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@chromaco wrote:
You need to upload it into your user profile under personal photo.
– Thanks. It is within “Symbiostock Profile and Extended Network Info” section. I appreciated your help.
@ajt wrote:
It is in Network tab.
– Where did you find it? Are you referring to “Site Avatar” (32px x 32px) which is different than Author Avatar (150px x 150px)?
@rolfo wrote:
There is a very easy solution to get more people into Symbiostock – Give Symbiostock Agencies capacity!
If we have the possibilities to invite non-self-hosting-artists to join our site ( in a more classic agency way but with way better conditions for the artists) we could grow much faster.
Well, IMHO it is not so easy as “Give SYM agencies capacity!”, it will be the same as all other agencies. You will have hosts costs, therefore will have to charge a “high” commission, worry about payouts, files stored, and all other issues. I agree that a lot of people won’t fit due not self-hosting, but I don’t think SYM should be an agency to host all photographers, but I would say Give Symbiostock Agencies capacity! in the Symbiostock.com page as an agency look and capacity for searching images among the network and so on. Regarding your neighborhoods, maybe you can host them into your SYM as another user and charge them a percentual and manage all payouts and so on. If I’m not wrong SYM you get to add other authors. ;0)
Adding improvements:
5. Get to list by upload date, so I get just to batch edit the lates uploaded images (Lot or batch) or the images uploaded in certain date. ;0)
6. coming soon…
@christine wrote:
1. To select,/unselect all, click on the number of images just after the search box
– Thanks for the tip of the “Hidden egg”. :0) I appreciated that.
Just to inform, I have tested for you in my SYM site and created an user as “atest” and with the password as it too, and it worked ok. I have received the email as username/password as “atest” instead of “encrypted” password. Haven’t you added some plug-in to encrypt or generate an automatic password for new users?
Regarding EL I can’t help you yet, because I have not set it yet on my SYM back-end.
Good luck in your search to fix it. Share with us if you got to to solve and how did you solve.
Two questions:
1. Have you tried to create an account with username different than the password? Who knows. :0)
2. Have your tried to rename your plug-in folder to plug-in.old to check if it is some plug-in issue? Maybe rename it and create a new folder plug-in and move each plug-in once a time to test and find out which one may be causing the issue.
Well, just a suggestion to try to figure it out. ;0)
Even iStockphoto closed iStockphoto PRO
Well, exclusive subject is too much extensive. Just a short comment last year I’ve left the exclusivity after 10 years as a member and I think 7 of them as exclusive. I don’t intend again to keep all my eggs in one basket once now a days it is my only income. So,if one fails I have the chance to be covered by other. Besides that I still do not earn enough from stock agencies, so I still have to much work to do. :0)
Regarding the paid advertisement, I have mentioned in another thread to Leo: another idea (rough idea) for 2014 would be the network would have a budget to invest in Symbiostock.com advertise monthly. So, members which contributed with the budget within that month, will be the “Featured members” and have their images placed better in the search results at the Symbiostock.com. Member that do not contribute in that month is not in the “Ad/Campaign Network”. The budget would be paid to a Leo PayPal account that would manage the advertisement in Google Ads, other months printing ads in design/advertising magazines, and others, and other places. Well something like that. Also as JoAnn said: It must define very well the target and media, otherwise it can easily be a waste of a huge sum of money if you don’t know how to target it well.
As Shelma1 said, I also I’d love to see Symbiostock take off and I think it is an stunning idea from Leo. But so far uploading to Symbiostock seems nobody is doing good, so the paid advertisement would be one try, another try, maybe a free image of the week on the main Symbiostock.com cover site to bring users, buyers, spread symbiostock. Also, Shelma1 and I had commented a rework for the entire network 1st page as a regular stock agency main page site for selling images with search and so on.
With the multilingual SYM I think I’ll get to reach a bunch of customers that wouldn’treach just with English SYM version. So it is another step that SYM community need to share the multilingual files (I’m still on 70%). Sure I need some adjustments to solve like posted here and here.
Go Symbiostock and Leo! You’re going to take off soon!
