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Hi, currently rebuilding from CE3. Can not be bothered of doing the CE4 upgrade first to migrate so I am just rebuilding the album sets and albums.
3 questions:
1. Is it now fixed that when I from lightroom create a album set I set the Cover Image to Random? I can see a large dropdown with a lot of fixed images and when I select one of those the album set will select it but nothing still happens when Random is selected?
2. If you see my current state of the shop @ www.circuitpics.nl/shop you will notice that not everything is currently nicely centered. I have put ROD's CSS to get the footer in center and I also did the same with the top menu and image as you can see but the mainpage image aswell as the albums when you open them are not centered.. Lookes a bit duff?
3.
I have been trying to setup more information details on the thumbnails in the cart? Like {exposure} etc. I seem to be doing something wrong because the only thing I get to see is the {title} ?
-edit- Just read that I have to republish my photo's before the info will be set. , but can this then be set in the screen where it says "Add an item to the cart" instead the albums overview?
Thanks!
Hiya,
just purchased and started on my backlight installation. Old version I was running on the shop was CE3 incl Cart.
At the moment on my publisher I have got several album sets seperated by year. (2012-2016). Within those I have a lot of albums sets with loads of albums.
Now is there a way to copy those sets from my LR to the new publisher so I can then republish? I do have got all collections in my LR Catalog. But I do not want to re-create all those albums sets with all those albums sets with loads of albums and drag and drop 100K photos.
Thanks!
Yeh, backups are crucial. I got my photos on a raid fault tolerant disk but the more the marrier!
You can backup the catalog in the cloud with the same steps as for create the galleries. With (for me) windows Symbolic links
Thanks a lot Rod for your input and clearing out! I will go for it then and make the backup folders a bit more easy going.
I Already followed up the advice of putting the galleries on dropbox/onedrive. I might do that aswell for my catalog file to put it in the cloud or have it backed up to the cloud atleast.
Am I? Not sure. Is this enough to not destroy my current build in any way and are these things the only things to do to copy my entire webshop data and settings for templates and publisher and catalog to a new computer?
Sorry, I mean the Publisher Plugin. I see that on my pc on the plugin manager
Hi all, after recently viewed the tips about back up all the presets and web galleries into a dropbox/onedrive location I am ready for a fresh install.
I have bought Lightroom 6 and testing it first on my laptop before I deinstall the current version on my pc.
What I did was create a backup of the catalog. Copied all the data in the Lightroom presets folder and put both on my laptop with LR6.
What other steps do I need to take? Because the plugin is not in the Plugin Manager. Is it only the plugins folder I also need to copy and then I am ready to go and have my laptop online with the catalog, presets and plugins?
The next step is a complete Windows 10 reinstall with a fresh copy of LR6 on my pc.
And after that go for CE4!
Thanks Rod,
one more. Is it then also possible to setup a second system like my laptop and therefore the possibility to upload from there when on the road?
Thanks!
Hiya,
I am planning some upgrading.
- I want to do a new fresh installation of Windows on my system. Wich steps do I need to take care of before reinstalling?
- Update lightroom 4.6 to latest version
- update CE3 modules to CE4 (to purchase after previous steps are completed)
I ofcourse want to keep the data on my webshop and do not want to reupload all the photos that are currently uploaded.
Wich are the steps to take and in wich order?
Thanks in advance!
Nothing needs to be "fixed". You're hacking it.
Fixing it for me lol Yeh you are right. Hacking it.. And not that you have to put all time in it but pointing me in the right direction
Ok. This will be a winterjob for me though , migrating to CE4 cart and such. I am using publisher.
If we can agree on fixing it I will make the purchase on the new CE4 in December or so.
It's not something I'm going to build into the plugin, as that would be pointless. But you can edit your exported template to patch in the necessary code.
Ok that is a pitty but understandable. Any chance to help me into the right direction. What to edit and where? I am complete blank on this one unfortunately
Hi Matthew, indeed it is something simulair as that fotomoto site.
