Re: [Ids-devel] Shutterfly support

[John M. <mo...@mu...>]

Nope, no kickbacks.

An IDS user noticed that "My Photo Gallery" 
(http://freshmeat.net/projects/myphotogallery/) supported print 
ordering via Shutterfly. There was no mention of the ordering system 
"API" on their website, so I asked the author of "My Photo Gallery" for 
more information. He gave me a contact within Shutterfly, who turned 
out to be quite supportive.

I've attached that e-mail exchange below.

John


On Thursday, January 18, 2001, at 10:25 PM, Ken Hickman wrote:

> Nicely done. It looks great and works perfect. Thanks for making sure
> not to post for gifs and pngs.
>
> I hope you don't mind if we point people at your script - we get asked
> for this functionality quite often.
>
> -KenH
>
> John Moose wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions. Please have a look now. (There's an 
>> example GIF in the "Testing" album.)
>>
>> I hope to release IDS 0.52 this weekend.
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Thursday, January 18, 2001, at 09:02 PM, Ken Hickman wrote:
>>> John,
>>>
>>> I notice from your home page at ids.sourceforge.net that the IDS 
>>> script
>>> supports gif and png formats. It's important to note that our print
>>> service can only handle jpgs, and that we don't currently have any 
>>> way
>>> to enforce that only jpgs are posted to the service. If you haven't
>>> already, it would be best if you set your script to only put the
>>> shutterfly prints button on pages that show jpgs - i.e., don't put 
>>> it on
>>> pages showing gifs or pngs.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -KenH
>>>
>>> Ken Hickman wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi John,
>>>>
>>>> Wow. Your version looks terrific. Definitely meets the logo 
>>>> guidelines.
>>>> The refer ID of "IDS(version)" is just fine. A couple of minor
>>>> recommendations:
>>>>
>>>> - you might want to put the Shutterfly logo and blurb near the 
>>>> bottom of
>>>> the page. People visiting the gallery probably don't really care 
>>>> that
>>>> much about this aspect, and up at the top it's so very in your face 
>>>> that
>>>> it distracts from the picture, which is the main content.
>>>>
>>>> - your brick red link color is not contrasting well on the dark grey
>>>> background. Might want to consider a different link color, or a 
>>>> lighter
>>>> grey.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if there's anything else I can do.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks much for checking in before you put out your script.
>>>>
>>>> -KenH
>>>>
>>>> John Moose wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if the current version of my photo album 
>>>>> script, IDS, meets your requirements for print ordering.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://arwen.hn.org/~john/ids-0.52/
>>>>>
>>>>> I have incorporated your "blurb" (below) into the README file and 
>>>>> an HTML comment on every image's page. I am using the "referid" of 
>>>>> "IDS(version)" in the print request form.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your time,
>>>>> John Moose
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, January 18, 2001, at 05:22 PM, Michael Spiceland (aka 
>>>>> Mike Spice) wrote:
>>>>>> John, here is the response that I got from shutterfly.com.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Having shutterfly.com process pictures from my script
>>>>>> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:15:31 -0800
>>>>>> From: Ken Hickman <ke...@sh...>
>>>>>> To: "Michael Spiceland (aka Mike Spice)" <mi...@mi...>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure, John can use the Shutterfly support (your script is GPL  
>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>> it?). It is important that he use the logo guidelines though. And 
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> he use the C4P/AFFL tagging. Wondering if it makes sense for you 
>>>>>> to put
>>>>>> a little blurb into your read me about the logo usage? I.e.:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you use the Shutterfly logo in a modified version of this 
>>>>>> script, or
>>>>>> your own script, you need to follow these Shutterfly guidelines:
>>>>>> - use it as-is
>>>>>> - use it on a white background
>>>>>> - only use it on pages where the visitor can order prints
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have John contact me if he has questions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -KenH
>>>>>>




On Friday, December 27, 2002, at 03:12 PM, Jeff Macdonald wrote:

> I'm curious how/why the shutterfly support came about. I couldn't find
> any docs about it on Shutterfly. I'm not complaining about it, I'm very
> happy about it as it made it very easy for my wife to get prints of our
> twins. Does someone get a 'kickback' when anyone uses that feature?
>
> -- 
> Jeff Macdonald <jef...@vi...>
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