Elizabeth Hewitt on thu 13 aug 98
I'm at the beginning stages of gearing up for a web site. What's everyone
using....I see that GeoCities is popular. What do you like or not like about the
one you use? I'm interested in creating it myself...is that a huge job? I
usually find my way around computers pretty well, my grandkids call me "Nonny
the Technoweenie". Sounds a little daunting when you are unfamiliar with it all
but I want to learn.
Elizabeth
Stephen Mills on fri 14 aug 98
After a long static period I've re-done my web pages and put
them up last night. Feedback appreciated.
In answer to Elizabeth:
I have MS Word 97 which enables me to save anything in HTML
(well almost) and that, plus a photo reader program is what I've
used. Not very fancy but it works.
Read up on putting pictures on they can consume VAST amounts of
memory unless you save them in highly compressed JPG format, and
even that can be slow to load
In message , Elizabeth Hewitt writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I'm at the beginning stages of gearing up for a web site. What's everyone
>using....I see that GeoCities is popular. What do you like or not like about th
>one you use? I'm interested in creating it myself...is that a huge job? I
>usually find my way around computers pretty well, my grandkids call me "Nonny
>the Technoweenie". Sounds a little daunting when you are unfamiliar with it al
>but I want to learn.
>
>Elizabeth
>
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
own website: http://www.mudslinger.demon.co.uk
BPS website: http://www.bathpotters.demon.co.uk
Shirley Knowlen on sun 29 nov 98
How does one go about getting a Pottery web site? or designing one? I
have for most of my life been a graphics designer making pots on the
side. I am 62 years old now and not doing graphics but am getting more
involved with pots. I have Illustrator, Freehand, Quark Xpress, and
Photoshop for graphics software and some training on each but nothing on
web page design - any suggestions?. Who does one approach about getting
a site? Cost?
Thanks
Irv Knowlen
Jan Parzybok on tue 1 dec 98
Shirley, I'm a potter in Colorado just looking into web site building. I
believe there is a program out there (probably free off the web) that helps
a beginner build a site. Luckily, my son is holding my hand through this
wilderness.
The first thing to think about is a www.domain name.com, then a portal.
That's the page anyone sees when they first find you on the web. It will
have your name and a photo or two and buttons to push in order to get folks
to go deeper into your site. The links are next. They take people to your
philosophy, background, studio, products, prices, map if you want visitors,
etc. From there you give order info., either over the web (more
complicated) or from you personally.
Make sure the photos you choose to scan onto your site are the pots you
want to make for a while. Otherwise you have to rebuild your site
frequently. This makes it tough for potters. Most of us seem to evolve
constantly who we are and what we make. "If you're not busy being born..."
Hope this helps a little. Regards, Jan
Tim Lynch on wed 2 dec 98
For a plethora of web building assistance, try
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~lynnward/web.biblio.html So many choices!
Tim Lynch
Tim Lynch
The Clay Man
1117 Tedford St SE
East Wenatchee, WA 98802-5254
509-884-8303
clayman@internet.wsd.wednet.edu
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/1613
Garry R. Osan on thu 23 sep 99
I ran across a couple of rather spectacular websites that I have not easily
found in previous searches so I thought that I would share them with the
group. Please check them out if you have not already seen them.
http://www.headland.co.uk/usr3/ruffordceramics/htdocs/index.htm A History
of Ceramics in the U.K.
http://www.davidroberts-ceramics.com/ David Roberts Website
Mark & Pauline Donaldson-Drzazga on fri 24 sep 99
----- Original Message -----
From: Garry R. Osan
To:
Sent: 23 September 1999 16:00
Subject: Web Sites
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I ran across a couple of rather spectacular websites that I have not
easily
> found in previous searches so I thought that I would share them with the
> group. Please check them out if you have not already seen them.
>
>
> http://www.headland.co.uk/usr3/ruffordceramics/htdocs/index.htm A History
> of Ceramics in the U.K.
>
> http://www.davidroberts-ceramics.com/ David Roberts Website
>
what about http://www.moley.uk.com Architectural Ceramics
Marek
NakedClay@aol.com on sat 25 sep 99
Hi there!
This web address is incorrect. I got an error message!
Please check it and send necessary corrections.
> http://www.moley.uk.com/Architectural Ceramics
Thanks!
Milton NakedClay@AOL.COM
Jeri Palmer on tue 25 sep 01
I want to thank all of you who post links to your websites I am =
thrilled to see your work I feel closer to those who have shared images =
of what they do. I get to know you in ways that our conversations can't =
communicate. Thank you so much, Jeri
Carole Rishel on wed 19 dec 01
Thanks to all of you who post their web sites with their messages. I fin=
d it fascinating to go exploring all of your sites - what inspiration! A=
nd many thanks to Helen Bates for finding interesting sites for us to vis=
it!
Carole Rishel
kallahcee@msn.com
Smithville, TX
Perkins, Carl on wed 29 dec 04
I've been making and selling pottery for a number of years now and =
recently started to look seriously at setting up a web site with the =
thought of selling on the web. However I consulted with a business =
consulting organization associated with the college and SBA and was told =
the public refrained from purchasing art on the web and they suggested =
an informational site only.
My question is what experiences have any of you had with selling on the =
web and to what degree of success? Suggest excepted too.
Carl E. Perkins
Lab Technician
Butte College
Office: 530-895-2208
E-Mail: perkinsca@butte.edu
John Rodgers on thu 30 dec 04
Carl, I would agree with the assessment of the the SBA and the
consulting organization. I read a lot of business magazines and from
them I would come to the same conclusion. Web sites are a good adjunct
to a well thoughout marketing plan, but don't depend on it for sales.
