Creating your own website?
Discussion
AndyKH said:
After alot of interest in one or two of my pics i've decided i'd like to create my own site. I'd like people to be able to choose a picture and order it in a variety of sizes and on a couple of different materials. How would you say is best to about this?
Is it easy to do yourself?
Easy? - nope, I'd say at the very least you're going to need an image gallery & a shop.Is it easy to do yourself?
Photobox 'pro' galleries are an option - you start a new album, upload images to it and set your own prices, and then they sort out the money, printing and postage (in return for a commission). Accumulated loot builds up in a credit account which you can either use for your own orders, or transfer to a bank account.
Dave^ said:
have you guys got any links to your photobox sites? 
website: www.stevecarter.comgallery: http://www.photoboxgallery.com/gallery?vendor_id=3...
I threw joomla and a theme at mine and it turned out oK.
I also have gallery2 installed under the hood but not using it yet cause I havnt got it setup as I want, thats a next step.
www.zarphag.com
I also have gallery2 installed under the hood but not using it yet cause I havnt got it setup as I want, thats a next step.
www.zarphag.com
Dave^ said:
have you guys got any links to your photobox sites?
Well I have several albums there but just as it was all going well, Photobox thought they'd change everything - so I now have one group of albums with photos in, and another group of albums with nothing in, and every time I delete the empty albums they keep coming back again 
I can log in as me, but if I go back to the homepage and pretend I'm someone else, I can't find them. f
k it.Simpo: according to their FAQ, they know about the problem - it does say not to try to delete the albums, though.
I have a gallery at http://www.photoboxgallery.com/grahamdphotos
still working on adding stuff to it, though.
I have a gallery at http://www.photoboxgallery.com/grahamdphotos
still working on adding stuff to it, though.
Edited by Major Bloodnok on Monday 27th July 22:45
Major Bloodnok said:
Simpo: according to their FAQ, they know about the problem - it does say not to try to delete the albums, though.
Thanks - I was fooled by the link under each album called 'delete', which I assumed would delete the album. That'll teach me to jump to conclusions...I really hate it when companies have something working perfectly, then complicate it until it breaks and call it progress.
I use Jalbum, just to show my pics on my website as it's really easy to do (no purchase options, though). I am going to join the band-wagon and create a Photobox Gallery. I'm also looking at PhotoExpress's Darkroom web software, but there's only 1 UK Lab that will print and drop ship but it's quite good - it does a lot but you have to put a lot of effort in to customise it to how you want.
Scott
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