Jackson – Sample 2
Posted on January 26, 2010
This is an example of what you can make a more sophisticated,clean and to the point version of Jackson look like 
– http://www.portfoliositez.com/jackson2/ – we’d like to thank Kristen from LanierStar (http://www.lanierstar.com/) for her beautiful images!
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE GENERATION 2 TEMPLATES:
We have gotten rid of a couple features and added many features for these templates. There are too many to outline every one but there are a couple that should be mentioned
Jen =)
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Jackson Launches! :-)
Posted on January 22, 2010
We’d like to introduce Jackson : http://www.portfoliositez.com/jackson/ (images courtesy of Jessica Price – thanks Jessica!)
Jackson is our first generation 2 template. The generation 2 features it has are:
* direct linking to pages
* built in google analytics support
* stripped down html content display that will show your text and images to search engines and non-javascript enabled vistors
* unlimited gallery sections which can each hold unlimited galleries
* jukebox per gallery section
* 200+ advanced settings that will let you tweak everything from the position of the fancy vertical text to the animation times and types
* no hard coded labels, you have complete control over every bit of wording throughout the site
* NEW jukebox
* NEW front-end cart
* NEW flexible interface so you choose how large you want it to expand to so that your images look just right
Each text section can take any vertical size image – it will adjust it’s text position based on the width of the image
The calendar rollovers are now dynamically sized to fit the text you enter – no more running out of room with date descriptions
The new user-friendly design of the cart will allow easy adding of images to the cart. You choose what galleries (front-end or proofing) you would like it to show in
New package editor allows clients to easily add any image to the package without having to save them to favorites first
New lightbox popup feature so any thumbnail in the cart can be clicked on to see an extra large version of the image so you clients can look at the details closely. You have full control over the watermarked copyright saying that appears over the image to prevent the image being used for printing.
New jukebox has an euqualizer built in to move to the song beat that you upload
SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
- You can now order Jackson from our site. Use the coupon 5OFFJACKSON to receive $5 off an extra template, switch, or new service purchase of Jackson. Use the coupon 25OFFJackson to receive $25 off an individual purchase of Jackson.
- We are still debugging so setups will NOT begin until Monday. We will be setting up the sites on a first come first serve basis. If there are a lot of orders then those who ordered later may be setup on Tuesday or Wed. Any rush orders from here until Monday will be setup first.
- We will be creating another sample of Jackson showing the advanced features such as the proofing, music in the galleries, and twitter and facebook links on Monday.
- If Jackson isn’t your cup of tea no worries! This is just the first of many generation 2 designs. See us at WPPI at the beginning of March to see what new designs we have to show you!
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Company News
Posted on January 14, 2010
Hi All! First I want to let everyone know That I (Jen) will be flying out to CA to attend a funeral tomorrow. If there are any issues, emails, or tickets that require my attention from this afternoon until Sunday I will be responding to them on Monday.
Happier news is that the template officially launches next Friday, the 22nd. We are SO excited about the new template. Not only do we love how it looks, but more importantly we love the new functionality we have built in. This is the first of our generation 2 templates that will have these new features so stay tuned for an exciting new year and a couple more generation II templates at WPPI.
New features for our generation II templates will include:
* around 200 advanced settings to let you change everything from spacing between elements to all the labels throughout the site – there is no hard coded text anymore.
* unlimited gallery sections with unlimited galleries – for example you now can have ‘portraits’ and ‘weddings’ separate each with their own galleries.
* new jukebox – a new advanced jukebox with a sleek new look and new controls
* new shopping cart – with the feedback we received on our version 1 cart we have re-done the front-end of the cart to be more user-friendly with a whole new cart system and programming
*front-end shopping cart – you now can set the cart to work in the normal galleries as well as the proofing galleries
* variable image sizing – the sizes of the image will grow to fit the browser window, but you have control over how much it will grow (ie – you can set the max height to be 800px so it will only get as big as 800px tall)
* SEO and deep linking – you now can link to the sections of your site directly. There is also SEO optimization built in that will display your content in a stripped down html format for search engines to crawl. This stripped down version will also allow those browsing on a phone to see your content.
*google analytics support built in
*easy input of google verification code for their webmasters tool
*twitter and facebook links
and much more…
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We have a winner! Congrats to…
Posted on January 5, 2010
Julio – http://www.photographybyjulio.com . Julio was randomly chosen to win a free premium service for a year, congrats!
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