- What is a Photographers.com Profile Page?
The Member Profile Page displays all of your important information conveniently organized on a single page. This provides easy access for visitors without the confusion of having to navigate different pages for viewing of Sample Images, finding your address/location, and other details about you, that assist a potential client in making the determination that you are the correct photographer for their project.
Photographers.com provides what we consider to be the most complete, useful, well-organized, and attractive Photographer's Profile page, of any available on the Internet!
You can have your Photographers.com Profile Page up and running, and showing up in our Search Results, in less time then it would take you to go out for lunch.
A Profile Page only displays information for the sections you have populated with data, while you were logged into your Profile. This data can include:
Company Name
Address
City, State Zip/Postal
Country
Telephone
Fax
CellPhone
SMS Messaging Number (For receiving text messages on your cell phone)
Website(s)
Languages Spoke
Specialties
Representatives
Awards
Professional Organizations
Biography
Client List
From 10 to 30 thumbnail size samples of your Images. One large Image which changes as the mouse moves over the different Thumbnail Images is displayed on the page.
We do not publish your E-mail address on the profile page, or anywhere else on the site. This is to prevent your E-mail address from being collected by spammers. If you want the address published, you can always type it in the Biography section of your Profile.
If someone wishes to E-mail you a message they must use our Message Form. At the very top of the page there is a link for "Write An Email To MemberName" and at the very bottom of the page there is a link for "Contact MemberName".
- What are the steps for getting a listing and entering my Member Profile Details?
A. On the photographers.com Home Page click on the link for "New Member Signup" or go directly to the New Member Signup Page:
https://photographers.com/user/?register_user
B. Fill in the requested information. Note: The 3 fields for "Telephone" are designed to accept "The International Code", the "Local Area Code", and the "Phone Number". For Members in the USA the International Code is "1". As these fields have been setup to only allow the numbers 0-9 do not enter any of the following characters in the telephone fields: ( ) - , .
In order to complete the registration Process we must send an E-mail to a Valid E-mail address, and you must respond by clicking the Confirmation Link in that E-mail. Please be sure to Whitelist the following E-mail addresses in your E-mail Software, and if necessary by contacting your ISP and requesting that they ensure Photographers.com is on their Domain List of allowed Mail Senders:
admin@photographers.com
webmaster@photographers.com
member_newsletter@photographers.com
C. Select the "User Type" you would like to become a Member as (Professional Photographer, Photo Assistant, Model, Photo Industry Supplier, Art Director/ Graphic Designer, Advertising Agency, Amateur Photographer). We will then populate the page with different areas of specialization or experience for you to select from.
D. Clicking on the titles of our other Profile Information Sections will expand these sections to allow for your entries (Represented By, Biography, Awards, Client List, Web Sites). Any of these sections that you leave empty will not be displayed on your Member Profile.
E. Read the "Member Terms/Agreement" at the bottom of the form, click the "Submit" button, and check your E-mail in a few minutes for a message with the Subject "Photographers.com Registration Confirmation". Click the link in the E-mail and you will have completed the registration process, and will be ready to Login to your Profile.
- Why are some Profile Memberships Free and Professional Photographer listings have a cost?
Our Professional Photographer members stand to benefit the most from a listing on the site. We are, after all, primarily about them — it's all in our name "Photographers.com". A site designed to help photo-buyers locate a Professional Photographer, and then hire them.
A smaller part of our listings "Photo Assistants, Models, Photo Industry Suppliers" are primarily considered as resource sections to further help our Professional Photographer Members, who may need the services provided by these members at some time.
The sections for Art/Creative Directors, and Advertising Agencies were developed to bring additional awareness of Photographers.com to these groups, with the hope that some of them will utilize the services of our Member Photographers.
Our Amateur Photographer section is a separate area from our Professional section. Like many sites that provide free Image Galleries to Amateur Photographers, we are developing a different revenue stream for this section, that will be related to on-line print ordering.
The Professional Photographer Profile Pages do not carry any Google Adsense or other Advertising, whereas all of the Free Profile Pages do.
