--- The Art of Stitching <Karen@...>
wrote:

> Along with the thumbnail for the item page there is
> also another
> thumbnail needed for the item list page, ones that
> show all the designs
> in the category. You click on an item in the list
> and it brings up that
> item by itself on a page with all of the
> information. You make a smaller
> image instead of just resizing the thumbnail for
> quicker page load. This
> would be important if the designer had a lot of
> patterns in her category.

OK That makes sense. :)

> I think as long as the page is in there it should be
> all right. I can
> add the pages to the front if we need to.

It could end up being a huge job if we are successful.

> If , in some twist of fate, this site takes off and
> becomes huge, then
> we'd probably be able to afford paying the for our
> own space with
> Dreamhost and could transfer everything over to it.

Yes I'd like to stay with Dreamhost I like them
because they are reliable!

> I'll talk with Don and see if he'll set up a new
> area on my account. It
> would, however, be nice to name that space what
> we're naming the site so
> perhaps we should think of that soon!

I liked Designs on Demand. DOM Stands for dominant
and let's hope we end up the dominant instant download
site. :)

> No, I don't think the designer should be required to
> have a web site. I
> think one of the purposes of having something like
> this is for those
> that don't have a web site but would like to sell
> their designs.

I'm glad you agree. It will give designers who don't
know how to put a web site together the opportunity to
showcase their designs.

> We
> would have to get approval for the Exclusive message
> from the designer
> just in case she also sells somewhere else.

LOL Yes everything like that will have to be doubled
checked. I was running off at the mouth without
explaining myself as usual!

> How about a total of 10 designs every week or two
> weeks.

Let's say every two weeks to begin with. If we find
we are not run off our feet, we can allow 10 designs
every week.

> No, I don't want to hurt her. I do feel badly about
> keeping this from
> her, but then again, she hasn't exactly earned the
> right to be invited
> into this project.

No she hasn't. I like Stoyanka so I'm not bad
mouthing her on purpose but she has held us up so
often on the Expo. The last thing we want with this
new venture is somebody who only gives 20% when we
need 100%.

> Neither has Steve for that
> matter. I know he's been
> busy, but there is no excuse for the lack of
> communication.

Steve is a disappointment. The way he started off was
a real asset. Perhaps he became frustrated after the
first Expo when he realised the designers don't go out
of their way to help us and Stoyanka more or less
sites back and dishes out orders. I noticed she
mainly asks Donna to do things for her.

> Yes, two would probably be fine. If they were going
> to share it, they'd
> just share their own file.

Yes and if they are the kind of people who share, it
won't matter if they download the file once or twice
they are still going to share.

I know now we can set the number times a file can be
downloaded. If a file isn't downloaded, does it
expire? I know some of the cross stitch women only
get online once every few weeks. I am wondering if by
the time they get online the expiry date might have
elapsed. Is there a way to set it up so the file can
been download twice and an expiry date set for two
weeks if the file hasn't been downloaded.

> If we 'send a payment' rather than 'make a payment'
> will the fees be
> taken from our sites account?

No. When we send a payment to the designers, they
cover the PayPal transaction fees.

> If they are, then we
> should require that
> the original fees from the customer be taken out
> before we divide up the
> money. If the designer has to pay the fees then we
> shouldn't. Does that
> make sense?

Sending money through PayPal doesn't cost the sender a
cent. Only the receiver covers the transaction fees.

> Well, I think that we need to take our time with
> this and make sure we
> test out everything very well before we open.

Yes. We will want to know the site and all it's
workings inside out before we take it live.

> You're right, I'm just getting caught up in this and
> have forgotten basic netiquette!

I love your enthusiasm! don't loose it, just reign it
in slightly. :)

> See, you two have many more connections than I do!
> :)

LOL They are not important connections but some of
them might come in handy.

> We need to have the designer's name put on the
> e-mail so we'll know
> right off who gets credit for the money.

Couldn't add to the PayPal code 'AOS - Time for fun.'
Where we have 'Expo' replace it with initials of the
designs name or web site.

I do like the name Designs on Demand!

I've got some colour schemes for you to play with.
You might hate all of them. I haven't tested them to
see what they are like. I don't know if the colours
will clash but most shouldn't.

Light Site 1
Background #FFFFFF
Contrast Dark Cream or Light Fawn #FEEECC
Dark Text #800000

Light Site 2
Background #ECF3F9
Contrast Dark Blue #336699
Main Text #000000
Contrast Text #FFFFFF (I'm not mad on two different
coloured text on the page. I don't mind a different
coloured text if we want to draw attention to
something like a special offer)

Light Site 3
Background #FFFFFF
Contrast Dark Fawn/Brown #AF8C55
Dark Text #000000

Light Site 4
Background #FDFDEE
Contrast Dark Mustard #B0965B
Dark Text #000000

Light Site 5
Background #FFFFFF
Contrast Medium Lilac #CCCCFF
Dark Text #0000FF

Gray Site 1
Background #EEEEEE
Contrast Medium Gray #DDDBC7
Dark Text #808080

Gray Site 2
Background #E4E8F1
Contrast Medium Gray #BFCBE3
Dark Text #62769B

Medium Site 1
Background #FFFFFF
Contrast Medium Beige #D0EEB3
Dark Text #703A2C

Medium Site 2
Background #ECDFC8
Contrast Medium/Dark Beige #DFC4A0
Dark Text #993300

Blue/Gray Site
Background #FFFFFF
Contrast Medium Gray #ABBBD3
Dark Text #764176

Dark Blue Site
Background #4169E1
Contrast Medium Blue #1E90FF
Light Text #FFFFFF or # 87CEFA

I'm leaving for work now.

Rick


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