Create Your Photo Website. Cathy Cakebread

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1 Create Your Photo Website Cathy Cakebread

2 My Requirements Easy for viewers to view images High quality presentation of images including slide show option Quick and easy to create and update your website without having to be technical Viewable with the same quality on mobile devices Sell work?

3 And... Links to other sites e.g., Blurb books, MagCloud Tie to blog? Protect images from illegal copies Reasonably priced Adequate storage available Host Your Site? Availability and Ease of Use

4 And More Requirements Ability to utilize your logo (if you have one) Lots of possible font options Links to other sites as a new page (not taking viewer out of your page)

5 Getting Organized The hardest part!!!! What to show? How to show it? What do you want to show on your homepage? Grid, single image, slide show of images... Viewer Should Not Have to Scroll Down on Homepage! Layout on Paper First?

6 Typical Pages Galleries Exhibitions Resume About Contact Books? Sell Images? Blog?

7 My Gallery Requirements Availability of Slideshow Present thumbnails (small versions of your images) in an easily viewable manner Not too small Aesthetically pleasing presentation Ability to view larger versions of images Starting with any image Easy to move from one image to the next and back Looks good on mobile devices

8 Prep Steps Define content of your site - sketch out pages Generate images for each gallery Decide which images to use Decide sequence Create web versions of images in a separate folder for each gallery Create content for About, Contact, Exhibitions... pages

9 Don't overwhelm viewers Tips Not too many images on one page Not too many galleries Your best work only (you can always change it) Make contact information quick and easy for viewers to attain On every page? It is better to have a single simple page with your contact information than to have no website at all

10 Images to Use How will you generate the versions of your images for your website? Not too small Not too big! Lightroom? Can generate images even when you don't use their specific tools for creating your page

11 Load Website Details What tool will you use to upload images? Is the upload tool available with the tool you are using? How will you insure that everything was uploaded? Quick and easy to make changes Do you have enough space in the plan you selected? Who will host your site? Get detailed upload instructions How? Username and Password to use

12 Various Tools Available Designed for Creating Photo Websites Zenfolio SquareSpace Visual Server FolioLink 500px

13 Creation Tools Comparison Tool / Feature ZenFolio Folio Link Visual Server 500px Square Space Price $30 - $250 $239 - $695 $200 - $400 $0 - $100 $8 - $24 a month Slide Show Mobile Devices Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Blog Yes No? No? No? Yes

14 Using Creation Tool Select tool to use Select template to use Define pages you will have (easier if sketch out on paper first) Add content to pages Upload, cut and paste... Test each page Look and feel OK? Links work properly? Test every link! No typos!!! Test on Mobile devices too (both phones and tablets) to be sure it looks ok Upload to real site Test Again

15 Links to Tools - ZenFolio Zenfolio Example: Cathycakebread.zenfolio.com Pricing: utma= & utmb= & utmc =1& utmx=-& utmz= utmcsr=photosharingreviews.com%7cutmccn=(referral) %7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/reviews/zenfolio/& utmv=- & utmk= & utma= & utmb= & utmc=1& utmx=- & utmz= utmcsr=photosharingreviews.com%7cutmccn=(referral) %7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/reviews/zenfolio/& utmv=-& utmk= Features: US& utma= & utmb= & utmc=1& utmx=-& utmz= utmcsr=photosharingreviews.com %7Cutmccn=(referral)%7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/reviews/zenfolio/& utmv=- & utmk= & utma= & utmb= & utmc=1& utmx=-& utmz= utmcsr=photosharingreviews.com %7Cutmccn=(referral)%7Cutmcmd=referral%7Cutmcct=/reviews/zenfolio/& utmv=- & utmk=

16 FolioLink and 500px FolioLink Example: Pricing: Features: 500px Pricing and Features:

17 SquareSpace and SquareSpace Visual Server Example: harlancrowder.com Pricing: Features: Visual Server Example: brigittecarnochan.com Pricing: Features:

18 SquareSpace Most Popular Now! Ease of Use Reasonable Pricing

19 My Experience with ZenFolio Why I choose them: I liked the look and feel of Nick's Winkworth's Site Price ($120/year option) Ease of creation Ease of updates Nice look and feel on mobile devices Slide show and gallery options I was looking for Could use my existing URL Cons Logos different on home page and gallery pages Complex screens for creating content - could be a bit confusing Watching the tutorial first might have helped!!

20 Ideal Photo Sizes Not too big and not too small Per Zenfolio suggested sizes: Full Resolution -ZenFolio will resizesize Average Size (w) x 850 (h) Maximum Size (w) x 960 (h) (max 64mb) JPEG - Quality 8-10

21 Test, Test, Test! Look and feel No typos Flow Easy for viewer to get to what they want Navigation Be Sure Links Work and Back How do the colors look? Test in different environments Your Computer Other Computers (Mac and Windows) Older computers too Mobile Devices (Phones, tablets, other brands) Have a friend or two check it out for you

22 Let everyone know about your cool new website!

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