Friday, December 21, 2007

Portfoliositez Forums

One of our customers (thanks Jennie!) suggested that we have a forums for our members to interact as a community. We thought this idea was so good we wanted to implement it immediately - thus the P3 forums was born. :-)


http://www.portfoliositez.com/forums/


Feel free to visit the forum anytime you'd like, whether your a portfoliositez client or not. :-)


have a wonderful weekend!
Jamie and Jen :-)

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

And The Winner Is.... :-)

AND THE WINNER IS:::
First we'd like to thank everyone for entering our contest and taking the time to provide us with your opinions, we greatly appreciate it! Without further ado, the winner is:

Sandra Krauss


Congratulations Sandra!! Please email info@portfoliositez.com to claim your free premium service with the template of your choice. :-)



CONTEST RESULTS:::
We received an overwhelming response to build in the shopping cart next. Starting right after the release of our new template Ansel (beginning of the year) we will work on building in our shopping cart and full client system. The shopping cart and client system will also include mini sites for your clients to use as personal sites for their events. Once you add a proofing gallery it will automatically be available on their mini site for their friends and family to view and order from. There are also 2 secret features that no other template company offers. These will be revealed the day the 4th template launches to ensure they remain a surprise ;-)



THE 4th TEMPLATE::
We will be building the shopping cart into our fourth template. We wanted to give everyone a chance to choose which template they would prefer to see built out next with the shopping cart. You can send all requests to info@portfoliositez.com or leave a comment below... We'd love to hear from you!! :-)


Option 1: Annie


home page sample 1

home page sample 2

homepage sample 3

gallery sample


info page sample



Option 2: Louis

home page sample

info page sample

gallery sample


Option 3: Pierre

home page sample

info page sample

gallery sample



Option 4: Frida

home sample

info sample

gallery sample



SNEAK PEAK: Ansel:::


home sample 1

home sample 2

home sample 3

home sample 4

info page sample

gallery sample


Features:

  • ability to upload a custom background
  • color changing per image for custom png backgrounds
  • many settings to turn on/off design styles to give the site a unique feel
  • move text panel anywhere on site and make any size
  • unlimited galleries
  • unlimited text sections with unlimited pages
  • home page slideshow
  • calendar
  • contact form
  • email database for newsletter
  • music jukebox
  • unlimited video galleries (premium)
  • unlimited proofing galleries (premium)
  • state of the art admin with bulk uploader, color picker, easy text editor, and much more!


COMPANY NEWS:::

* Our service prices will be increasing at the first of the year for new clients due to server cost increase. They will be $11/mo for standard and $16/mo for premium. This price change will not affect any current clients.
* The individual sale price will end on December 31st
* Stay tuned during the first week of January for the launch of the Ansel template




We would like to thank Nick Haskins, Kristi Eckberg, and Jessica Price for use of their images in our samples. :-)



Happy Holidays!!

Jamie and Jen =)

Monday, December 17, 2007

Client Highlight: Once Remembered

Client::: Once Remembered Photography
http://www.onceremembered.com/



We want to congratulate Bonnie from Once Remembered for creating such a stunning site using the Diego template. She truly utilized all the features in the best way possible. I highly recommend watching her homepage slideshow and seeing how she did the edging on her gallery portal images- just beautiful!



Company News:::
  • We will be announcing the winner of our feedback contest on the 20th - if you haven't entered yet see the contest information a couple posts down :-)
  • We will also announce the results of the feedback contest which determines our future plans.
  • Stay tuned on the 20th for screenshots of our upcoming template Ansel. Ansel will be launched the first week of January.
  • We will have 4-5 template designs available to vote on for our 4th template built out - so make sure to cast your vote to ensure the site you like is built out next!
  • Our sale pricing on Individual Templates and our free setup coupon are expiring soon be sure to take advantage!
  • Did we mention Dec. 20th will be a big day??? :-)

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Congratulations!!!

Today is an exciting day for us at Portfoliositez. Jamie officially took her last final and has graduated *with honors* with a BA in Fine Arts specializing in photography. :-)

Congratulations Jamie!!!!!

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Free Setup for the Holidays!!