Update from the support team is that they can not adjust their side.. so my question then would be if this adjustment could be made in CE4 to put the tag there. If so ofcourse I will buy it and implement it!
If you can edit it for me in CE3 I would ofcourse also be a happy person. Ha ha
Do you have a working site we can look at? I'm interested in seeing what you're trying to do with the cart.
Yes, take a look at this example. http://developmentone.printjecanvas.nl/demo/walibi/
I will send this to the support team.
Is it easier for achieve when I go for the CE4? As before I did not have a 200% reason to get the newest verison but if it makes life easier I might
Nah those files would be located with the same path/name on a different FTP server. So you would still need a username/password to gather those.
But as you mention above I understand this is not possible for me to achieve? There is no simple way to give each file I upload trough TTG LR Plugin a different extra info into the code?
Translation of the answer from the support team:
Matthew is correct. This is not the best solution on code level.
The meaning of the foto tag is, is that within this the path is noted where the image is located on the ftp server. This path is different than the path selected on the image (thumb with watermark etc).
With Matthews solution we gather the path of the image only with the copyright sign in it. Not the full res photo.
So we need to create a path where the script recognizes to gather it somewhere else.
Hi Matthew some more info btw (still waitin for an answer).
What they try to do is
<div id=”gallery”> <img src=”/albums/image.jpg” foto=”/spanje/image1.jpg” height=”600” width=”400” /> </div>
Where the ID foto is the place where the original picture is located (on ftp for example)
So this way with the script in the head connects to their shop.. then after this with the extra ID the thumbnail can be redirected to the original file on ftp.
With the example of you above you don't put a new image on top of the thumbs?
Thanks Matthew, ill get back on this. Will ask them where this goes beyond my knowledge
Hi Ben, yes is the answer. The product I am trying to add, adds a picture on top of the thumb wich should redirect the customer to a webshop to order certain product.
They ask me to add some Javascript in de HEAD of my website. Something like:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.website.nl/index.php/affiliate/script/index/key/b516e95asdae26662ff be9b42d8d9f7b256a212cf"></script>
Then they ask me if the current IMG tag would be
<div id=”gallery”> <img src=”/albums/image1.jpg” height=”600” width=”400” /> </div>
to change it like
<div id=”gallery”> <img src=”/albums/image.jpg” foto=”/spanje/image1.jpg” height=”600” width=”400” /> </div>
So they want me to have all IMG within a DIV.
Hi, is it possible to put extra code on each thumbnail generated by lightroom?
I want to place some JavaScript in the index. That should not be a problem. But this Java Script expects certain code on each thumbnail. With this code it can order real products in certain webshops (Like printouts on pencils, mugs etc)
The real question is then if it is possible to give each thumbnail some extra code within the IMG tag.
Is the cart using code like :
<div id=”gallery”> <img src=”/albums/image1.jpg” height=”600” width=”400” /> </div> ?
And if so can I have it automated be filled with extra info within that line?
Thanks!
Well there is already a difference I think. Where I am having the company sending the product directly there is no interference for me anymore. I order a photo and fill in the address where it needs to be send. That way it can be delivered within a week.
I think a good quality can be build within a week!! But there are many companies who would like to work with semi and pro photographers.
1. I suggest to sell both. Why? Digital copies are easy to purchase & sell. But as an extra service you can always sell on frame. It is easy going for the buyer instead of searching for a supplier for the frame. Some will eventually use your service. Some will not!
2. 1 week?
3. Like me I am getting a discount on canvas etc. My Discount on all sizes is the same. But when I sell a larger frame the profit will be ofcourse higher because the margin is different in terms of the amount. So not really the same profit usable on different sizes imho.
4. Depends if you pay tax or not. If you do not pay tax you can keep the price lower. If you do pay tax you will have to raise the price a bit.
Also depends on the type of photography you do. I am doing track days for motorcycles. I am keeping my price very low. I am more for selling much for less then selling less for more
Also I sell my images in different sizes aswell.
Imo they look sexy. Also the location is good I think because if you would place at the bottom at the page people will not notice.