instructions

Instructions :




About 80-90% of the work you do is within the galleries - adding/changing/deleting galleries/images/keywords/setting prices
Therefore:

When you add a gallery:
- click the add photos button, then new gallery
- enter a gallery title
- select the category (Portfolio, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer)
- set the theme to 'default'
- set the quick settings to 'quicksettings-sportsshotsbykristen'




Once the gallery is created - under the thumbnail of the gallery click the customize link
* you can change any settings as well as add a description and keywords
* NOTE: The 'quicksettings-sportsshotsbykristen' set all of this for you

- set the following:
* theme: default
* appearance: custom
* clean : yes
* camera info: no
* filename: yes
* thumbnails: square
* style: smugmug
* Sorts does not matter
* password and password hint - totally up to you and your customer
* privacy: public
* hello world: yes
* hello smuggers: yes
* ext links : yes
* protected: yes
* watermarking : yes (sportsshotswatermark is your new watermark)
* hide owner: no
* Largest size: - original
* photorank: yes
* comments: no
* easy share: yes
* friends edit: no
* family edit: no
* printable: yes
* community : none - note: if you have the gallery related to a community, the communities look/feel will override your look/feel - be careful


For setting prices, refer to these pages:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/print-pricing

http://www.smugmug.com/help/coupon-codes

http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-packages

http://www.smugmug.com/help/sell-digital-downloads

http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-sales-tax


Portfolio galleries and Home Page slideshow :
http://www.sportshotsbykristen.com/Portfolio
** Simply click on the gallery and add/change/delete images as you normally do


Web Site images and pages:
http://www.sportshotsbykristen.com/Other
** Your site visitors will not see this since the galleries are hidden...

Keywords and SEO:

On the Home page, If you click on the edit link next to the 'Your Bio' this will open the home page bio edit box. In this section is an area titled 'biotext' in which you can add keywords, etc.
I already did some for you. Feel free to add/change/delete and click the save button on the bottom to save.
You can also change your Homepage Meta Description by clicking on the tools - go to control panel - settings and changing the Homepage Meta Description
Read this about smugmug and keywords:

http://jrcustomization.com/2009/10/google-seo-references/

http://www.smugmug.com/help/keywords-tags



Find Page:
- Dynamic - you can move around the sections or hide them. To 'unhide' a section, click on the Homepage layout button and check the section you wish to appropriately unhide
Follow these guidelines for keywords and captions

http://wiki.smugmug.net/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1572960

http://www.smugmug.com/help/adobe

http://www.smugmug.com/help/web-photo-album

http://www.smugmug.com/help/keywords-tags

http://www.smugmug.com/help/control-panel - click on the settings link on the page





Content Pages - Specials, Custom Products, Fundraising, Price List, Meet Kristen, Sports Support, Feedback:
** You can simply edit the content by clicking on the edit button at the bottom of the screen. Add/change/delete content and click the save button when completed.
** To replace the image on the page, on the tools-and under 'this photo' select more - replace. You will then be ask to select the Photo you wish to replace :)
Once you replace the image, it takes a few moments to replace -you might need to refresh the page or start the browser over
http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-tools-menu
** You can add a new section by adding a photo via the add photo button. You can then enter the appropriate text.

Content Page - Events :
1. Simply go to the gallery you wish to add an image for into the events page
2. Select a picture within the gallery
3. Enter a caption for the picture
4. mouseover the picture and when the lightbox appears on the pictures, click on the 'collect photo' link
5. Pick a gallery - Other - events
6. The photo will now display on the events page with a caption and link to the gallery.




Content Pages - The Athelete, Contact page and Invite Me Page:
** You can simply edit the content by clicking on the edit button. Add/change/delete content and click the save button when completed.


Your form is hosted by Wufoo.com
http://www.wufoo.com
** Login same as smugmug
You can edit the form, review contacts, etc.... free. You can upgrade if you wish.
If you change the form and save it, it will appear on your site automatically...
(refresh your browser)