Day 3

Right.

Nothing to see here, glad we have satellite TV: WTF?!

I just spent hours trying to get an email subscription button into Wordpress and its bloody hard work. For a blog I would have though it was standard but appears a plugin is needed and some coding, plus a RSS feed account.

I did sort my Google Feedburner account up though so that should help a bit. It might be easier to just get a different theme or go straight for a TheImageFile account.

So what have I done? Well I looked into the code of other photo sites to see what they are using. I wasn't surprised to find they are also Wordpress sites and have been made using Photocrati, a theme designed for photographers. I have looked into this in the past. It is $89 and includes a built in webstore, BUT; it means organising all the prints myself. I prefer to let Loxely do that, I think.

So here is the plan I have devised based on the research today.

1. Start a basic TheImageFile trial
2. Set it up, use it, 
3. Change website theme to something better, consider full screen or galleries. Look at what other photographers have.
4. Buy a print myself, check that it can be sent to my address before the customers so I can check it.
5. Launch it.
   
   That will be it sorted so best get on with it!
   
   Feels like I'm not getting anywhere today but I must remember that these things take a while. Just got to keep on pushing and then it suddenly all works.