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wolfloid
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@ Kwalsh

thanks for the Smugmug recomendation. I've investigated the site, looked through all the features and it sounds great ... but, they do not give links to anyone's website who uses it. Now, I'm only interested in seeing how it works as a photographic gallery/portfolio, not as a photo business, or blog, or any other kind of website. Can anyone provide any links to an up and running photo gallery using Smugmug something like any of the following; laurastevens.co.uk/, nathaliebardou.com/,vanessawinship.com/,vivianmaier.com/ ? Thanks.



Oct 09, 2014 at 11:50 AM
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wolfloid wrote:
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Thanks. I had a look at your site and like its possibilities. Does that mean it is a one off payment, and then to upgrade to version 13 you'll have to pay an upgrade fee?


Yes! I use the Chameleon skin - there are different options.




Oct 09, 2014 at 01:00 PM
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You could try sqaurespace.com they're a front to back set-up, zero hassle for me so far.

Here's my site www.chrisgibbs.com you mentioned thumbnails, you can have those front & center or have a splash page like me. Note the gallery view, that's the default frontage for this template.

Chris



Oct 09, 2014 at 01:17 PM
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p.3 #4 · p.3 #4 · Minimalist B&W website


You can Google a bit for "smugmug customization examples". Here are a few I quickly found that probably meet the "minimalist" ethic:

http://www.lostonmarsphotography.com/
http://nkosihamilton.smugmug.com/
http://www.lmczajkowski.com/

Be aware in the past year or so they completely revamped their back and front ends to make customization a whole lot easier. So if you are researching the service be aware that a lot of older tutorials and what not showing a lot of direct HTML, CSS and Javascript writing is rarely necessary for a straightforward minimalist site. Of course such a large change has had pluses and minuses to those who formerly did a lot of customization on the old back end. I think it is probably a net positive for someone trying to do a simple clean site like you. There is a very active community for smugmug support and customization at http://www.dgrin.com/

Like most places they have a trial membership so you can evaluate if it does what you want. And like most places they have referral discounts, so if you do sign up for a trial and eventually choose them you'll get 20% off and I'll get a small cut in my subscription using a referral link:

http://secure.smugmug.com/signup?Coupon=MtVjIvHFzdevY

Just start your trial from that link and you'll be good to go for the 20% discount if you actually decide to use the service past the trial period.

I'd say if something like smugmug does get you what you want it is probably both cheaper and easier than starting from something like WordPress hosting or running some other roll your own install on a dedicated host. Mainly because the other options typically are going to cost more or be more restricted in storage and bandwidth than something like smugmug or zenfolio. But of course the other options exist for a reason and especially if you want to host things in a more blog like format rather than galleries you'd be better off starting from something based on WordPress.



Oct 09, 2014 at 02:52 PM
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