The free profiles generally come with limited resources compared to the Professional Photographer Profiles but, they can be upgraded to paid profiles that allow for the display of additional Images as well as additional services inventory.
On February 1, 2007 we started converting to a system where those of our Members who stand to benefit the most from a listing on the Website "our Professional Photographer Members", have a choice of 3 different Paid Profile Packages. All of these Packages offer much more extensive benefits then we have had in the past, and are priced at literally a fraction of what our competitors charge, beginning at just $100 for an entire year. We often have discounts available to further reduce the already low pricing of these plans.
- Why is Photographers.com Moving Over to Paid Memberships?
A site that provides "free listings" attracts a certain percentage of inexperienced individuals who would like to get work as a professional photographer, even though many of these individuals lack the ability, consistent quality and experience.
Photographers.com wants to limit the membership to individuals who contribute to the professional caliber reputation of the site. Serious, qualified Professional Photographer's committed to keeping their Contact Information and Profiles Updated — Members that raise the sites level of usability for Photo Buyers.
Feedback from Photo Buyers tells us they want to see photographers portfolio samples quickly, prior to going to the photographer's Web Site for further evaluation, and without first clicking numerous links to get to the photographers Web Site. Our paid memberships provide numerous areas where a Member's photos can be displayed to attract potential clients, and we will be requiring all Professional Photographer Members to upload Portfolio Samples. A member that purchases a listing and does not upload Portfolio Samples within 30 days, will have their payment refunded in full, and their listing deleted. For the site to be a truly effective marketing tool we need the active participation of our Professional Photographer Members.
After 10 years of providing free listings (over 15,000 of them), and a substantial investment in programming, marketing, server equipment and hosting, it is not unreasonable to want to make a return on such an investment.
Photographers.com wants to make sure we can continue to provide the highest level of service and functionality to our members and visitors, while also being able to afford investing in marketing and promoting the site and it's members to photo buyers in the Advertising/Marketing Community - the segment the majority of our Members work in. Our plans include direct E-mail to Photo Buyers and Corporate Executives using fairly expensive purchased E-mail list, direct mail, and for the time being limited size magazine advertisements. Publication vehicles under consideration are magazines targeted at Art/Creative directors and publications targeted towards wedding planning, as a substantial part of our Membership includes Wedding and Event photographers.
- What will happen if I don't upgrade to a Paid Photographer Profile?
We feel a certain commitment to our members — some of whom have had a free listing with us for over a decade. Any of these members that decide not to upgrade to a paid profile at this time will be deleted from the Photographers.com directory, but we will be offering to transfer their profiles to a free profile on another Photographers directory we operate.
That directory, like many of our competitors, will never be able to compete on the same level as Photographers.com and will likely never have the same top Google placement. Simply because it does not have as good of a domain name. It really is quite difficult to compete with the name "Photographers.com", when you are looking to offer a service for locating "Photographers".
- How does the value of Photographers.com compare to competitors?
Photographers.com provides what we consider to be the most complete, useful, well-organized, and attractive Photographer's Profile page, of any available on the Internet!
We are a fraction of the price of competitors - see for yourself:
Check out our competitors prices, compare the organization of their data, the number of Images you can display, how easy it is to locate the search and then use it, and most especially the cost. I think you will agree what an exceptional value a Photographers.com Profile pages is!
http://www.workbook.com/advertise/portfolio-online/photography/
http://www.blackbook.com/adv.php (at the bottom of the page click the link for "Advertising Rates>> Download PDF")
http://www.photoserve.com/photoserve/info/photographers.jsp
http://www.bigroster.com/talent_desk.htm
We have some of the best Google and Search Engine placement for key searches of any site.
Would you like to see what Web Site comes up at or near the very top of the major search Engines, when someone searches for the single word "Photographers"?
Try the following searches and compare how far down and how many pages you have to look through to find our competitors.