The thing to do is advertise all over the place, post your web site in
your ads, and invite the reader to view your web site. Over time you
will begin to get people calling about buying. But trying to do it over
the website is not likely to produce much in the beginning. Every fair
you do, every place you put a flyer, every business card you hand out,
have that web site there, and invite the reader to visit the site. That
is how to begin. Start in your own back yard so to speak, and grow it
from there.
At this point I've no need for the WEB for sales, but I've a cousin who
sells via the internet. He does 26 shows a year, plus big commissioned
works. Has for years. But recently he began selling on the 'Net. And he
is selling a piece of work - maybe two - per month. But it is a
beginning. He has opted to use PayPal for his trans actions and that
seems to work well. People feel more secure with a third party handling
the money.
Good luck with your efforts.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
Re
Perkins, Carl wrote:
>I've been making and selling pottery for a number of years now and recently started to look seriously at setting up a web site with the thought of selling on the web. However I consulted with a business consulting organization associated with the college and SBA and was told the public refrained from purchasing art on the web and they suggested an informational site only.
>
>My question is what experiences have any of you had with selling on the web and to what degree of success? Suggest excepted too.
>
>
>Carl E. Perkins
>Lab Technician
>Butte College
>Office: 530-895-2208
>E-Mail: perkinsca@butte.edu
>
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Chris Schafale on thu 30 dec 04
I would say it depends what you make. If you make a specialty item that
people might have trouble finding elsewhere, and might search for on the
web, you might do OK. I'm guessing standard functional pieces maybe less
so. For instance, I do two specialty things -- communion ware for
churches, and French butter keepers. People search for these items, find
my site, and buy from me fairly frequently. They never buy the other
"ordinary" items on my site.
I do also find it helpful when someone I meet in a non-clay context wants
to see the kind of work I do, or when someone at a show asks if I make some
item that I don't happen to have available. Then the website gives them
somewhere to go to look.
Chris
At 05:50 PM 12/29/2004, you wrote:
>I've been making and selling pottery for a number of years now and
>recently started to look seriously at setting up a web site with the
>thought of selling on the web. However I consulted with a business
>consulting organization associated with the college and SBA and was told
>the public refrained from purchasing art on the web and they suggested an
>informational site only.
>
>My question is what experiences have any of you had with selling on the
>web and to what degree of success? Suggest excepted too.
>
>
>Carl E. Perkins
>Lab Technician
>Butte College
>Office: 530-895-2208
>E-Mail: perkinsca@butte.edu
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
>melpots@pclink.com.
Light One Candle Pottery
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, USA (near Raleigh)
www.lightonecandle.com
Galleries of Pottery Forms by Clayart Potters: www.potteryforms.org
Email: chris at lightonecandle dot com
Pat Southwood on wed 2 aug 06
Hi,
I was talked into a fancy "we will sell your work for you" online =
gallery, I tried it for a year, with scepticsm. and rightly so, not a =
tickle.
It is good as a presence and a location finder/ e mail address finder.
Or you have to be so famous people dont have to see the work in person, =
you are selling on reputation/fame/whatever.
Best Wishes=20
Pat Southwood
Lynn Goodman Porcelain Pottery on wed 2 aug 06
On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:14 PM, Pat Southwood wrote:
> Hi,
> I was talked into a fancy "we will sell your work for you" online
> gallery, I tried it for a year, with scepticsm. and rightly so, not a
> tickle.
> It is good as a presence and a location finder/ e mail address finder.
> Or you have to be so famous people dont have to see the work in
> person, you are selling on reputation/fame/whatever.
> Best Wishes
> Pat Southwood
Maybe it was the particular online gallery that didn't work for you.
I regularly get invited into shows from my web site. How do they find
me? Besides all the links to my friends and galleries with which I do
business, I have links to online galleries. These have produced regular
invites into shows and have generated several wholesale orders. (How do
I know it was them? I asked!) I believe that it is my links to these
online galleries which have made it possible to get to my web site by
googling my name. They cost next to nothing, and I made the investment
back with one order. JOLAF and Vicky Hardin's site seem to get the most
action for me. I also like being associated with sites that do some
obvious jurying and have some really excellent work.
Lynn
Lynn Goodman
Fine Porcelain Pottery
548 Court St.
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-858-6920
Cell 347-526-9805
www.lynngoodmanporcelain.com
Trabka, J Christian on thu 3 aug 06
I have been considering creating a web site. So I did some research. It
resulted in a great find.
http://www.webstyleguide.com/
The site has some great design information on web sites. This is not
"how to" information. This is "why" information.
Chris
Tom at Hutchtel.net on fri 23 mar 07
Thanks for the tip, Chris. Also take a look at www.ricksegel.com . One
thing for sure get his new book "The essential online solution" We ran
across this guy in one of the workshops at Philly 2 years ago. He knows
more about retailing than anyone I've heard. And having just read online
solution, I can say "don't post a word without it". We're going to do a
major overhaul because of it.
Tom Wirt
Clay Coyote Pottery
Hutchinson, MN
twirt@hutchtel.net
www.claycoyote.com
Subject: Web Sites
>I have been considering creating a web site. So I did some research. It
> resulted in a great find.
> http://www.webstyleguide.com/
> The site has some great design information on web sites. This is not
> "how to" information. This is "why" information.
>
> Chris
>
Mike Gordon on mon 31 may 10
Something many people ignore is the "links" that potters put on their
sites, it goes on and on... Mike Gordon
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