GCU Forum - New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!

David_133145

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #15 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 12:36am

I've been hesitant to write this, but I feel it is due.
Can there not be a way that people who are having problems with technical issues communicate directly to the staff and not all us filks?
I say this because I don't have the time as some otheres might...My life does not revolve around whether oor not I have sales _I am a real artist attempting to make a living as an artist, not a clip-art card producer _ and I don't need to know when someone is having problems figuring out how to work withthe GCU format.
Forums are suppose to be about tips and whatnot to help each other learn how to market in the allowed medim of the site.
All these messges in my e-mail about "Here's my new stuff" should be inthe "pimp yoour stuff catagorie. The repeated messages about "my cards are comming out weird this time even though I've been herer longer thatn anyone else and I am pisse about it!" is stricktly a waste of my time and creative space.
Could we not have it arranged so that folks who need expertise have an adress to ask for help and make the forum a forum?

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Wendy_132744

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #16 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 3:53am

I love having my own logo and ULR on the back of the card. It's such a mega-professional touch.

And international shipping by the end of the year sounds super-cool. I'll finally get to order my own cards; and as a result may put a little more effort into my store. (I have let it all lapse a bit due to being able to get my cards from a different POD site.)

and pictures on the inside? That's more my style; I love two part jokes that require an inside punchline-picture. I have several of these ready to upload when it becomes available.

Thank you thank you for organising all this for us. We really apprecialte all your hard work and deliberations on our behalf.

what a cool site

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Jen_131266

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #17 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 3:59am

These are outstanding developments Mindy. Thanks to all at GCU for making this happen!

P.S. to David at Cabin Fever Artworks. Since you are so concerned about proper forum participation, here's a tip. Your suggestions would have been more appropriately posted in the Tips & Suggestions thread, not in the Announcements thread. And your petty shot at people who are not "real artists" like you -- well, I think you should have deleted that snide and ridiculous tidbit all together.

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Delores_132508 Gold Member artist Posts: 978	Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits! Reply #18 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 4:51am Outstanding improvements! Thanks to all the GCU support crew!
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Yukiko_133718 GCU Newbies artist Posts: 9	Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits! Reply #19 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 4:52am What a great news! Having own URL and the artist info on the back of the card is fantastic! Thanks
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Corrie_131338

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #20 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 5:21am

David, to manage your forum notifications, log in and go to:

http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/login.asp?return=/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action =shownotify

You should also see this link at the end of every forum notification you receive in your inbox. Here you can turn on/off notifications if you'd rather not receive them.

Corrie
http://www.corrieweb.nl

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Kathy_131728 Gold Member artist Posts: 610	Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits! Reply #21 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 5:36am These changes and future changes are all very exciting. Can't wait to see what all this means for sales for everyone! Kathy
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Linda_132742 Gold Member artist Posts: 1796	Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits! Reply #22 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 6:15am WOW....Happiness, light and love being sent your way.....Linda
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Mindy

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #23 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 12:13pm

Quote from Harry_132595 on Jun 26^th, 2008, 5:43pm:

can we get any specifics like image size and stuff like that?

White stock is good. I'd sorta given up on things here maybe I can start all over again

Hi Harry,
Is this what you're looking for re: the artist profile image?
*Please note the ideal image size for your Picture is 200 pixels x 200 pixels

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Norval_132688

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #24 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 12:31pm

Mindy I see that you're posting. I hate to ask, would you look at the credit you are using on the back of my cards. From my end even on large view it is still fuzzy. I was having bad distortion problems just at the time of the change over.
problem was solved in my profile photo, but when I pulled up BigDates it still looked distorted. But really couldn't tell because of fuzzyness. Thanks....Norval

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Mindy

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #25 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 12:34pm

Quote from cheryl_131479 on Jun 26^th, 2008, 9:16pm:

I'm very happy with this!
Thanks!

The only thing so far...
I wish you'd added a new image option of "Shop Branding" so I could have a photo for my profile, and ALSO a brand image on the cards.

GCU.. please consider allowing us to have a SECOND picture for our brand, so our 'Profile' can still show our photo?
When I look at an "Artist's profile" I like to see the artist!!!
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The photo FINALLY updated in my shop, but the BAC was still wrong.
Everyone, once you change your profile photo, and wait for it to propagate the system, you STILL need to go to the BOC editor, and "SAVE" to get the card backs to update! Even if you are not changing anything other than the photo.

Any changes that impact your BOC Credits (url, storename, photo, artist display name) will automatically be refreshed in your BOC Credits preview and back of card image view on a 6 to 8 hour update cycle.

If you want to see those changes asap then yes you do need to go into the BOC Credits Editor and click Save Changes.

Important to know that when an order is placed for your card we "grab" the most recent files/images at the time of the order so you can be confident that any changes you make will be reflected in the printed product.

As for a secondary image, by the end of July we will be offering the ability for artists to create their own credits image and use that in place of our standard credits. This would allow you to have different images for your storefront and BOC credits.

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Norval_132688 Gold Member artist Posts: 908	Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits! Reply #26 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 12:39pm Mindy, Thank You--------relieved----------noted----------and filed.
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Yassine_132473 Full Member artist Posts: 119	Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits! Reply #27 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 12:44pm Hi everybody, It's a great revolution on GCU. Thank you very much to all at GCU for all your work. Long life to GCU ! Ya-graphic
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Mindy

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #28 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 1:02pm

Quote from David_133145 on Jun 27^th, 2008, 12:36am:

I've been hesitant to write this, but I feel it is due.
Can there not be a way that people who are having problems with technical issues communicate directly to the staff and not all us filks?
I say this because I don't have the time as some otheres might...My life does not revolve around whether oor not I have sales _I am a real artist attempting to make a living as an artist, not a clip-art card producer _ and I don't need to know when someone is having problems figuring out how to work withthe GCU format.
Forums are suppose to be about tips and whatnot to help each other learn how to market in the allowed medim of the site.
All these messges in my e-mail about "Here's my new stuff" should be inthe "pimp yoour stuff catagorie. The repeated messages about "my cards are comming out weird this time even though I've been herer longer thatn anyone else and I am pisse about it!" is stricktly a waste of my time and creative space.
Could we not have it arranged so that folks who need expertise have an adress to ask for help and make the forum a forum?

Often items do get posted in the wrong boards however for the most part I think the threads are fairly true. We can try to be a bit more proactive on our admin side about moving threads to more appropriate topics/boards.

Part of a forum however is shared information that may be beneficial to others. Most often the answers to technical questions are very helpful to those that have had or will have the same issue. Ideally users should search the forum before they ask their question to see if it has been asked/answered before.

For the most part requests to GCU for help should be posted on the GCU Support board: http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=support

In addition we have a Contact Us page that also gets used:
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/about/contactus.asp

As Corrie points out, you may want to turn off some of your board notifications.

We will be moving this post to a more appropriate topic Wink

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Mindy

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Re: New Printer Partner w/ Benefits!
Reply #29 - Jun 27^th, 2008, 1:04pm

Quote from Linda_133964 on Jun 26^th, 2008, 4:22pm:

Wow Mindy that sounds amazing. Will the card I ordered yesterday be the new or the old printer? Just curious as to what I will be receiving,
thanks
Linda Lou
Cheesy

GCU went live with the new printer on Wed 6/25 in the late afternoon. When you receive your card if it has your credits on the back it's the new printer, if it doesn't it's the old one.

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