Google search for "Photographers"
Yahoo search for "Photographers"
MSN search for "Photographers"
AOL search for "Photographers"
Lycos search for "Photographers"
It's the most natural name to begin with when searching for photographers. Combine exactly what is being searched for "photographers", with what is undeniably the best domain extension a ".com" (not a .org, .net, .us, cc, .tv, etc.) and you have what we feel is one of the top photographer search domain names, if not the top domain name "PHOTOGRAPHERS.COM"!
Unlike the big search engines, Photographers.com provides a search for finding photographers by a "targeted combination of their Specialty and Geographic Location", so it is much more likely that potential clients will be able to find your listing based on our powerful multiple search criteria, then in the thousands of listings they might receive on a Google or Yahoo search.
No matter where in the world a potential client is located or where on the planet they would like to find a Professional Photographer, they don't have to be aware of the names of the thousands of different photographers directories, often with unknown and difficult to brand names located in countries other then their own — All they have to do is either enter in their Browser URL field, or Google, the exact term of what they are searching for "PHOTOGRAPHERS", and chances are they will be coming directly here to PHOTOGRAPHERS.COM as their very first and most likely final destination!
What better place could there be to search for a Professional Photographer then on a Web Site named "Photographers.com" - a site established in 1995 for precisely this purpose?
- In what ways can I search Photographers.com?
A. Quick Search - http://photographers.com/
As soon as you get to our Home Page just type some keywords in the box for "Free-Form Text Search", and click "Search" (example: New York Fashion)
B. Advanced Search - http://photographers.com/
The "Search Photographers" section in the top left corner of the Home Page let's you switch between "Quick Search" and "Advanced Search" - (Quick Search | Advanced Search).
Advanced search let's you select specific criteria with which to target your search:
Speciality:
Country:
State/Region:
Miles From Nearest Large City Of:
Professional Organization:
Zip Code:
Biography:
Languages Spoken:
Name:
Filling in more fields targets the search more precisely but provides fewer results that match the search criteria. It is not necessary to fill in all fields.
C. Popular Quick Searches - http://photographers.com/
We provide predefined popular searches for certain Specialties, Countries, States, and Cities. Just click any of the links to rapidly change the results displayed on our search results page.
D. Visual "Search By Images" - http://photographers.com/gallery_search/
Browse Images based on the First Letter of the Photographer's Last Name
E. Recent Listings
On our Home Page we have real-time updated sections that display:
Recently Updated Listings
Newest Listings
Recently Updated Galleries
These sections all have links to view all changes over the past 30 days:
http://photographers.com/?updated_users
http://photographers.com/?new_users
http://photographers.com/?updated_galleries
More about our Search Results: http://photographers.com/news/?show_news&id=29
Note: Quick Search, Advanced Search, and Popular Quick Searches allow you to quickly revise your search, immediately on the search results page.
- What size files should I upload?
All files should be 72DPI!
We recommend uploading files with the following approximate dimensions:
Maximum Horizontal Dimension — 9 to 12 Inches Minimum Horizontal Dimension — 6 Inches
Maximum Vertical Dimension — 6 to 8 Inches Minimum Vertical Dimension — 4 Inches
You only need to upload the large images, we will create the Thumbnail Images automatically. For aesthetic/design reasons we "square crop" the thumbnail images.
(In no event should you upload images with any single dimension greater then 12 inches)
Only RGB Jpeg files should be upload (.jpg extension). We suggest you save your Jpeg files at High Quality and recommend Photoshop Jpeg compression settings between 8 and 11.
- How do I Upload Images?
Once you have logged into your profile click one of the links for
Manage: Profile Images · Search Results Images · Rotating Thumbnail Images · Visual Search Images
(Instructions for Members that have a Profile only but no Photographers.com Gallery/Sitebuilder)
On the following page click the link for "Upload/Delete Images"
You can upload up to 50 Images to your Image Library, so you can select different Images for each image display section.
You can upload Images in 2 different ways:
A. At the bottom of the page just beneath "Upload more images" click on "Choose File" and navigate your hard drive to the location of the Jpeg File that you would like to upload. You can select 5 images to upload at the same time or click the "+" icon to select more then 5 images.
