Getting Started with the Photographers Shopping Cart

This is a special shopping cart just for photographers. It should be used in conjunction with the gallery photo shop. Put the photos in the galleries, and put the printable format options and prices here.

  1. Log into the CMS
  2. Go to Web pages
  3. Select Add Page
  4. From the page options under Directories & Advanced Features select More Advanced Features.
  5. Then Select Photographers Shopping Cart from the options
  6. Give your Photographers Shopping cart a Menu Heading Button and a Page Heading

The system then creates the Photographers shopping cart.

After the initial set up the next page goes through the set up procedure of this photographers Shopping cart. You can also access this screen via the “Web Pages” Tab on the main CMS Navigation. The “Web Pages” tab will display all of your pages including the page you just created.  Click on the edit icon that appears to the right of the page name to edit.

Setting up the Photographers Shop:

There are three aspects to the Photographers Shopping Cart that now need to be addressed.

  1.  Upload your Photos
    1. Preparing and Resizing Your Photos for the Web
    2. Understanding File names
    3. Understanding Folder and File Paths
    4. Uploading single images
    5. Using FTP for Bulk uploading
  2.  Setup the Shopping Cart (Tax, Freight, Currency etc)
  3. Create your Products (Print Sizes)

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Adding the cart Photgraphers Shopping Cart to your Web Site
Before you can upload your photos to your Web Site you need to prepare your photos or image files for the web.
Image file names need to be concise so that you know which image the user has purchased for print. Understanding this and putting it into practice is very important.
One important process in managing your photos is your ability to organise your files.
Options for uploading images

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