Thank you for your detailed review. Unfortunately, i can do nothing about none of the above you've mentioned, as it's a template and i can't move things around or adjust anything for that matter. I can make logo look smaller so it wont overlap the images, or better yet, get rid of it and just type the name with no graphics. Same with HTML, i don't have access to source file, and i did email Blu to see if they can give me access, which i doubt they will, and i have not heard from them yet, not a surprise.
I'm getting really frustrated with this site now. :cry
What level of customization can you do in the template? I'm just trying to think if there would be ways of "tricking it" or modifying what you uploaded to make it fit better.
And having the graphic part of the logo isn't perfect but I think the bigger issue is the small tag line underneath, if that is not needed or could be put in a different location it would help a lot.
What level of customization can you do in the template? I'm just trying to think if there would be ways of "tricking it" or modifying what you uploaded to make it fit better.
And having the graphic part of the logo isn't perfect but I think the bigger issue is the small tag line underneath, if that is not needed or could be put in a different location it would help a lot.
I can redesign the logo, but that's not the point. I've contacted Blu yesterday and have not received anything from them yet, so I have found another template from another company and i will be switching. Blu sucks, i should have listen to all the complaints. $50.00 ins't a big loss.
I liked your site even though it was on the slow side, it is much better than it was about a week ago when I first visited. I wanted to comment though because I remember your photos & posts from a year or so ago when I frequented the People forum, and I almost had to do a double take at your username. You have come leaps and bounds and I am incredibly impressed! Wonderful, beautiful work. clap
Agreed!! I was really impressed with your wedding photos. Top notch work.
Anytime you need a second shooter, give me a call!!!
I can redesign the logo, but that's not the point. I've contacted Blu yesterday and have not received anything from them yet, so I have found another template from another company and i will be switching. Blu sucks, i should have listen to all the complaints. $50.00 ins't a big loss.
For web work 50 is next to nothing so you're right it's better to just move on. I just finished up my work for the day and am snowed in so if you want I could take a look at whatever templates you are thinking about using.
try showit!
If you are looking for suggestions, check out Showit. Seriously, it's easy beyond words. Drag and drop, full facebook integration, and allows you to create a mobile site, so it directs you to an html site automatically if you are on a mobile device!
I love my site, and showit. You can change them up, and customize them however you wish, as often as you wish... you can use a template, which can be totally adjusted, or start from scratch! Check out their free download. They are amazing, not to mention the tech support and daily "hangouts"
If you are looking for suggestions, check out Showit. Seriously, it's easy beyond words. Drag and drop, full facebook integration, and allows you to create a mobile site, so it directs you to an html site automatically if you are on a mobile device!
I love my site, and showit. You can change them up, and customize them however you wish, as often as you wish... you can use a template, which can be totally adjusted, or start from scratch! Check out their free download. They are amazing, not to mention the tech support and daily "hangouts"
I've tried ShowIt before, first i couldn't figure things out, I think i'm just dumb about this stuff. Secondly, i'm trying to eliminate any monthly fee as much as possible, that was the main reason to just get a template and be done with it. My hosting and domain are paid in full for the next 3 years.
I'm looking into http://www.creativemotiondesign.com/
they have a 10 day trial period, i already picked a template and made a site, of course it's not live, but it's working and looking a lot better then Blu's, and it appears to be faster as well.
If anyone have any experience with them, i'd like to hear it.
I'm wondering if Godaddy might be the issue with my site being slow, anyone have any input about that? Could the hosting company be a problem?
Thanks!
I've tried ShowIt before, first i couldn't figure things out, I think i'm just dumb about this stuff. Secondly, i'm trying to eliminate any monthly fee as much as possible, that was the main reason to just get a template and be done with it. My hosting and domain are paid in full for the next 3 years.
I'm looking into http://www.creativemotiondesign.com/
they have a 10 day trial period, i already picked a template and made a site, of course it's not live, but it's working and looking a lot better then Blu's, and it appears to be faster as well.
If anyone have any experience with them, i'd like to hear it.
I'm wondering if Godaddy might be the issue with my site being slow, anyone have any input about that? Could the hosting company be a problem?
Thanks!
It is part of the issue, I can tell you from experience GoDaddy is slower than say Yahoo small business running the same site. But a lot of the issues for your last site came from the gallery section and even after the page loaded there was a lot of lag. This was after the page had downloaded and due to badly written flash code basically asking for too many complex things to be calculated at once so everything lagged.
I've tried ShowIt before, first i couldn't figure things out, I think i'm just dumb about this stuff. Secondly, i'm trying to eliminate any monthly fee as much as possible, that was the main reason to just get a template and be done with it. My hosting and domain are paid in full for the next 3 years.
If you tried it before, check them out again. They have worked really hard in making things super easy. They have written and video tuts, live support, daily hangouts, and email support. They offer a monthly fee, or an annual subscription! I researched and played around with a lot of options before I finally decided on showit. The layout you have going on is a great start, and could be easily recreated in showit but just dragging and dropping!
If you tried it before, check them out again. They have worked really hard in making things super easy. They have written and video tuts, live support, daily hangouts, and email support. They offer a monthly fee, or an annual subscription! I researched and played around with a lot of options before I finally decided on showit. The layout you have going on is a great start, and could be easily recreated in showit but just dragging and dropping!
I've decided to play with Showit, i couldn't figure out how to make a slideshow of images on the front page, do i have to have slideshow made elsewhere and upload it as video?
Also, $39.99/mth is quiet hefty for me right now, is this for hosting or what?