B. The fastest and easiest way to upload images is to use our "java Drag&Drop Uploader" (Click the link located to the right of "Upload more images" )
You must have Java installed on your computer. Java comes pre-installed on Macintosh and on some Windows computers. If you do not have Java installed you will be prompted to download it from Sun Microsystems.
Our Java uploading applet was written by "Rad Ltd", and you will have to give the Applet permission to run on your computer during the Image Upload Process, by clicking the button labeled "Trust".
Just drag the Jpeg files onto the Window that opens, and you can view a Thumbnail Image of each file as it is uploaded, as well as a progress indication of how much has been uploaded and how much remains to be uploaded.
At the end of the upload refresh your browser window.
(Instructions for Members that have a Profile and a Photographers.com Gallery/Sitebuilder)
Uploading and Managing Gallery Images is very similar to managing Profile Images.
Members with a Gallery have additional tools for managing different attributes of each of their Galleries. This is discussed further down in the FAQ in the section titled Photographers.com GALLERY SITEBUILDER
NOTE: After uploading your images you must go into each section of "Manage: Profile Images · Search Results Images · Visual Search Images", and " Click any Image in the top section "Category 1" and drag it down to the bottom section "Category 2", and then click "Save Changes", as describe below in section 10.
- How do I organize the Images I have uploaded?
Managing the images you have uploaded is nearly identical for each section (Profile Images · Search Results Images · Rotating Thumbnail Images · Visual Search Images).
Click any Image in the top section "Category 1" and drag it down to the bottom section "Category 2".
Arrange the Images in the order you want just by clicking/dragging/dropping.
When finished be sure to click "Save Changes" in the upper right corner of the screen.
(Don't exceed the maximum number of image permitted in each section, which is displayed to the right of "Category 2"
- How much is a Profile Membership?
We have 3 different Price Plans for our Professional Photographer Profiles
10 Image Profile Display — 1 Geographic Locations, 5 Nearest Large Cities, 5 Gallery Search Images, 5 Specialties
$100/Year or $10/Monthly
20 Image Profile Display — 5 Geographic Locations, 25 Nearest Large Cities, 10 Gallery Search Images, 10 Specialties
$150/Year or $15/Monthly
30 Image Profile Display — 10 Geographic Locations, 25 Nearest Large Cities, 15 Gallery Search Images, 25 Specialties
$200/Year or $20/Monthly
We offer a "2 week full-featured Free Trial on any of the above packages. If you delete your profile before the end of this 2 week trial your credit card will not be charged."
Packages will auto-renew at the end of the Year or Month, depending on the payment option you select. If you do not want to auto-renew at the end of the year please e-mail admin@photographers.com 2 weeks prior to the renewal date.
- How do I pay for a Membership?
We only accept payments on-line via Credit Card using a Secure Server Connection.
A new member can pay during New Member Sign-up in Registration - Step 2, after clicking submit on the first page.
An existing member can pay after they Log-in and go to: Packages — Purchase a Display Package
(You may also want to review: Packages — Current Packages & Resources · Billing History)
Be sure to check the link for "View current promotions" to see if there are any current discount codes available.
At times we offer existing Members or potential Members whom we contact by E-mail or telephone special discounts that are unpublished. If you have one of these unpublished codes you may want to use it instead, as it may provide a greater discount.
The same thing applies with special discounts we at times make arrangements for with specific Professional Organizations. If you belong to a Professional Photographer Organization and are interested in a special Organization Discount to be made available to all Members, such as for publishing in your Member Newsletter, please have your Organization's Membership Director contact us.
- How do I Upgrade my Profile to a package with additional Image Display capabilities and services inventory?
Log-in and go to: Packages — Purchase a Display Package
(You may also want to review: Packages — Current Packages & Resources · Billing History)
- How can I increase my placement in the Search Results?
1. Photographers.com's Search Results display order is based on a system that rewards a combination of long-term Member Loyalty, the purchase of more expensive packages, and the purchase of additional features such as our Gallery/Sitebuilder.
