i'm making art site software

[rtil]

so my portfolio site hasn't been updated in over a year, and i'm revamping it. while i've been working on it i realized i left a barely started framework for an admin control panel to manage all the art and stuff on it. my goal with it was to make a place you could login on your own portfolio site and manage everything.

i'm gonna start working on this again and i want to release it someday in the future for free. basically how it would work is you would upload it on your website, go to the install page and get your art site running with little to no effort. here are some of the features i have in mind:

• art: upload art, flash, videos and embedded videos, put them into galleries, give them titles, descriptions and change their order.
• news: a simple front page with a blog you can update, or just a simple splash page
• resume: ability to upload resume in multiple formats
• contact: a contact page , pretty straightforward
• shop: a shop page with products.. might have to tie this in with something like bigcartel
• ability to customize layout with templates, css and images

it will be a while until i have a working demo people can play with, but i'd like to hear suggestions from you guys since most of you are artists as well who would be managing a portfolio site.

i'm doing this because i'd like it for myself and i have not seen any software geared towards artists who are looking to have a fully functioning portfolio site and not just a gallery (like lightbox)

so hit me  

[Casey Pixmintro]

sounds cool, i'd totally use it.

RtilWebs or make it with a z that makes it grab consumers
RtilWebzzz

[rtil]

lmao , i'm calling it VanillaArt for now, unless i find a name i like a lot better

but i'm more looking for ideas on features or what you'd like to see when you use it. of course this will be easier with a demo but that's not possible atm

[DrRumack]

it needs a catchy name like cutedge or webzone or interslice

[rtil]

lmao i think i'm fine on name suggestions but thank you

[shmeckelbutt]

seems pretty straight forward

dont know what else it could possibly need

[DrRumack]

i like those things where when you hover over a picture there's a detail square

that should be an option if you can do that

[BluPhoenix]

it needs a catchy name like cutedge or webzone or interslice

took the words right outta my mouth

[CVG]

It would be cool to have a function that lets you load little flash movie clips to insert and decorate the page with, like if I wanted a little movieclip of a character just doing little random things on a loop in the corner page while a person browses the info. Maybe a way to see comic pages spread out if you click a set gallery intended to be seen in a 2 page spread or like a grid of 4 pics and an arrow to click right and cycle to the next 4, instead of just one at a time if that makes sense. Maybe a function where clicking a CV or Resume opens it up in acrobat for easy printing. A link to bigcartel would be awesome btw! And umm, maybe an admin function that lets us see how many people came by or from where...like stats I guess. Overall this would be very awesome and for sure I'd use it (and send a PayPal donation as I do with all freeware stuff!)

[rtil]

the shop wouldn't just be a link to bigcartel, it would integrate your bigcartel shop into the page. (:

stats is something that your webhost will handle better than i can do. at least, any host that will allow you to install what i'm developing.

and as far as comic viewing goes, when i get there i'll have to see what lightbox is capable of. it's been a long time since i've used it.

[W.A.S.I.M.]

good luck

edit: i misread it

[mexifry]

This is something id definitely use. Ive never been one to code and it would be great to have something like this.

[Shida]

I am interested. I think I'm gonna have a separate portfolio site up again when it comes to getting hosting for Britland City but you have some competition cause I'm pretty much stuck to Wordpress (+ many plugins) :P

So if you can make a cms that is easier to template than a Wordpress install then I will be very much interested.

[creamcorn]

i think this idea is fabullous

[rtil]

i think the only way i can compete with wordpress is to cater to artists specifically. i doubt it will be as easy to install as wordpress, because you'll need to know the username and password to your mysql database, and most people don't know that. but it's easy enough to figure out and is more powerful and secure than storing everything in text files.

[funzop]

call it campnorth

[rtil]

what i'm working on is nothing like campnorth

[W.A.S.I.M.]

ya i misread it  my bad  

edit: i thought for a sec u meant my post which was edited but then i read u was talkin 2 nonzop -___

[sev]

sarcastic remark

[MarcK]

id use it (not sarcastic sorry that im not funny)