already released? I am ready to start, just need to know where...

If you want to register a domain, find some decent hosting, and get wordpress installed, things should be pretty well in stone. Unless I die, lose all my work, or something equivalent. Also I have someone who is going to be bug testing and cleaning up some of my code, so he may help it along faster or delay it based on whatever happens.

In general though (as much as I'd love to give a timeframe) I'm much safer saying "Soon" and "Definitely", and you can plan based on that. Once I finish this part I'm on I'll post a few videos.

Quote from: Pilens on February 25, 2013, 19:40

Please, please keep it up. Your photo website development is the best thing that happened in micro so far this year.

Can we actually start setting up our websites "based on the progress of this project"? Is a part of this already released? I am ready to start, just need to know where...

If you want to register a domain, find some decent hosting, and get wordpress installed, things should be pretty well in stone. Unless I die, lose all my work, or something equivalent. Also I have someone who is going to be bug testing and cleaning up some of my code, so he may help it along faster or delay it based on whatever happens.

In general though (as much as I'd love to give a timeframe) I'm much safer saying "Soon" and "Definitely", and you can plan based on that. Once I finish this part I'm on I'll post a few videos.

OK. I started thinking I was missing something.

I am with bluehost.com, which has been recommended to me for speed and reliability with reasonable price tag. Can't say much from own experience since my site isn't up. I started tinkering with CMSaccount Photo Store, then learned of your project here. I stopped any code-tweaking of the CMSaccount package and focused on more general things that will help me with a speedy set up of my website using Wordpress and your project. As I said, I am ready to go... 

I've been with Inmotion all this time, and I'd suggest it for people who are confident their portfolio's can justify an Inmotion price tag, but like you say Bluehost is fairly good. That would be my first suggestion as well.

I've been mostly silently following this thread and I check it every day. I just haven't had anything constructive to contribute yet. I can't wait to be able to test drive it though.

I live in Canada, and my webost is ehosting.ca. Seems the most relaible out of a half dozen of then I tried out over the years. You also get a referral bonus if you refer someone.

In the meantime, though, I'd love a little help listing some good but inexpensive hosts especially for newbies. Also if anyone wants to help people set up, they should mention it.

As people list good hosting solutions we can add them to the original post.

For anyone in Australia/New Zealand/South Pacific I would highly recommend AussieHQ at http://www.aussiehq.com.au/web_and_email_hosting

We've been with them since 2003 (originally AussieHosts), and service has been excellent. AU$15/month gets you a single domain, 10GB storage and unlimited traffic.

ETA I'm willing to help with setup - I've several years tweaking Wordpress sites

I've been running with Bluehost for years and not had too many issues, though I think if you have a massive library and expect tons of traffic you may want to look into something a little more robust, like MediaTemple. 

A couple of places to start:

Bluehost.com - great support, Cpanel, one click Wordpress starts at around $7.00 per month

Pacifichost.com - I haven't used them personally but they were very high on my list when I researched setting up another photo store.  They have plans even cheaper than Bluehost but they are specifically photo store friendly and will even help you move an existing site. (These guys are my back up plan!) Cpanel as well, easy Wordpress install

If you are looking for something for a larger site MediaTemple.com is by all accounts pretty rock solid.  They have plans starting at $20.00 per month and lots of room to upgrade.

The ones to avoid:

Hostgator - Won't host photo sites

GoDaddy - I've had personal bad experiences with them (down time and such) and I've had many clients who were less tech savvy get sucked into buying a lot of un needed extras.

General Tips:

� Most hosts will allow you to register your domain through them, this is great for beginners, you may find it a few dollars cheaper to register somewhere else but the potential headaches are probably not worth the $2.00 if you are new to hosting/domains etc.

� Look for host that offers Cpanel, it will usually give you access to one click install for Wordpress which is an awesome time saver