Help!
 
Okay Im confused, I just made a animated gif card for my first ever offered Free eCard. I wanted it to be a gift to my customers and anyone who wants it. So i finally found at the top of GCU, the free ecards link but in the end it only let me send it to an email person. How do i make the eCard available to all or go into that eCard selection area?
 
Sorry if this has been asked a million times but i couldnt find the answer.
 
Second, I sent the card to myself to chk it out and make sure its working...not working, the card came but the animation isn't working, and yes i saved/uploaded in gif format, and its 5x7 (1500 x 2100 pixels at 300 dpi).
 
Third in the email it didnt work and it said if it wasnt working to click here, which took me to GCU page, it didnt work then it said to install Adobe Flash Player so i did. Refreshed page still nothing. rebooted and went back to email to test and...same results animation doesnt work.

oh no now my head hurts...lol
 
Then how did all those other artists manage to get theirs in there?
 
Cause no where in regular uploading images can you upload a gif formatted image only offers: Image Requirements
File Format: RGB JPEG (.jpg)
 
nor anywhere is their a check mark for ecard like youre talking about.
 
Can admin answer this please I'd appreciate it.
 
Okay i just found this in another forum:  
"back in the day we could opt to have cards available as free ecards right from our store.  Could click on certain cards that we would allow a shopper to send for free via the net...that feature has been disabled, and there has been chatter about offering an email card service for a fee, but to my knowledge that hasn't been implimented yet.  ...Linda... "
 
So i guess we dont get to offer eCards.....hmmmm
Can we submit them to GCU and if they like it they can use it as part of their promotion?
Mine is for Valentines day! and it came out really good!  

Lisa, the animated e-cards you see under "Free ecards" were not created by GCU artists. They were likely purchased as a package by GCU from a company that supplies such things. Artists cannot upload animated gifs or Flash-based ecards, nor can artists put static ecards into that area.
 
You *can* turn one of your greeting cards into an ecard by going to Free eCards (the link at the top of the page) and using the Photo eCards feaure - a workaround that's being used by some artists to send samples to their custom card customers. This will only work on cards you have already uploaded. Go read this thread for details:
 
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1257468967
 
And remember, no animated gifs or Flash - that won't work. Only jpgs. And customers using the Free eCards feature won't see them. You're the only one, I think.
 
Corrie
http://www.corrieweb.nl

Thanks Shaun & Corrie for clearing up this issue, I knew it wasnt me not doing it correctly.
 
I will say this perhaps this would be another way to help cross promote our cards. Perhaps just a small Module of us artists who are allowed to add ONLY 1 (including animated) free ecard, and have it link back to our sites which in turn could result in other sales to us.  And a "My Special free eCard for visiting" spot on our own store. This then would not adversely effect the review load.
Offering customers a freebie is always a hands up on the competition (other print by demand sites).