Hi Nicolas,
I heartily recommend Smugmug, I have been using it for several years
for my greatpix.eu site. The upload is quite easy with the Java
applet--just drag all the images into the window and click "Upload".
But by far the main advantage is the it is much more viewer-friendly
than Flickr. The navigation in Flickr is simply horrible, and it
really puts me off many otherwise good sites. Also, with Smugmug you
have many more customization options, should you want to change the
look and feel of your gallery.
I do not use Smugmug to sell prints, so in fact my only complaint
about the service is that the Print option is always on by default and
I have to remember to turn it off every time I create a new gallery.
Nathan
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On Jun 2, 2009, at 3:01 AM, Nicolas Mitchell wrote:
> G'day.
> I started looking at galleries after following links posted by you
> people. I loaded up Singapore and quite quickly rejected it as being
> unwieldy. Then, after that experience, and being lazy, rejected DIY
> galleries and looked at smugmug. (I should say that I have been using
> Flickr, which I don't mind so much but I always leave feeling that I
> need to achieve something, somehow: a comment, an invite, etc.)
> I'm trying smugmug now and so far I quite like it. Mainly because the
> default is to present images on black, something that Flickr doesn't
> seem to allow, and images look so much better on black. Secondly I
> like it because viewers have the opportunity to buy your images. What
> a revelation that was. The thought that someone might like a picture
> so much that they can buy a print. I think that's great.
> The upload tools are not as slick as Flickr's, but some effort
> required doesn't bother me. Also I quite liked the search facility and
> the ease of adding keywords to images. I guess the slowing down helps
> - an less featured upload tool helps you to consider what you're
> posting.
> I should search for myself, but here is this resource, you. I wonder
> what other galleries do you use and why?
> Best,
> Nic
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