2. Members with the highest cumulative total paid over time are displayed before members with a lower cumulative total( a Member on a lower priced plan that has renewed for 3 or 4 years without any lapse will most likely show up higher then a new Member on the most expensive plan).
3. Upload Images - Listings with Images are displayed before listings without images, so it is important that you upload images.
4. Within the same level of the cumulative total paid to Photographers.com over time, the most recently edited listings are displayed first. The more often you login and edit your listing, the more often you will appear higher up in the search results.
5. Purchasing a Gallery in addition to a Profile Page raises your cumulative total.
6. Keep in mind that using a discount to lower the amount you pay does lower your cumulative total.
- What is the additional Geographical Locations Feature?
If you work in multiple Geographic Locations or have Studios located in different cities it is generally beneficial to add them to your Profile.
If you are a Photographer that regularly works London, Paris, Miami or LA, Tokyo, Sydney, you may want to list all of these as your Geographic Locations, wether you maintain a full-time Studio in each, or just a support team and the use of rental studios
Another use for additional geographic Locations could be a wedding chain operation in a state such as Montana that has 5 or 10 wedding studios located throughout the state.
- What is the Nearest Largest Cities feature?
Nearest Large City listings help your listing to be included in many more search results, Based on the distance from your location to one of the nearest large cities.
When you are logged into your listing go to Edit: Profile · Geographic Locations & Nearest Large Cities
You will want to setup at least 1 Nearest Large city (often more) for each of your Geographic Locations.
Example: Your Geographic location is in Hoboken, New Jersey, but you want to make sure you are not only in the search Results when a potential client is searching for Hoboken, but you would also want to be included in searches for the nearest large cities of New York City, Paramus, Hackensack, Atlantic City, etc.
- What is the difference between the Profile Page and the Gallery?
http://photographers.com/news/?show_news&id=28
A Gallery provides you with a Web Portfolio at a dedicated Web Address such as http://photographers.com/yourname ( example: http://photographers.com/greenberg ).
The Photographers.com “Gallery SiteBuilder” permits Members to easily and conveniently create an attractive Web Photo Gallery in minutes, without needing to know any HTML. To use the Gallery SiteBuilder you must first be a Registered Member of Photographers.com. If you are not already a Registered Member, you may sign-up at https://photographers.com/user/?register_user.
The entire “Gallery/SiteBuilder” process is done using your Web Browser.
A Profile Page contains all of your data conveniently located on a single page along with samples of your Images, and is linked to from the Photographers.com Search Results Page. Features of the Profile Page are discussed at the very top of this FAQ.
- How much is a Gallery?
For Models, Photo Assistants, Art/Creative Directors, and Amateur Members we offer a free Gallery that can be upgraded to provide additional Image storage/display for a small charge.
For our Professional Photographer Members a “Gallery” is a paid option that is additional to your Member Profile Page. It is not necessary to purchase a Gallery in order to have a Photographers.com Member Profile Page, or to be included in the Photographers.com Member Search. You must first have a Profile Page Membership in order to have a Gallery.
Amateur Photographers (Free — 500 Images/100MB Space)
Models, Assistants, Photo Industry Suppliers (Free — 20 Images/1MB Space)
Artist/Designer/Agency Gallery (FREE — 100 Images/5MB Space)
Professional Photographer 4 Week Free Trial — 100 Image Web Portfolio (10MB Disk Space)
100 Image Web Portfolio (10MB Disk Space) — $ 10.00/Monthly
100 Image Web Portfolio (10MB Disk Space) — $ 100.00/Yearly
500 Image Web Portfolio (50MB Disk Space) — $ 20.00/Monthly
500 Image Web Portfolio (50MB Disk Space) — $ 200.00/Yearly
5000 Image Web Portfolio (1000 MB/1GB Disk Space) — $ 35.00/Monthly
5000 Image Web Portfolio (1000 MB/1GB Disk Space) — $ 350.00/Yearly
You can have your own customized Gallery on-line today, instead of waiting months for your designer to create or update your website, while saving yourself hundreds, if not thousands of dollars.
