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lilcrazyfuzzy · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:52 pm

Last year we had a thread where I compiled a list of the top10 features that we need, the team completed a few (spreadsheets for stats, pagination for download page, search within portfolio)

So, it seemed to work to a certain extent and to have the approval of the admins, so let's drop some ideas in one thread (this one) and i'll do a list again and send it to setho.

0.
First and foremost, someone who answers to our request in this forum

1.
Top one priority would be an API with access to most of the informations.

2.
A view of the gallery with a way to edit, delete, mass delete (and mass edit?) pictures
And have access to stats for individual pictures
(More info: there is no proper way to delete or edit images at the moment, which really makes it a pain..get image ID, go to main page, status of submitted photos, edit image by ID, etc..)

3.
A profile page to which users have access
As well as an optional description space for each photo, where the photographer can link back to collections/series and self-crafted lightboxes (Bascially a field where the user can write some text with UBB formatting)
(More info: The users should have a way to contact us, possibly bookmark the page through the site (kinda like "favorite user"), i mean where is it better to do that than on THE subscription site?)

4.
Auto-categorize

5.
Info about what keyword combination was used to buy the image

6.
Free image of the week not in the weekly top50

7.
Polling system for threads in the forums

8.
A special page that lists EL sales with the buyers name + company ordered chronologically as a list.

9.
Referrals with a gallery should be listen on top of the list with number of sales and $ gained next to the name. Something like that, while the name links back to the gallery (and on the bottom, the total earnings):

Name___________Downloads_______Earnings
John Doe__________1000______________30$
Hillary C.__________2000______________60$
MacGyver new_______-_________________-

10.
To be able to order pictures in lightbox like sets and track sales for that particular set, also while browsing the gallery the buyers should be able to check those sets (We already asked for this particular feature many times in the past)

Additional requests:

11.
A way to move straight on to the next preview at full size instead of backing out and clicking the next image.

cofkocof · Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Posts: 232 Location: Slovenia

I think you covered pretty much all my wishes. Remebered two more nice features: suggesting categories based on keywords and showing the keywords that lead to the download.

PS: I hate it when I have to search for some image trough the batches, makes it almost imposible to find.

jppistu · Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 781 Location: Puget Sound region

How about RSS feeds for newly-approved photos, by photographer and by category? Given the widespread acceptance, use, and integration of RSS feeds throughout the Web, not having them here makes SS seem a little outdated.

lilcrazyfuzzy · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:53 am

drflash · Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Posts: 63

point 3 is for me the most important one

rinder99 · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:16 pm

I like things the way they are except for more and faster responce to questions and or support.

mandy · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 2349

Point 2 is very important to me. I so often see one of my images where I would like to add a keyword or delete one that I put by mistake but it's far too much hassle to find the image to edit it.

jppistu · Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 781 Location: Puget Sound region

lilcrazyfuzzy · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:56 pm

sledgehammer · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:58 am

I for one would certainly be a big fan of a profile for contributors, where we could put a little blurb about ourselves, a link to our own site maybe.
Also I do like the idea of knowing which keyword searches are leading to downloads, this helps enormously with knowing which keywords to use and could perhaps help with the keyword spamming issues that are so rampant.
Also more stats on image views, I know we have the option to see most popular but how many views an image gets helps us to know what is really needed and we can work a little more specifically this way.
Perhaps also a section where we can list some of our favourite images from other contributors as well as similar images.
And also, yeah sets and series would be helpful.

varius · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:57 am

I'd really like to have those "Rejection review" threads again. That did really help a lot.

rinder99 · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:15 pm

majaphoto · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:45 pm

#2 seems like the most important to me. When contributors are logged in, there should be an 'edit' icon button beneath each image in the gallery (alongside the current "lightbox" and "look closer" icons).

There is no easy way to add or revise keywords. We currently need to take a good guess as to which day the photo was uploaded and start digging through our 'accepted' batches. Completely user-unfriendly! At the very least a mini-thumbnail for each batch would make it easier to hunt around.

If buyers are asking for RSS feeds and little bios on each contributor, then go for it, but if it's just something 'cool' that would be fun then I don't think SS should waste too much time trying to make it happen...

rinder99 · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:55 pm

Great Idea, with the keyword issues we and the sites have it sure would be easier to re-do and fix unwanted or useless keywords. I've wanted to change a lot of mine and sure others have also, But the time it takes is overwhelming if ya have a large portfolio. Great Post!!

majaphoto · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:13 pm