This past weekend I helped a friend of the family build a site which would make her photography business stand out. She specializes in Tampa Senior Pictures & Tampa Wedding Photography. Her key concern was showing up in the search engines, which had previously over looked her all flash site.
There was no doubt in my mind, that flash was the problem. Her site was indexed but only the landing page. Google and the other search engines had no idea what her site was about, because they cannot view flash. In order to fix this problem I needed to convince her that it was her “flashy” flash site that was causing her issues.
After much debate we ran into 3 key issues:
- Image protection
- Clean user interface
- Easy to Update
However there was also a draw back,her site used a proprietary templating system which had an associated monthly fee. I suggested that we move to WordPress to manage her website.
I explained that is easy to use and fairly straight forward. This would help her cut out her monthly cost and allow her to easily update the site.
To help resolve the clean user interface issue we purchased a wordpress template known as W-PhotoStudio from a template site. This theme was fairly easy to implement (needed php and css knowledge).
Finally we are left with one key point remaining. She wanted to protect her images from her previous clients. In the past there have been issues with her clients “stealing” the photos from her website and printing them. To help combat this we implemented a Jquery Plugin which would protect the images by covering them with clear 1×1 pixel. This will help people prevent people with little knowledge from stealing photos.
To help further protect her images I set up a Photoshop action to water mark her images with her logo. That way if someone stole her image and printed it at least her logo would still be present.
Over all the project was a success!
Feel free to check the site out, and if you need any Tampa Wedding Photography done please call Susan. She is great to work with.