Jen and I have had an excellent first few months and we wanted to share this by waiving the setup fee for all sign ups for our service from now until Christmas. The coupon code is CHRISTMAS07.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL!!
=) Jamie and Jen

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Contest, Answers, Programs, and more!

FEEDBACK CONTEST:
We will be announcing the feedback contest winner on Dec. 20th

We have come to a crossroads and we need your help. We have so many design ideas for new sites, and so many features we want to build in, and now we do not know what to do. We are currently working on the last template to launch this year and are unsure what our clients and potential clients would prefer after that. When the New Year comes around should we concentrate on building out more new sites first to get some variety in templates going faster, or should we concentrate on building in new features into the sites such as a shopping cart and stand-alone client proofing sites?

We decided the best way to find out is to ask what you would prefer, but of course there should be some incentive so if you send in a response to the below questions you will be entered into a drawing for a free premium service with the template of your choice!



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Feedback Contest Entries
Send entries with the following questions answered to info@portfoliositez.com

1. What would you prefer for the new year?
  • a) we build out many new designs before working on new features to allow more variety quicker
  • b) we concentrate on building in a shopping cart, third party slideshow support, and unlimited external client proofing sites into a new template
  • c) we concentrate on building in different features (please list features you would like)

2. Is there anything we are lacking in our templates or service that you would like to see?
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in case you were wondering, if you purchased a site before we announce the winner, and you win, you will receive a full refund for your purchase. :-)


FAQs:
Q. Can I adjust the site so it doesn't take over the browser and open full screen?
A. Yes! This is an option that you have full control over in the admin

Q. What is the difference between the services and your individual template purchase?
A. The service comes with hosting and the template of your choice. With the service you can upgrade your site to the latest versions, or change to any other template, for only $20- as often as you would like. If you buy the template individually it can be setup on any server that meets our requirements (available in our support knowledgebase). You will not have to option to upgrade or switch templates for $20. However if you do purchase another template outright you do get to keep both templates.

Q. Are you going to be building out more templates?
A. YES! We are always working on the latest template and plan to be releasing new sites on a regular basis. :-)

Q. Do you, or will you, have a shopping cart in your templates?
A. YES we will! We have the shopping cart designs all mapped out and ready to go. Better yet, we are also going to build in a full client system into sites with mini client sites that have shopping carts and proofing incorporated directly into their site. We also have 2 secret features going in that no other company offers - stay tuned!

Q. Do you have a trial version?
A. Because of the nature of our site and admin we do not have a trial version that you can download. Our admin is web-based so you do not need to know any ftp, programming, or advanced computer knowledge to update your site.

Q. Do you have a sample admin we can test?
A. YES! We understand the need to know whether our product is a good fit for you so we have setup a test site and admin. You can access the test admin at: http://www.portfoliositez.com/sampleadmin/sitezadmin/ using the password: sample . You can see your changes at http://portfoliositez.com/sampleadmin/. Please note: It is important that you clear your cache to make sure the latest info is displaying. If you are using IE then it is important to make sure your cache setting is set to 'every visit to the page'.

Q. Does your product work on MAC?
A. YES! Our product and admin is completely web based so it will allow you to edit your site from any computer at anytime as often as you would like!

Q. What do your sites come with?
A. Each templates comes with the following:
* unlimited galleries
* unlimited text sections with unlimited pages (each can have as much text as you would like)
* contact section with email form
* calendar section
* homepage slideshow
* splash page

Our premium sites/service comes with:
* client proofing
* video galleries

All new features in the future such as the shopping cart, mini client sites w/ proofing and cart, and the 2 secret features will always be included in the premium version on the sites, and will never be an extra.

PROGRAMS AND MORE:
Referral Program
. Since so many of our clients are referred from other client we felt it only fair to give back. For every 3 clients that you refer you will receive a $10 gift card to the store of your choice. :-)

Feedback. With a completely online business it is hard to show how reliable a company you are. That is why we created the 'praise' page. If you are a current client we would love any feedback you can offer. If you'd be willing, you can add feedback directly on our praise page.

Admin. Below are some screenshots of the admin to give you an idea of how you can edit your site.