Photography Marketing

This post highlights a CSS Only Drop Down Menu that was modified for Photoshelter from Superfish CSS Drop Down Menu for Joomla!. The reason to use a CSS only menu is that for security reasons Photoshelter (Photography Websites), does not allow scripting to be imported into their templates. This is why a CSS only menu solution is the best solution for Photoshelter customization. Not only does a CSS only drop down menu work with Photoshelter, but it loads faster than other web menu methods, and all the while contributing excellent SEO to your website.

Here are some links to working examples:
CSS Only Drop Down Menu Code
Colorado Stock Photography
Stock Photography of Western Canada

Here is a working example of SuperFish for Joomla! menu:
The World’s Best Colon Cleanse – Original Joomla! Superfish component customized with rounded corners

Me with some of the familiar faces of Photoshelter
(Rachel, Me, Allen, Grover and Andrew – Photo by Mellissa Diggles)

If you have read my blog before you will know that I am a big fan of Photoshelter. If you are not familiar with Photoshelter, they are the place on the web where photographers get seen and sell their work. It is my opinion that Photoshelter provides photographers with the most complete set of tools available to maximize the benefits of the web. With my Photoshelter customization website northerncoloradophotography.com, I am able to set up a searchable archive for my stock images, provide traditional customers with access to their images via the web, offer online order fulfillment, and seamlessly integrate all of this with my existing portfolio website and blog.

While on a family trip to the east coast for our niece’s wedding I took the opportunity to visit the hub, the center, the heart of Photoshelter. When we got to Union Square where Photoshelter is located we noticed that a commercial photoshoot was going on, very cool, I thought that Photoshelter was behind it so I looked around a bit but came to the conclusion that they weren’t – the funny thing is that when looking at Photoshelter’s blog today there is a post about it – you can read about it on A Picture’s Worth.

Anyway, we found the building located at 33 Union Square West and headed on up to the second floor. When the elevator opened I saw the Photoshelter logo and knew we were in the right place. First I want to mention how friendly everyone is and how my family and I felt very welcome. After introductions and a brief tour I talked a bit with Allen and Andrew about marketing a photography website. They shared with me some of their insights and let me know they are getting close to unveiling the next set of PSA upgrades – can’t wait to see exactly what they are…

What I gathered from my visit reinforces what I already know, Photoshelter is about photographers. A company that is continuously providing us with web based infrastructure, effective web marketing tools and the knowledge to utilize both with the free SEO resources of sites such as Google, Twitter, Facebook and whatever comes next.

Thank you again Photoshelter for your hospitality. Allen, my family agrees, the pizza at Patsy’s is delicious!

Photography Web Design Facebook Fan Page – click link to see a Photoshelter flash gallery embedded to Facebook fan page and by all means show me some love and click the like button!

Before you can add a Photoshelter flash gallery to a Facebook fan page you need to install
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“Warren Diggles decided to “dig” into his customization and came up with a very different look. He also set up a CNAME so that he could use his own domain instead of PhotoShelter.com.” – By Allen Murabayashi A Pictures Worth Blog

Today, Photoshelter (The online storefront and archive for serious photographers) posted a story on A Picture’s Worth blog promoting PSA Site Customization. And they were kind enough to include the Photoshelter website customization of our website! For an example of what seamless customization compare how my current website warrendiggles.com compares with Photoshelter’s online storefront tools northerncoloradophotography.com!

If your company currently uses third party tools to add functionality to your website, contact us and we can explore the possibility of seamlessly customizing these features to your company’s online presence.

Photoshelter seamless website customization is a tool for photographers to create a custom website store “facade” or “skin” that will flow seamlessly with your current website architecture and design, or you can create a standalone website complete with a storefront for accepting online orders.