The Shotfarm Monthly
If you’re a manufacturer, you may have noticed that the uploader’s gotten a bit of a facelift over the weekend. Instead of our old Flash-based uploader, we’ve installed a really pretty drag-and-drop interface. The basic upload process is still the same, but when you get to the file selection page, now you can drag files Continue Reading…
The shotfarm team is excited to announce the rollout of our new Rich Media Hosting 2.0 platform, a robust update of the Rich Media Hosting offering we launched in 2011. Now all of shotfarm’s hosting customers are able to add the benefits of a world class Content Delivery Network to ensure that their eCommerce sites Continue Reading…
Spring Cleaning with Bulk Delete Many manufacturers are getting ready to upload their new spring lines. Today, we are rolling out new functionality for bulk delete. Until now, users have the ability to delete up to 72 assets at a time from the gallery by selecting all and clicking delete. Anyone who has used this Continue Reading…
Shotfarm’s user base has more than tripled in the last six months. No, seriously. Thanks to you we’re seeing the explosive growth we’d hoped for…and, luckily, that we planned for. In anticipation of the crazy holiday season, today we’ve launched shotfarm 2.0: a series of infrastructure updates that will allow our system to scale as Continue Reading…
…wouldn’t really be called a convention at all. Unfortunately, there is no “correct” way to name a product image file because every company has a slightly different workflow and therefore slightly different file naming need. Bed, Bath & Beyond, for example, would love for all of its manufacturers to name their files by UPC. E-commerce Continue Reading…
In the last two weeks we’ve added two new features to help strengthen the tie between shotfarm and your brand: Customize your shotfarm portal with your company’s logo! You can upload your company’s logo on the Settings and Invitations page in the My Company’s Settings tab. Once you’ve got your logo uploaded, just click the Continue Reading…
Last newsletter we mentioned the pending release of Public LightBoxes. This new feature 1) allows manufacturers to prepare specific LightBoxes for their resellers and co-workers (think “Spring 2001 Collection” or “Lifestyle Images”) and 2) allows retailers to prepare specific LightBoxes for their co-workers. Now that they’re launched, here’s a quick tutorial on how to use Continue Reading…
We’re rolling out three new related features that make uploading, organizing and sharing more powerful than we thought possible. These features truly set shotfarm apart from any other Asset Management system. Automatic LightBoxes When using the Manifest Uploader, you can now create multiple LightBoxes and populate them with assets simply by adding LightBox columns to Continue Reading…
Retail is not a philanthropic industry. It’s ok to admit it: you want (need) to make a profit. So why not do everything in your power to make it happen? Recent studies have shown that rich, dynamic content can increase your sales by more than 150%. And no, having a “zoom” view that’s exactly the Continue Reading…
by Shag Chowdhury If you’ve paid any attention to this space over the last few weeks, and particularly this month, you’ll know how very proud we are of our new hosted viewer, which is available in our new Plugin Store. You probably already know that with our hosted viewer, you won’t ever have to download, Continue Reading…
At long last, Shotfarm is thrilled to announce the launch of its new Plugin Store! We’ve spent the last year working to make sure that shotfarm simplifies image transfer and now we want to help you solve even more problems. Over the next few months, you’ll see several brand spanking new offerings in our Plugin Continue Reading…
With the launch of shotfarm’s new Plugin Store, you can now host images on your website straight from shotfarm’s image library! Never again will you have to deal with the manual process of downloading, renaming, resizing and transferring files to a separate hosting provider. Shotfarm’s new HTML5 viewer lets you showcase alternate images, deep zoom Continue Reading…
Live Help Got a question about how to do something in shotfarm? We’ve installed live help inside the application so you can chat with one of us any time you need to. Just click the Live Help link at the top of your screen–we’ll be waiting! Original Filename Download You told us you hated something Continue Reading…
Replace Asset One really exciting new feature we’re announcing this month, though, is the Replace feature. If you click the thumbnail on any asset in the gallery to view the asset details, you’ll notice a new action link at the bottom (if the asset belongs to you, of course!). Clicking “replace” will let you select Continue Reading…
Downloadable Copy Sheet Now that shotfarm’s solved your image request problems, we’re tackling your copy information problems, too! Manufacturers can provide critical copywriting information to resellers such as target market, unique features and benefits of each product. Just download the Copy Sheet Template using the link at the top of the Gallery, fill out the Continue Reading…
As always, we’ve been busy developing some cool new features for our members this month. This month’s new features include a Zip Download Caching tool and an Alternate View Field feature.
Embedded Viewer Adding to our popup viewer option, you can now embed the shotfarm hosted viewer directly onto your product page! This option requires slightly different code, but is still just as easy to implement as the popup. Sign up for our viewer beta program now by clicking on the Viewer Hosting tab in your Continue Reading…
We had some work done and we’re not ashamed to admit it. Yes, we had a bit of a facelift. Don’t worry, you’ll still recognize us…we just look like a younger, healthier version of ourselves. With our interface a little cleaner, we think shotfarm is more intuitive than ever. In particular, look for more visible Continue Reading…
I finally figured out what to do with all this sittin’ around time! The other day I looked over at my shelf only to find a copy of Adobe just sitting there. I figured, “what the heck – maybe some of these folks could use some help with their images.” I loaded it up and Continue Reading…
Endless Metaphors for Beta When shotfarm released in February, 2010, we called it pre-Beta (why not Alpha?). It was a strange time because we needed a few members for testing but had no way of controlling the site’s propagation once those members came on. And then, of course, there were plenty of days where we Continue Reading…
Did any of you notice a new tab sneak into the top of your shotfarm account? We’re thrilled to announce the beta launch of our Hosted Viewer! If you remember from our last newsletter (you did read every word, didn’t you?), our viewer is built completely in HTML5, supports alternate images, zoom and spin, and Continue Reading…
We told you they were coming and here they are! Shotfarm’s newest features pack a lot of punch… Tabbed Account page When you visit your account page, you’ll notice that it’s been divided into two tabs – one for your personal settings (like your password) and one for your company settings (the corporate address and Continue Reading…
This week, at the MobileBeat Conference, Facebook’s Erick Tseng announced that Facebook had surpassed 150 million users on mobile devices. When compared with Facebook’s primary online site of more than 400 million users, it doesn’t seem like much. But when you consider that just last February, the company announced it had cleared the milestone of Continue Reading…
Of the many coming features and enhancements in July, we thought we’d preview the four we’re most excited about. One of them answers the question we’ve been sidestepping since we launched the free exchange back in March: “So… how do you make money?” Well, the cat is officially out of the bag!
More than 40 new features, enhancements and fixes were released in June. Many thanks to John, Alex, Paul and Erik! As always, your feedback is welcome (encouraged, actually). Leave in the comments section below. Push your images straight to Scene7 (or any ftp)! Now you can send images you find on shotfarm directly into your Continue Reading…
