I recently received this query from a customer.

I was checking out your product (Photography Orders) and wondered if you could integrate with a Photobiz.com website. I’m exploring various options for a shopping cart, but I’m completely clueless when it comes to what’s required (code in the actual website? A new domain name? Who’s hosting? etc). Would you be able to give me a little more info?

I get variants of this question a lot, so I thought I’d post the answer here.

So PhotoBiz is a hosted application. That means, your website with them always has to be hosted with them. Also, Photobiz don’t allow you certain access to the hosting account, so we can’t install Photography Orders on Photobiz servers.

This means, to integrate a Photobiz website with a Photography Orders shopping cart, you need another web hosting account for Photography Orders, and then you can place a link on your Photobiz website to Photography Orders.

So for hosting, there are a few options. We have a hosted account option, or you can sign up with another web host like Dreamhost. Here is a bit more information about hosting: http://www.photographyorders.com/hosting/

In terms of the domain, you can point a subdomain of johndoephotography.com to your Photography Orders. So for example, you could make clients.johndoephotography.com the address for Photography Orders.

You can also get a subdomain of Photography Orders. So for example, johndoe.photographyorders.com

The last option people sometimes choose is to register a new domain for Photography Orders – so for example, johndoeclients.com

In this video tutorial I look at the difference between private galleries and public galleries. Which ones you should use, how to add them as a photographer, and how your clients can view the photos in them.

Cheers,

Luke

It’s important for your branding to be consistent. Your design should look the same in all your materials – your brochures, business cards, website, and of course, shopping cart.

Now with the latest version (1.4) of Photography Orders, you can easily change the way it looks.

Here’s a video demonstration of me using the new features for going from the default (new) Royal Dark theme, to a red design.

Update 12/9/2010: Please note the installation process has changed since this video. Some steps below are no longer necessary. We are working on an updated video. Please follow the written installation instructions and ONLY use this video as a guide

We’re trying to make it easier for people to install Photography Orders. To be able to install Photography Orders, you need a general idea of how to use your web hosts control panel and how to upload files.

You can view the installation instructions here.

Some people are visual learners, so we’ve recorded a video of the installation process.

Don’t worry if you don’t think you can install Photography Orders – our installation service is only $30. Simply select option 2 on the order page.

We often get questions from photographers about the best way to integrate Photography Orders with their websites.

As a result of the feedback, we’ve just released a new tool that allows you to easily build a form for your website. The form allows your clients to login directly from your website, instead of having to go to a new page to login.

The form creator tool can be used for free from http://customer.photographyorders.com/form-creator/

Here’s a demonstration video that shows how to use it. Many thanks to our fantastic customer John de Garis Photography for letting us use his site for the demonstration.