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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

03/03/2013 08:56:09 PM · #1

so i'm trying to integrate into my website a proof section where users can log in and see their proofs.

im thinking i can handle this with wordpress somehow. my site is html and its going to stay that way, but i have no problem creating a secondary site for proofing where users can login with credential i give them.

is this possible? where to start?

IAmEliKatz

Nikon D5

03/03/2013 09:17:39 PM · #2

Check this out.

SafeLight

It's doable on your own but can be time consuming if starting from scratch.

Dr.Confuser

Nikon D800

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/03/2013 09:32:56 PM · #3

I do this via SmugMug. Works great. I protect and disable printing on proof galleries with low res proofs. I put hi res deliverable photos selected into high res delivery galleries.

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/03/2013 10:17:21 PM · #4

i actually found a pretty good tutorial using the next gen gallery plugin, work pretty good, i just need to figure out how to get them to place and send me the order.

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

03/04/2013 07:24:49 AM · #5

you might want to look at the sell media plugin from graphpaperpress. the plugin is free and it works as advertised. when first released it was very much like the original smugmug, where you had to upload fullsize, delivery-ready images. it is evolving, to allow for both proofing and reprint sales (much like exposure manager, where you can upload batch prepped previews and save precious editing time for when someone actually orders something).

as with most things wordpress, you'll find you can do a lot for free, but that you can do more if you pay. while the plugin is free, you may want some or all of the extensions, which are reasonably priced (especially the business bundle). while the plugin (and extensions) will work with any theme (even ones built from scratch), gpp offers some of the best photography-based themes on the market.

their galleries beat the heck of of next gen. they are all html5 (requiring no flash) and they are mobile and tablet friendly. for many of their themes (they have 39 at this point), the galleries are automatic: create a post, upload images, and publish. no shortcodes, nothing. just drop the images and you're done.

some of their themes are easier to configure than others, but once you get a handle on it, it's pretty much smooth sailing. the only complaint i have is that some themes have really cool functionality that is not available in other themes, requiring some hacking, cutting, and pasting.

i went all in with a lifetime subscription. others may want to start with an annual subscription and then upgrade. like most web-based services, they don't publish a phone number; unlike most, they do publish a physical address. they have employees and are very responsive on their support forum. i've been using wordpress as a base for building websites for nearly 5 years and these guys are the first ones where i've really felt like i've gotten my money's worth.

getting back to your original question, this might not be the be-all-end-all solution, but it should get you pretty close.

coronamv

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM for Canon

03/04/2013 09:42:45 AM · #6

Zen Photo
Is the Answer. Free works on the same system as many of the pay gallery. You can create accounts for users password protect, watermark and upload using FTP to your host the whole shoot with one clcik drag and drop. Did I mention it is free and depending on your host you can back up the system. There are many plugins that allow for your own clcik to purchase photo pricing and size. Mnay great feature. Please Wordpress users BE OFFENDED using wordpress to create a blog is not the same as creating a website. Too little control over design. It is like putting a sticker on the window of your car and claiming you can build cars. Thanks

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Message edited by author 2013-03-04 09:47:45.

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/04/2013 01:29:20 PM · #7

Originally posted by coronamv:

Please Wordpress users BE OFFENDED using wordpress to create a blog is not the same as creating a website. Too little control over design. It is like putting a sticker on the window of your car and claiming you can build cars. Thanks

seriously? you want to slam wordpress while offering nothing different? great salesmanship there, dude. especially given that you obviously don't have a clue about wordpress, it's capabilities, or what's under the hood...

zenphoto looks ok, but it is far from being the be-all-end-all solution. as far as a cms goes, personally, i'd prefer one with a lot more broad-based support than one with such limited appeal (ie, appealing only to photographers as opposed to the world at large).

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

03/04/2013 01:42:47 PM · #8

Coronamv, have you ever used WordPress? It's just PHP. You can build whatever design you want or extend an existing theme. You are by no means restricted to using the default or third party themes.

Damon

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR

03/04/2013 01:58:52 PM · #9

Im a Wordpress convert coming from Joomla and actually Love it. The open source community has every possible option available to host any kind of site you need. You may want to research what you are slamming before commenting IMHO.

Ann

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro

03/04/2013 02:17:17 PM · #10

I look at everything from a security perspective (it's what I do for a living). Most content management systems are *terrible* as far as security, and I would never consider using any of the smaller ones. For security, I really like wordpress. Because of the large install base, the wordpress authors have had to take security seriously. It's also the easiest CMS to update when patches and upgrades are issued, which is the most important thing.

Be very careful using wordpress themes and plugins, though. Security is often a problem with them. The core wordpress software is safe as long as you you keep it updated, but a lot of the plugins, including the NextGen plugins, have security flaws, and a lot of the plugin authors are slow to fix them once the flaws are found.

I use wordpress for my blog/website, and I have had my site taken over by bad guys before. Twice. Both times, it was because of flaws in a particular form plugin. I do computer security for a living, so I should have known better.

What I do if I'm considering adding a new plugin to my wordpress site is to google:

wordpress plugin vulnerability

The hits you get from a search like this will usually be reports from security people about vulnerabilities they've found in specific versions of the plugin. For example, running this search for NextGen, the first hit I get is this. Reading through the link, it's a report from 2010 that says there's a flaw in versions 1.5.0 and 1.5.1, that was fixed in 1.5.2. It's old, it's fixed, it's not a problem.

However, looking through the rest of the first page of results show vulnerabilities that are found and fixed in versions 0.9.5, 1.5.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.3, 1.9.2, 1.9.5, 1.9.8, 1.9.11. The current version of NextGen is 1.9.12. What I get from this is that they do seem to be fixing security bugs as they're found (this is not the case with all wordpress plugins), but that they don't have any systematic means of ensuring that the code they're delivering is secure. My conclusion is that the NextGen plugins are probably fine as long as you stay on top of updates.

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 IF EX DG HSM for Canon

03/04/2013 02:33:44 PM · #11

from what i gather form nextgen is that they are gearing up toward a commercial offering so, i imaging security and updates wont be an issue, but thanks, i never even thought to consider that.

coronamv

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

03/10/2013 03:05:36 PM · #12

Originally posted by Skip:

Originally posted by coronamv:
Please Wordpress users BE OFFENDED using wordpress to create a blog is not the same as creating a website. Too little control over design. It is like putting a sticker on the window of your car and claiming you can build cars. Thanks

seriously? you want to slam wordpress while offering nothing different? great salesmanship there, dude. especially given that you obviously don't have a clue about wordpress, it's capabilities, or what's under the hood...

zenphoto looks ok, but it is far from being the be-all-end-all solution. as far as a cms goes, personally, i'd prefer one with a lot more broad-based support than one with such limited appeal (ie, appealing only to photographers as opposed to the world at large).

First I offered Zenphotos it works great for free. There are many other pay solutions, but I figured most people would like to aviod the cost involved. I say Joomla and wordpress cannot replace actually learning to code your own website. If you already know PHP then why use wordpress? If you dont want to code get a copy of dreamweaver. Not cheap but very effective wyswyg application.

IAmEliKatz

Nikon D5

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

03/10/2013 04:28:55 PM · #13

Just came across an interesting new portfolio site.

Here's the fstoppers review.

I think I may check this one out instead of hosting my own...//fstoppers.com/innovative-new-photo-sharing-site-in-a-league-of-its-own