Changes are coming…
Posted on February 28, 2009
So we like change at PSitez, and we *love* providing change for our customers! That is why we are so excited about our next template which we are already working on. This template will have a new ‘feature’ that we feel is important to have and reflects where the industry is heading.
This is just a short post to let you all know we are working hard to provide even more for our clients!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Jamie and Jen =)
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Contest, Sale, and more!
Posted on February 18, 2009
In case you didn’t know, we at Portfoliositez.com are a small team. Portfoliositez was started in Oct of 2007 by Jamie and I (Jen). We are now a team of five – Jamie, Jen, James, Tammie, and Jessica. Jessica is our latest hire who will be starting next week. In case you didn’t know Tammie is pregnant and will be leaving for maternity leave on the 24th. If you were here from the beginning you may have entered ‘guess the due date’ contest for me when Rusty was born. Well, it is about that time again… so without further ado….
*** CORRECTED:: guess the DELIVERY date for Tammie’s baby girl 
If you already submitted a guess for the due date and would like to change it just re-send in your submission with your DELIVERY date/time guess. Thanks Traci for bringing that to our attention 
CONTEST: GUESS THE **DELIVERY** DATE/TIME
ENTER BY: February 24th , one entry per person please
RULES: guess the delivery date and time. Include the date and time of your guess. Also include your name, url (if any), and email. We will announce the winner when we find out. Email entries to info@portfoliositez.com.
BACKGROUND: Tammie is due with her first baby (a girl) at the end of February.
PRIZE: SERVICE FOR LIFE (as long as PSitez is in business) OR free premium template (your choice) installed on your own hosting.
If you are a current client feel free to enter. If you win then your service will be free from now on
OUR SALE ENDS MONDAY!
Use the following coupon codes to get $11 off the Standard Package or $16 off the Premium Package for new clients. If you want to host your site with a different hosting use the coupon for $100 off an individual template order
VDAY100
VIP5
http://www.feedyourpassionforum.com
It’s a forum for sharing information and business practices for
photographers interested in creative children
photography. Full of tips and links. Currently, there is no charge to
join. The group is small but growing fast.
- We’ve received many requests to offer an alternative way to pay other then Paypal. We have looked into many options but have not been able to find any that are similar to Paypal. We need a service that can handle re-occuring payments. If you know of any companies that are similar to Paypal that offer re-occuring payments we are all ears! Please send any recommendations to info@portfoliositez.com
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Meet Maya.
Posted on February 12, 2009
Our latest template, Maya, is named in honor of Maya Ying Lin.
She is most famous for creating the design for the Vietnam Memorial Wall. The design was large and simple. If you’ve ever been I’m sure you’d agree that walking the length of the Memorial seeing the 57,000+ names engraved on the wall, is an emotional experience you’d never forget. We have the utmost respect for Maya’s ability to create a design that could leave such an impact.
She has since gone on to work on many more large scale projects including the Confluence Project which is a series of outdoor installations along the Columbia River and Snake River. We wanted our template to be able to draw emotion just by the imagery uploaded to it. We kept the design minimal so that the images could make the impression on the viewer.
ALL ABOUT MAYA
View the NEW MAYA SAMPLE here: http://www.portfoliositez.com/maya2/
View the FIRST MAYA SAMPLE here: http://www.portfoliositez.com/maya/
*** We have changed the first sample to show how the images look when they are not set to stretch.
Images on the sample Maya and sample mini site courtesy of Kristen Morgan from LanierStar (lanierstar.com)
FAQs
Q. Can the logo be moved to the bottom?
A. Unfortunately with this particular design the logo cannot fit on the menu bar at the bottom due to the content overlap that would occur in calendar, proofing, and gallery sections. There is a choice to have it either on the top left or top right.
Q. Can the menu bar color change?
A. The site does support full color changing functionality for the background, menu bar, and content panels.
Q. Does Maya come with the cart and proofing?
A. Maya does come with the proofing, shopping cart, mini client sites, and a video section. It does not come with a matching html site
MINI CLIENT SITES:
Each time a client is created through your sitezadmin a mini client site is automatically generated for that client. These sites can be used for anything you’d like. Some sample uses are:
1. a site for clients to view their proofs that is customized with colors and music that enhance their experience
2. a site your clients can use as a personal site for their event such as a wedding site with all their information
3. a site for clients to visit with instruction on how to order, what to wear, etc.
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Maya is on her way…
Posted on February 12, 2009
Just wanted to let you guys know that Maya is on her way out to those who ordered. We received many orders so depending on how late on the 9th (or since the 9th) your order for Maya was placed your setups may arrive tomorrow. If you didn’t receive your site by tomorrow afternoon send us a ticket so we can check on it. We are finding that our welcome emails do get caught in spam filters every once in a while so be sure to check your spam folder!