I've decided to play with Showit, i couldn't figure out how to make a slideshow of images on the front page, do i have to have slideshow made elsewhere and upload it as video?
Also, $39.99/mth is quiet hefty for me right now, is this for hosting or what?
You go into the media section and choose the display type that you prefer, and then play with that gadget, pulling the pictures into the "advanced tab"
for example, the pictures on my home page are a loop gallery
(www.donovanphotos.com
there is a wiki to show you step by step how to do them!
the monthly fee is hosting and design, everything except for your domain name!!
You go into the media section and choose the display type that you prefer, and then play with that gadget, pulling the pictures into the "advanced tab"
for example, the pictures on my home page are a loop gallery
(www.donovanphotos.com
there is a wiki to show you step by step how to do them!
the monthly fee is hosting and design, everything except for your domain name!!
But can you design a site and host it elsewhere? I didn't see that option.
As an ex-show-it user user, I would say that it is a great way to create a flash site on your own. Flash sites can be very pretty and some of the templates are nice. However, I ended up moving away from them as I wanted an iPhone/iPad/SEO friendly site. The HTML mobile sites that show-it produces are no substitute for a proper html site IMHO.
For the record, photobiz.com is also a great option. Lovely flash sites that are very easy to work with. They have sales from time to time so if you keep an eye out, you might be able to sign up at just the right time.
For the record, photobiz.com is also a great option. Lovely flash sites that are very easy to work with. They have sales from time to time so if you keep an eye out, you might be able to sign up at just the right time.
Photobiz does not sell templates, they want you to pay hosting $16.00/mth and up depending on the amount of images, which sucks in my opinion.
My hosting is paid in full for 3 years and i can use template and unlimited images.
The site is much quicker to me than a few days ago. I did notice that in the "how much" tab, you are missing the closing parentheses in the statement (Includes DVD with images. Looks great though!!!! If I see anything else I will let you know.
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What level of customization can you do in the template? I'm just trying to think if there would be ways of "tricking it" or modifying what you uploaded to make it fit better.
And having the graphic part of the logo isn't perfect but I think the bigger issue is the small tag line underneath, if that is not needed or could be put in a different location it would help a lot.
I can redesign the logo, but that's not the point. I've contacted Blu yesterday and have not received anything from them yet, so I have found another template from another company and i will be switching. Blu sucks, i should have listen to all the complaints. $50.00 ins't a big loss.
www.intruecolors.com
Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
Agreed!! I was really impressed with your wedding photos. Top notch work.
Anytime you need a second shooter, give me a call!!!
http://clearwaterphotography.smugmug.com/
For web work 50 is next to nothing so you're right it's better to just move on. I just finished up my work for the day and am snowed in so if you want I could take a look at whatever templates you are thinking about using.
If you are looking for suggestions, check out Showit. Seriously, it's easy beyond words. Drag and drop, full facebook integration, and allows you to create a mobile site, so it directs you to an html site automatically if you are on a mobile device!
I love my site, and showit. You can change them up, and customize them however you wish, as often as you wish... you can use a template, which can be totally adjusted, or start from scratch! Check out their free download. They are amazing, not to mention the tech support and daily "hangouts"
http://showitfast.com/
www.intothedarkroom.com
www.tednghiem.com
Hey Mitch, long time no see! Thanks for the compliment.
www.intruecolors.com
Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
I've tried ShowIt before, first i couldn't figure things out, I think i'm just dumb about this stuff. Secondly, i'm trying to eliminate any monthly fee as much as possible, that was the main reason to just get a template and be done with it. My hosting and domain are paid in full for the next 3 years.
I'm looking into http://www.creativemotiondesign.com/
they have a 10 day trial period, i already picked a template and made a site, of course it's not live, but it's working and looking a lot better then Blu's, and it appears to be faster as well.
If anyone have any experience with them, i'd like to hear it.
I'm wondering if Godaddy might be the issue with my site being slow, anyone have any input about that? Could the hosting company be a problem?
Thanks!
www.intruecolors.com
Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
It is part of the issue, I can tell you from experience GoDaddy is slower than say Yahoo small business running the same site. But a lot of the issues for your last site came from the gallery section and even after the page loaded there was a lot of lag. This was after the page had downloaded and due to badly written flash code basically asking for too many complex things to be calculated at once so everything lagged.
If you tried it before, check them out again. They have worked really hard in making things super easy. They have written and video tuts, live support, daily hangouts, and email support. They offer a monthly fee, or an annual subscription! I researched and played around with a lot of options before I finally decided on showit. The layout you have going on is a great start, and could be easily recreated in showit but just dragging and dropping!
I've decided to play with Showit, i couldn't figure out how to make a slideshow of images on the front page, do i have to have slideshow made elsewhere and upload it as video?
Also, $39.99/mth is quiet hefty for me right now, is this for hosting or what?
www.intruecolors.com
Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
You go into the media section and choose the display type that you prefer, and then play with that gadget, pulling the pictures into the "advanced tab"
for example, the pictures on my home page are a loop gallery
(www.donovanphotos.com
there is a wiki to show you step by step how to do them!
the monthly fee is hosting and design, everything except for your domain name!!
But can you design a site and host it elsewhere? I didn't see that option.
www.intruecolors.com
Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
Spread the love! Go comment on something!
Photobiz does not sell templates, they want you to pay hosting $16.00/mth and up depending on the amount of images, which sucks in my opinion.
My hosting is paid in full for 3 years and i can use template and unlimited images.
www.intruecolors.com
Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
www.intruecolors.com
Nikon D700 x2/D300
Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8