If you want to show your pictures to the world, you could update them into photography community such as deviantart.com or flickr.com. But, if what you want is a stronger personality and the chance to customize your on-line photo gallery, read forward about the VisualServer for Artists (an on-line, fee-based website hosting and content management service).
VisualServer allows you to create your own website, in your style (color scheme and decorations, picture borders, text format, links style): you can choose from the templates without paying a designer (however, a new custom design can be created if you wish) and you won’t need a programmer either. A fact is that VisualServer is thought to keep the viewer’s attention on the work instead of an elaborate design. The Image Manager will allow you to create multiple categories, subcategories, and portfolios, drag portfolios from category to category, change the order of, portfolios within categories, drag images within a portfolio or between portfolios, edit image information and labels, put images into a recycle bin.
The site structure will contain a portfolio page (divided into categories if you want: macro, portraits, landscape, visited places… and anything else you want) with your uploaded photos (which you can change any time). This page will have thumbs of the photos and the current viewed image at a size of around 800×600 (this is important to the usability of the site: the user must see the entire image on the screen without scrooling).
Other pages suggested to build with this service are: a homepage (entrance), biography, and contact. Extend the number of pages to your needs with no difficulty (for example: a page containing a list of exhibitions, a page with links to other artists).
For existing websites, VisualServer service may be integrated as your website content manager.
As examples of the use of VisualServer, check the following websites:
http://www.jowhaley.com
http://brianedwards.visualserver.com/
http://williamscharf.com/
To purchese VisualServer Standard Package (150 images – Image/Portfolio Hit Stats $30 monthly or $300 annually), or see other Packages and prices, go to their homepage.
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My Name is Lau, I'm 23 and I'm from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Nature Photography is my passion, and secondary, Abstract Photography, but other kind of photographic challenges please me as well.
August 15th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
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