Quote from Tom_133317 on Feb 25^th, 2008, 10:46am:

 
Hi Tom,
 
First off, every artist receives one free greeting card credit when they join GCU, I believe we note this in the welcome email, but I suppose we could be a little more clear.
 
I'll try to clear up some of the widget questions.  
 
If someone clicks a card widget and goes all the way through to purchase a card, the artist who owns the widget gets a 50 cent seller commission for each card sold.  This much is pretty straight forward.  
 
But what happens if they click the widget but don't purchase a card?  We set a cookie on the user's machine at the time that they click a widget.  So if they leave the site without purchasing a card, but come back to the site in the next 30 days and buy a card, the widget owner will still receive a seller commission.    
 
We are still fine tuning this process and one thing to note is that up until just a few days ago, artists were able to generate seller commissions if they purchased cards through another artist's widget OR if they clicked another artist's widget any time in the last 30 days.    
 
We've modified this process so that if the buyer uses the artist discount code to make a purchase, we do not award seller commissions for that order.    
 
Tom, your order was a little different because you didn't use your artist discount, but instead used a card credit, this is why you were still able to receive seller commission.  You may not have clicked your widget to initiate this order, but the cookie may have been stored on your machine from a previous click in the last 30 days.  
 
Also, you'll receive your artist commission any time one of your cards is purchased, even if a free card credit is used.  
 
Hope I didn't confuse anyone  
 
 

Shaun.  That's a welcome explanation, thanks.  Can I assume that it is the last widget a shopper clicked that counts, if they have clicked more than one?

Welllllll ... I got my test cards back.  5.2x7.2 inches (1560x2160 @ 300 dpi) works and gives you an image that is the exact same size as your design.  I printed a vertical and a horizontal version of the image ... a series of rectangles with a crosshair in the middle.  The center is identical on both cards.  Take the horizontal card rotate it counter clockwise and you have the exact same card face as the vertical.  Looking at the vertical card, as close as my eyes will let me measure, the center crosshair is printed .05" left of center (towards the fold) and .025" down from the top.  That should mean that center of the image on the 5.2x7.2 should be at ... ummmmm ... lemme see here ...  divide by pi ... carry the 17 ... 2.65"x3.625"???? (795x10875.5 @ 300 dpi)???? That should move the center of the image over to the right and up to get it back into the center of the card.
 
Sooo ... did I do that right?
 
And of course this only matters to someone who is nutz or want's to get close to perfectly even borders around their cards.  OK so maybe just someone who is nutz then.  But this really will work better than just using a 5x7 and hoping for the best.
 
Here's the kicker though you want to design for your 5x7 proportions (1x1.4) and place that at the right center within the 5.2x7.2.
 
And remember if you are designing bigger or smaller just keep in mind what is going to happen to your image ... it's going to be printed to FILL the 5.2x7.2.  so regardless of what size your image is, the printed size of the smallest dimension before trimming is going to be 5.2".  
 
Now I gotta go over and crack RedBubble ... they say to avoid borders over there!  

Quote from Tom_133317 on Feb 29^th, 2008, 11:50am:

 
   0,0 is lower left in my world ... not quite .15" over the fold ... and I can only do +/- .0125 ... my eyes just ain't that good any more.  I use to be able to do that 1 to 50 on the scale but just can't get there anymore ...

Oh and keep in mind this will work ... until the printer gets new equipment ... then that center will most likely move.  

Quote from Tom_133317 on Feb 29^th, 2008, 1:20pm:

 
Guess it depends on the size of the borders you are using and the design ... actually 1/16" can be very noticeable.  Depends on how picky you are too.  On the test card I had a 3/8" border based on the 5x7.  At the fold it's just over 5/16 and on the other edge it's 7/16.  Less than a 16th of an inch difference.  I can see it plainly.  The wider the borders get I'm sure it becomes less visible.  
 
My cards are very consistent and I've always had significantly more than .1" over the fold for 9 cards.  I'm using an engineers scale marked in .05" increments.  All I can tell ya is what I'm measuring.
 
And remember where this all started as far as borders go.  People were using the the 5x7 template and were bothered that their borders were smaller and uneven.  Well of course they were.  The card was getting enlarged and not only was there an offset to deal with, they were loosing .3 inches in one direction and only .2 in the other.
 
And like I said anyway ... this probably ony matters to someone who is nutz ... but it was an interesting exercise in futility.  
 
   

OK, I'm with Cara here.
 
I have no real clue what I shall do with that template
 
Anyhow, most of my cards will be borderless, so, if my image is bigger than 2100 x 1500 it will just be resized automatically, no?
 
*I'm lost*  
 
Edit:
Oups, it was another thread I wanted to reply to, but my question fits in here as well - only that Xara didn't say anything, scratch that quote