You can update your Gallery 24 hours a day and add new Images to it in minutes, rather then waiting weeks for your Web Designer to update your site.
- Are there any free Trial Periods?
We generally offer a 2 week Free Trial on our Photographer Profile.
We generally offer a 4 Week Free Trial on our Gallery/Sitebuilder
- When I am logged into my Profile what is the "Favorite Members" section?
When you are Logged in and searching/browsing the site, if you see a another member whose photography you admire and you would like to keep a "reminder link" so you can periodically review their profile, or stay in touch with them, you can add them to your Favorite Members.
- When I am logged into my Profile what is the "Member News Release" Section?
Logged in Members can post Press Releases or news items that will be kept in a permanent Archive we are building. These should be recent items at the time you add them and can include subjects such as Awards/Competitions you have won, Magazine interviews you have been in, a Book of your photos that was recently published, a Magazine article or cover featuring your work, a lecture or seminar you are giving, a photography conference you are participating in, expansion of your Studio or relocation of your business, etc.
The Home Page has a section for "News/Announcements/Press Releases" where these items will be displayed.
Any inappropriate postings will be deleted, and could cause the termination of your Membership.
- Can I purchase a Banner Advertisement on Photographers.com?
Depending on a review of your company/site we do have the capability to place Banners of different sizes on different areas of our pages.
Your Banner will be displayed on our Home Page, all of our Search Results Pages, and on the Pages of our Free Member's Profiles. Banner Ads are not displayed on the pages of our Paying Members.
- What is the cost of Banner Advertising on Photographers.com?
Click here to see our Photographers.com Banner Advertising Inventory & Rates
- How can our Company become a sponsor of Photographers.com? — Contact
admin@photographers.com
Click here to see the Photographers.com "Our Sponsors" Micro Banner Advertising Rates
What are the benefits?
Your Micro Banner will be displayed in the "Our Sponsors" section on our Home Page, and all of our Search Results Pages.
You will get exposure to our Members and Visitors.
In every periodic Newsletter we E-mail our Members, appreciation of your Companies support will be mentioned with a request that when a need arises they consider your products and/or services.
- Photographers.com GALLERY SITEBUILDER
A "Gallery" is a paid option that is additional to your Member Profile Page. It is not necessary to purchase a Gallery in order to have a Photographers.com Member Profile Page, or to be included in the Photographers.com Member Search.
A Gallery provides you with a Web Portfolio at a dedicated Web Address such as http://photographers.com/yourname ( example: http://photographers.com/greenberg ).
The Photographers.com "Gallery SiteBuilder" permits Members to easily and conveniently create an attractive Web Photo Gallery in minutes, without needing to know any HTML. To use the Gallery SiteBuilder you must first be a Registered Member of Photographers.com . If you are not already a Registered Member, you may sign-up at http://photographers.com/user/?register_user
The entire "Gallery - SiteBuilder" process is done using your Web Browser.
The Basic steps to create your Web Gallery/Portfolio are:
Login to your Photographers.com Member Profile. You will initially be in the "Preview Profile" Section.
if you would like to have a Photographers.com Gallery in addition to your Photographers.com Member Profile click the link for "Gallery" , to the right of "Manage" in the blue navigation area near the top of the page. On the following page you will be see a section for "Select Price Plan". from which you must select a Plan before you can proceed with managing your Gallery. Amateur Members and some of our Professional Member user types are offered a Free Gallery they can select. Our Professional Photographer Members are offered a full-featured "4 Week Free Trial" they can experiment with, just as they would have with one of our very reasonably priced Paid Plans.
Occasionally we run promotions, so be sure to check the link in the upper right corner for "Discount".