@cascoly wrote:
…those who can’t take the time to learn the minimal amount of web design to run wp & sym are not likely to jump at the new sym either —
I agree, and would add, those who can’t take the time to learn the minimal amount of web design to run wp & sym use agencies to upload their images as we also do. ;0)
high priority would be to document the current system so that we can really make this an open source project where other developers can contribute
IMHO, I don’t think Leo should expend time on it as high priority. Maybe Leo would place a poll with intended changes/fix priority to be done and menbers would vote for priority. ;0) Maybe for those interested in open project (developers) would use the forum Development where Leo would follow when needed.
@leo wrote:
…I’ve decided to continue developing this version and refining it continuously.
Great good to know.
When things are set, I’m going to make a simple-symbio which is cloud based. It would be as wordpress.com is to wordpress.org — a simple, limited solution to those who “want something handed to them”. As things work out, it might just fund this part of Symbio which is more a more driven audience, and more independent.
– I think it needs a better research if it is really needed or if it is really what photographers want. Ok, if you think like a “facebook” system where anyone can use if no programming, wp, plugins knowledge needed.
… If you look at the success stories of things like Google, Facebook, Twitter — you can see that exceptional ideas do not need promotion, as they tend to gather their own popularity.
I think you have already an amazing idea the SYM network (photographers network to sell their images into their own site). Well, I bet these success companies had some kind of adv or promotion to spread it. I remember receiving invite or something like that through email mkt and so on.
Well, just changing some thoughts. ;0) Have a nice Sunday guys.
I’m new with SYM theme and my site is not even complete, but I would say:
1. IMHO, bugs always will face anywhere. Don’t you see how many bug iStock faces as well other agencies. Which software do you use that doesn’t have a bug to fix? IMHO even changind the whell won’t get a 100% running site.
2. To keep SYM theme as WP theme is a wonderfull solution because it is a “stable” CMS and you have the option to use “endless” plugins that can complete your needs into your SYM theme where it isn’t some thing that Leo or new people in the future involved in the SYM theme development will need to worry about.
3. As other said, I think the 2014 must focus in buyers and keeping theme improvement. How I saw in the poll showing the # of files members on the SYM network got to sell, it for a lot of people doesn’t encourage them to create their own SYM site vs time effort. It is easier to put in the low tier agencies than build its own. Those that have it really enjoy to build and believe that can make difference, but as Shelma1 said, I agree that: “Symbiostock.com has to be redesigned to be the place for everyone, with a search box for buyers and links to instructions for setting up a site and the forums for sellers.. IMHO, the network main search page and a small link on the bottom: Want to be a contributor, pointing to forum, download and so on.
4. Another idea (rough idea) for 2014 would be the network would have a budget to invest in Symbiostock.com advertise monthly. So, members which contributed with the budget within that month, will be the “Featured members” and have their images placed better in the search results at the Symbiostock.com. The budget would be paid to a Leo PayPal account that would manage the advertisement in Google Ads, other months printing ads in design/advertising magazines, and others, and other places. Well something like that.
Well, just a thought. ;0)
@ezeepics wrote:
@leo wrote:
Its your “Page Layout Builder” plugin. When it was deactivated the problem was removed.
You will have to go through and reactivate the plugins you wish.
Ah! Means that if I keep the Page Layout Builder activate there’s no chance to have sub items in the menu? This is sad…I have to check out for other Page builder who allows this. Thank you so much Leo.
I have heard that it isn’t a good idea to have sub items in the menu due people accessing your SYM site from tablets and smartphones. It would work better on them without submenus. Not sure and didn’t test it myself. ;0)
PLUGIN or back end Multiple currency
I need a plugin to chance the currency before clicking on the “Download” button. I mean, as my SYM is multi-lingual, Englis and Brazilian Portuguese, I need two Shop Currency, USD ( US$ – US Dollars $) when users access English Version of the site and BRL (R$ – Reais ) when users access the Brazilian Portuguese version of the site.
Does anybody know some PayPal plug-in that would achieve that to work with SYM theme?Not sure if you’re aware that you can prevent it by editing your .HTACCESS file as shown here.
Maybe on the line 5 in the .HTACCESS shown in the article you can point to an image written “You need to purchase a license for this image at mysyte.com” ;0)
Not sure if it will block also the images to be shown in the Google results, I didn’t try it yet.
Is it based on the latest month, year or life time?
Maybe it would be cool to create also this poll like for each month…. How was you December 2013… maybe one for download and other for income. :0)
