Photography Website Platform

PART 1: Getting Started

• Quick Overview (6 min)
• Image Guide

PART 2: Create Pages & Content Sections

• Hero Image Section
• Album content section
• Badges Content Section
• Form Section (contact form)
• Blurb Section
• Grid Section

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PART 3: Navigation, Design, Social Media

• Navigation options
• Fonts, Colors, Logo
• Social media icons & Footer

PART 4: Advanced

• Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Header Code, & Misc

General knowledge

Tips & tricks

• Email Setup
• MP3 - using music files
• Images - Ratios, Cropping, Saving web ready
• Search Engine Optimization - the basics
• Color Shifting, "Save for Web", sRGB, and Color Profiles, Oh My!
• Uploading and linking to a PDF

Hosted Membership Support

Membership Account: Quick Start Guide

• Anthony's Tour: Learn the basics in minutes
• Step 1: Signup and login
• Step 2: Install product
• Step 3: Using your products (admin, preview, move, support, delete)
• Step 4: Upgrade/Change my Billing Plan
• Step 5: Update your product

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SSL Certificates & Importing product

• Adding an SSL Certificate to my domain
• Import existing product into my membership account
• How to Migrate Content From One Website To Another In Your Membership Account
• VIDEO -Self-hosted becoming Members: How to import your website
• VIDEO -Self-hosted becoming Members: How to import your blogsite
• VIDEO - Members: How to import Vend

HTML5 websites

Quick Start Guide - Websites

• HTML5 Step 1- Quick Start - Album page, info page, navigation button, logo
• HTML5 Step 2 - Gallery List Page
• HTML5 Step 3 - Info list page (ie:FAQ)
• HTML5 Step 4 - Contact form & Mailing list
• HTML5 Step 5 - Navigation Buttons
• HTML5 Step 6 - Homepage

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Design & Options: Website templates

• Bisbee Website Template Guide
• Hampton Website Template Guide
• Brooklyn Website Template Guide
• Echo Website Template Guide
• Mattigan Website template Guide
• Miami Website Template Guide

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Frequently Asked Questions (Websites)

• How do I turn on clean URLs?
• Can I add stat-counter/tracking code to my website?
• Is there an option to password protect galleries?
• How do i upload and link to a PDF?
• How to setup a mailing list capture with Mailchimp?
• Steps to SEO your photography website

Customization Tips & Tricks

• Want to add (social) plugins-comment to my website
• Lyra - How to Turn Off Shadows (or change their opacity)
• How to Hide Captions By Default
• How to disable Right-Click
• How to disable Album arrows
• How to disable Album "timer bar"

Blogsites

Quick Start Guide - Blogsites

• Step 1: Install your Blog
• Step 2: Activate your theme
• Step 3: Activate your homepage
• Step 4: Activate your blog page
• Step 5: Activate your Archives page
• Step 6: Set up your Contact page

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Design & Options: Blog Templates

• Brooklyn Blog
• Cordelia
• Rochester
• Dorado Blogsite
• Rue blog
• Sarin Blog

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Frequently Asked Questions (blogs)

• Decrease Spam in Wordpress Blogs
• Trackbacks
• How do i set up an under construction page?
• Can I install any plugin on my hosted membership blog?
• What is a WordPress shortcode?
• SEO for your blog - Meta Title, Description, Keywords, etc

Using Blogshow

• VIDEO 1 - Using blogshow to create portfolio pages
• VIDEO 2 - Using blogshow in a post
• VIDEO 3 - Using blogshow - Settings
• Complete Guide to Blogshow

VEND photo cart

START HERE: CART SETUP (VEND 4.0)

• Step 1: Settings, tax, ordering & shipping options
• Step 2: SSL and Accept Credit Card Payments
• Step 3: Create a contact page
• Step 4: Splash Page Options and Terms of Service
• Step 5: Design Options & Watermarks
• Step 6: Prices, Packages, Products, Papers, Digital Download Pricing

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Features & Options Vend 4.0

• Images - Basic Set (web ready images)
• Images - Category (Folders of images)
• Images - Dropbox set (digital downloads)
• Images - Zip File (self hosted)
• Settings & Options
• Tracks, MP3 & Music

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Ruby HTML5 Slideshow

Using the backend

• Step 1: Name the slideshow
• Step 2: Passwords, Expiration dates, and settings
• Step 3: Upload Images
• Step 4: Adding Music
• Step 5: Output: sending to the client, embedding, tweeting, etc

Features & Options

• Design/Branding options
• Watermarking
• Slideshow timing and options
• Gallery Wall - let your clients find their slideshow

Self-Hosted (hostgator, Godaddy, etc)

Managing Self-Hosted Products

• How to login to the backend
• How to reset your username and/or password (everything except blogs/blogsites)
• Migrating from a flash site to an HTML5 website
• Change Wordpress themes
• Update your product.
• Backup your products

Installation, Hosting, Servers

• Server Side Re-Sampling
• Server Requirements
• How to install a website template.
• How to install a site in " temporary mode "
• Making Your Site Live
• Move your site from a temporary location.