Select a plan and click "Submit"
The page will refresh, and we will have automatically created your First Gallery for you "Library (1)", ready for you to immediately start uploading your Jpeg files to. You can easily change the name of this Gallery, or any others that you create, at any time. You can also just use this Library section for uploading all of your Images to, from where you can manage your Images and move them to an unlimited number of additional Gallery Categories that you can add at any time. In this case we recommend you click the link for "Password Protection" to the right of the Library Category and select the option for "Private Login" - this will prevent this Library Category from being displayed in your Visitors View of your list of Categories/Portfolios.
Uploading Images using "Quick Upload & Create New Categories"
First, in the "Upload To:" box select the category you would like to upload your photos to. Either the already existing default category " My First Gallery", or select "New Category", and a box will open in which you can enter the name of a new Category.
You have 2 choices for uploading your images:
You can manually click the "Choose File" button and directly select the Jpeg file you would like to upload. Select as many images as you would like in this manner and click "Submit" to have them uploaded.
We have a quick and easy to use Java Drag&Drop Up-loader that allows you to select many images at once and just Drag them from your Computer and Drop them onto our Web Browser applet to have them all automatically uploaded. Our Drag&Drop Up-loader will show you a Progress Window of each photo as it is uploaded, and will provide details on how much has already been uploaded and how much remains to be uploaded.
You can easily upload large numbers of photos at one time, but the Maximum File size of all files in a single upload should not exceed 2 Megabytes ( we may raise this file size limit in the future). Currently the largest single file size that can be uploaded is 2MB.
Although we recommend that you keep the maximum number of photos in each of your Galleries to no more then 50, it is possible to upload many more then this, although it will effect the time it takes your gallery to load for visitors that wish to view it.
If you used the "Java Drag&Drop Up-loader" after your images have been uploaded you must refresh your browser window, to update the number of photos that are currently displayed in your Gallery Categories. When manually uploading files using our Form Submission where you individually select each photo to upload, upon completion of the upload the screen with auto-refresh to indicate the current number of photos in each category.
Now that you have Uploaded some photos:
Each category you add will show up on the left side of the "Administrative Page" just beneath "User Categories". When you have more then 1 User Category there will be a Blue Circle with a White Arrow in it that allows you to change the order of your categories, and determines how they will show up later in Visitor View to your Web Portfolio Guest, when they click On "Portfolio" to see the different photography categories you have available.
To the right of every Category you create are 7 Icons that represent different settings you have control over for each of you Categories:
Rename Category
Upload/Delete - An alternative section for Uploading Photos or for Deleting photos from a Category (To Delete a Photo just click the Red "X"). You can also add a Caption to any of your photos by clicking the link for "click here to add/edit a description"
Image Order - Drag & Drop Images to change their display order or move images from one category to Main Administration Page. When moving Images from one category to another you must select Select Category2, to load a second category from which to move images to/from. After selecting a second category be sure to click the "Change" button to load it.
After making any changes to Image Order or swapping Images between Categories click "Save Changes" to make everything permanent.
Password Protection - If you desire, every Category can have a different Private Login ID & Password, and any Category can be hidden, so it does not show-up in the Drop Down List of Available Portfolios. A great feature when you are working on projects for clients that do not want anything known about the projects, while providing a secure means for your client to quickly Login to a Web Page of the work-in-progress, as you quickly upload Images to this Private Gallery throughout the day. This can also be used to make Custom Portfolios targeted for Specific Clients.
Color/Text Scheme - Incredible Power to Customize the look of you Gallery, either Globally for all of your Pages, or selectively on a Page by Page basis. - No HTML needed to change:
USER DEFINABLE SETTINGS:
Page Max Height:
Page Margin: The distance between your Pages edges and the thin Horizontal Border that surrounds your pages Images & Navigational Links
Horizontal Images Width:
Vertical Images Height:
Thumbnail Images Width:
Thumbnail Images Alignment: either to the left or the right of your Large Image
Thumbnail Images Column(s): From 1 to 5 rows of Thumbnail Images located
Font Family:
Font Color: Point & Click to use our built-in Color Picker or enter the HEX number of any color you want.
Font Size:
Background Color: The background color of your Page - Point & Click to use our built-in Color Picker or enter the HEX number of any color you want.
