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Can we get a Search bar on the Backend

Can we get a search bar on the backend? This would be SO helpful!! I have a lot of galleries, groups, collections etc. Sometimes it can take me up to an hour to find a photo I am thinking of, when being able to do a search would be so much easier and faster. I can do it on the front end, but if it's a private gallery then that's not an option.

GOBI Photography

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Re: Custom landing page

Definitely want landing pages. The way photography as a business is going, most of us have a multiple lines of business and we need to direct leads to an appropriate landing page. Home page is just a place holder. Nobody spends much time looking through busy or slow long winded home pages. We need a landing page for each business line, with appropriate SEO and capacity to qualify leads and supply focused messaging and info. We have to make it very easy for potential clients or photo purchasers to find what they are looking for. Seriously guys, landing pages are not new. Indeed, Zenfolio templates seem to be from the world of film ie years ago. Catch up, please.

ColinBrownPhotographer

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Custom landing page

So I have my main website page which is www.phillipsphotostudio.com That page is great but heavily branded towards weddings. Is it possible to do a duplicate main page at say www.phillipsphotostudio.com/business that is setup to show off my corporate photography; headshots, product photography, etc. The idea would be that I could dive my potential corporate customers a direct link to something setup to showcase that specific work. Sorry if this is a basic question, trying to learn all the finer points zenfolio.

Phillips Photography

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Re: Can we get a guestbook captcha system to prevent spam?

I REMOVED my guestbook entirely because of the spam comments, and I'm STILL getting notifications of guestbook entries EVERY DAY. Something must be done, this is ridiculous.

Sheila Pack Photography

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Re: Can we get a guestbook captcha system to prevent spam?

Edit to my previous comment. 51 last night. 51 spam comments on guestbook and galleries, all with multiple URL'S. Captcha would be great. Blocking URL's would be great. Closing down comments entirely is not great, but it's going to be the only option. That's not cool, Zenfolio. Give us something, please!

BigSkyKatie

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Re: Can we get a guestbook captcha system to prevent spam?

I second this motion! A few months ago I was getting MANY spams in my guestbook and Zenfolio's solution was to disallow guestbooks. A terrible solution but ok I did that. Yesterday I turned Guestbook back on a BAM - today another SPAM! Please build a Captcha system to block this.
Stu

Stuart Estes Photography

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Re: Can we get a guestbook captcha system to prevent spam?

I did disable the ability for folks to leave public comments a few months ago, but this feature is only helpful in that the spam doesn't go public. It does NOT prevent the spam--so I still have to manually delete each spam post myself or let it sit in the pending comments of my guestbook forever. It's frustrating and annoying, as these bots are relentless, and for the amount of money I pay Zenfolio for my straightforward site (which I don't use to sell anything, either), a spam filter is the least Zenfolio could provide.

Anita Sagastegui Photography

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Re: Showing up in a Google search

Hi ChessZen,

Thanks for the reply.

It's not picking any one page, seems like almost every page except my homepage shows up in a search.

I mention everything I do in my welcome message. I also have an old site with the same welcome message on the home page that still shows up higher than my Zenfolio pages. I just changed my welcome message but I really think I'm just not doing something else right.

Thanks again.

R.C. Imaging

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Re: For everyone that says the SEO for zen does not work well....

I second what Sarah says here. I was a wordpress user, but now switched to Zenfolio and the SEO work is easyer in Zen than in wordpress (even with the yeost plugin). also I getting better page rankings now and for "wedding photographer southampton" Im on page 2, in a very competitive area.
Yes you have to do some work but so what ? do you really want to trust some automated SEO that gets it wrong ?
If I put up a blog or a page, the SEO bit takes 5 mins extra, wooooooo!

John Watson Photography LSWPP

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Re: loading issues

Month after month...slow,slow,slow. Apparently not enough people are complaining for them to care. I wouldn't expect a fix soon.

reality

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