I’ve decided to post our sample premium site tomorrow so I can have some more time getting it perfected before launching it. I do want to answer some of the questions we’ve received. First, the logo can appear on the left or right, but it will always appear over the images if the image is set to stretch. One thing that can be done to make it stand out it to put it on a canvas backdrop, I will have an example of a logo like this on our premium sample site. You are able to choose to have the homepage slideshow loop or not. You also have control on whether the thumbnails start out visible or to the side, and whether images stretch or not.
Let us know if you have any questions about Maya or anything else for that matter. If Maya isn’t your cup of tea, don’t worry, we are already working on our next template.
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Welcome to the Maya pre-launch!
Posted on February 9, 2009
It’s finally here… well, sort of We are still working on tweaking the proofing and videos so the premium sample of the site will be availabe for viewing on Wed.
MAYA – http://www.portfoliositez.com/maya/
This sample features the beautiful images of Kristen Morgan (lanierstar.com). Thank you Kristen!
Some things you should know about this interface:
- images are LARGE which means they will take a little longer to load
- you will have control over the quality that php resizes them with – lower quality means faster loading
- you can also pre-size/optimize them prior to upload. Photoshop does do better at optimizing then the server can, however the server optimizing is pretty good as well
- you can have two verticals side by side on the homepage slideshow and in the galleries
- you will have the option to turn the lines that appear to the side on the content box on/off
- you will have the option to have your images stretch (which will mean cropping) or be sized to fit within the browser window
Maya Q&A
Q. My question is regarding the thumbnails. Is there a default option to have them automatically appear on the gallery page loads? The demo shows that feature as user-activated right now. Also, is the sized-to-fit image option a default as well?
A. At this time the thumbnails do default to the closed state, however we can change this on a per request basis to default on the open state. The sized to fit option is changeable from the sitezadmin
MAYA IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
You can purchase Maya directly from our website, however all setups/switches will not begin to be setup until Wed. We will setup the sites in the order that they were purchased. Depending on the number of orders, orders from today until Wed. may continue to be setup into Thurs and Friday.
VDAY100
VIP5
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See Maya today…
Posted on February 9, 2009
Stay tuned as we launch Maya and our two week sale later today!
PLEASE NOTE: Setups/switches for Maya will not begin until Wed and will be completed in the order they are received.
We have received a couple questions about Maya that we wanted to answer:
1. Will Maya have a mirrored html site?
A. No, unfortunately only about 50% of our sites will have mirrored html sites due to the limitations of design possibilites in html. This particular design can’t be done in html so it will not have a mirrored site.
2. How will the images display?
A. You will have a choice to have the images appear stretched to fill the entire screen or sized so that no edges are cropped by the browser’s edges.
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Meet Frida…
Posted on February 8, 2009
Our fourth template, Frida, was named in honor of Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) who was a Mexican painter who used vibrant colors to create many self portraits and other beautiful works of art. She actually married Diego Rivera, who our Diego template is named after. She approached him asking advice in pursuing a career and he immediately recognized her talent. Many of her paintings were self portraits expressing her pain and experiences. More information on Frida can be found at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo
We wanted to come up with a template that would be simple enough to really showcase very colorful art. We envisioned an artist’s room with sketches, pictures, and paintings just taped to the wall waiting to be mounted and showcased in a studio or home.
COMPANY NEWS:
- we are SOOOOOO excited that we will be launching Maya. Stay tuned tomorrow to meet Maya!
A bit about the new interface:
This interface will be our largest image interface with images to grow to the full height and width of the browser. Some key features of this template will be:
- LARGE images
- ability to have the logo on the right or left
- ability to view site in true full screen mode
- thumbnails that can hide or show
- user controlled large/smaller images in galleries in case they want to see the full uncropped version
- large amount of text for image tags supported
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Sneak Peak!
Posted on February 5, 2009
We just thought we’d give you all a sneak peak of our new portfolio launching next week.
(images courtesy of Kristen Morgan - lanierstar.com)
This new interface will be our first large image interface. That means that the image will resize to fit the browser, no matter how large the screen! You can also choose to have it stretch to fit the entire screen, or stay sized so no edges are cropped off. This template will have all the standard features including:
- unlimited galleries
- unlimited text sections with unlimited pages
- contact section
- calendar section
- internal proofing with shopping cart
-client mini sites
- music
- video section
- easy to use site admin to edit all content, colors, settings, etc.
It will also have the following template specific features:
- ability to choose to have your logo on the right or left
- ability to have images appear full screen (cropped) or sized as large as possible with the entire image seen
- ability to choose to have your info section text on the left or right
- artistic lines that will randomly be placed to the sides of content panels (can be turned off)
Stay tuned tomorrow to be introduced to Frida, and next week we will introduce the person who inspired our newest template
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