Professional web tools for the photographer

Recently my partner had an interesting experience and I have learned a lot from it too. He was asked by Nancy Morrison to be a model for some portrait photography. Nancy used to be a dancer and then decided to photograph dancers. She has moved on to photographing actors and couples now. Her portraits are wonderful, but she has been able to afford nice lenses and has learned photography very well, it seems. She is now a professional photographer.

My partner did the session and the results are here

Nancy has used a site to create her galleries. It is called zenfolio. As you can see, it costs, but not much. You can try a free trial and then sign up for a basic package, or pay more for a professional package. I’m not sure which one Nancy chose. What’s interesting about this site is that people cannot download the pictures. Not only that, it is easy to navigate and looks attractive.
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Ever wondered how to do this on a mock up web site? What is lipsum?

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.

Here’s the interpreter?

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Bukisa

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Bukisa is a bit like Squidoo.

It is a convenient, one-stop community where members can find information and educational content. Content includes articles, videos, presentations, audio recordings and image slideshows. In addition, members are paid ongoing royalties for their shared knowledge contributions.

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Customer service and help desk for web designers

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SmarterTrack 4.x is a powerful help desk application built for tracking, managing, and reporting on customer service and communications, including sales and support issues. Businesses can manage employees and company communications at distributed locations around the world from a Web browser—increasing the efficiency of virtual offices, mobile agents, and companies with multiple locations. Features include:

* A world-class Ticket solution that transforms service, sales, and support emails into a powerful information distribution system
* Live Chat, which gives businesses the ability to reduce phone calls, capture information on website visitors, and assist more customers
* WhosOn, which gives businesses real-time tracking of customers as they navigate websites, providing the opportunity to increase sales, expedite customer service, and gather information on site visitors
* A portal interface that is optimized for search engines and functions as the central hub for all communication channels
* Self-service resources, such as a Knowledge Base and news items, that allow customers to research and resolve questions and issues
* A Web-based interface that provides accessibility wherever an Internet connection is available
* An integrated survey system that can be triggered upon events
* More than 70 summary and trend reports with many levels of customization and filtering
* Support for multiple brands within a company

And, there is a free version (without as many features, obviously)

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