Border Color: The color of the Rectangular Border around your page. Point & Click to use our built-in Color Picker or enter the HEX number of any color you want.
Separator Color: The color of the Vertical separators & Navigation Arrows on your Page. Point & Click to use our built-in Color Picker or enter the HEX number of any color you want.
Visitor View - A quick link to see your final Web Page as a visitor will wee it. Use this to preview your changes as they are made.
Delete Category - Delete a category along with all of the images contained within it.
Towards the bottom of the Page is a section called "User Pages". This area allows the Member (Gallery Administrator) to create new "User Pages"
These pages show up in the Navigation Bar of the Members Web Site (the view Visitors to your Web Site see), as additional Menu items that run along the top navigation bar. This is where you would add additional sections to your Web Site for: Contact, About, Biography, Client List, Links, Print Prices, Stock Subjects, or any other area of Text Content you would like on your Web Site.
To create a new section:
Next to " New page name: *" enter a name for the section, and click "Add"
To edit the content that is displayed in the newly created section click " Edit Page"
NOTE: Whenever you are not on the Main Administration Page, you can easily get back there by doing 1 of the following:
Click the Blue Link for galleries located in the top left corner of any page
Click the link for "return to Administrative Page " locate in the upper right area of any page.
- How can I delete my Profile from Photographers.com?
If you are no longer engaged in Professional Photography or would like to have your listing removed from our Worldwide Directory of Professional Photographers for some other reason:
Please try this method first:
•Login to Photographers.com
• If you have not been to Photographers.com for some time, upon logging in you must first agree to our "Member Terms/Agreement".
• At the bottom of the next page select: "Option 2: If you are not interested in a Profile Package at this time click the button and your listing will be deleted from our Database."
• If you were able to Login and bypass the "Member Terms/Agreement" because you have previously completed this step, go to Packages: Current Packages & Resources · Purchase a Display Package and at the bottom of the page you will find "Option 2: If you are not interested in a Profile Package at this time click the button and your listing will be deleted from our Database."
• On the following "Delete Profile Confirmation page" check the box for "I am not interested in a Photographers.com Paid Professional Photographer Profile with Image Display at this time, please cancel this registration.", and you should receive the Confirmation Message: "Member has been successfully deleted!"
If you have any problem deleting your listing on your own, you may use this second method:
• Send an E-mail to admin@photographers.com with the Subject "Delete Listing"
• Be sure to include your:
• E-mail ID: The primary E-mail address you have listed in your Profile
• Your full name: First name & last name
• and your current Telephone Number - so we may properly confirm we are deleting the correct listing.
We will be sorry to see you go, but will always welcome you back!
- How can I add a link on my Web Site to Photographers.com?
It would be very much appreciated if you would add a link on your Web Site back to Photographers.com — particularly from your Home Page.
Examples:
Text Link:
<a href="http://photographers.com">Photographers.Com</a>
Logo Link:
<a href="http://photographers.com" target="_blank"><img width="235" height="64" src="http://photographers.com/images/logo.jpg" alt="Photographers.Com" border="0"/></a>
This helps in keeping Photographers.com listed at the top of the search engines, which benefits all of the Members, including you.
- What is the refund policy?
On a new Yearly Plan we offer a Full 100% Refund during your first 30 days with no pro-rated usage charges. Refunds following your first 30 day are subject to a pro-rated refund and a $10 Administrative Fee to cover the manual processing of the refund, and the time required for communicating with the Member. The Pro-rated charges are calculated by dividing the Amount Paid by 12 Months, and then charging only for each full and any partial month used.
If the charge was a result of an auto-renewal following the end of a previous years paid membership, and you did not intend to renew, the refund must be requested with 60 days of the charge. This should provide sufficient time for you to review your credit card statement.
There are no refunds on Monthly Payment Plans - just cancel your plan, by deleting your Member Listing, before the renewal date of the next month.
If you have a special situation please contact admin@photographers.com, and we will do everything we can to accommodate your situation. Phone (954)433.8888 - Eastern USA Time Zone.
