wedding website templates
 

There's a wedding website template service around here somewhere, anyone have the link? They're quite nice, for displaying pics and vids online.

what about this i am making my blog up from there template very professional and you can customize it however you like you don't even need a website to build it

ProPhoto2 Blog Theme A Super-Theme for Pro Photographers

Are you thinking of Blu Domain?

There are tons of website template company's out there, but Blu Domain is targeted to photographers and also has the option to add on video so that could be what you're thinking of.

Hello,

The one that was in this forum a while back is specifically for weddings and is very nicely done though it's not cheap.

I think around 300 bucks each.

instead of paid services I'd recommend doing it yourself. Find decent hosting service and install Word Press software which is used for blogging. Some companies offer it already preinstalled. Then you can download free template from WP. And you're ready to go. WP supports pics and vid galleries as well as automated embeding from most vid and pic sites.

To have it all setup and running it'll take you one afternoon.

Yes and very customizable except i am having issues loading videos at the moment.

I am curious as to what problems you are having... as I was planning to purchase one of these sites.

You should do a bit of research on Blu Domain before you buy from them. I know a few people who have used them with MAJOR issues.

Apparently they crash websites ALL the time. My neighbor not only had hers crash repeatedly (meaning it was not viewable by clients for HOURS) but on one crash they lost ALL her content and she had to rebuild from scratch. Website was gone for a week.

She started digging around and apparently it's pretty common. The company handles it by giving you a credit for the value of the template you had. That's it you have to start from scratch like it never existed!

They don't host my site i just downloaded word press brought the prophoto template everything is on my server

this is what i get HTTP error.An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later.

I have to talk to my web developer

This is what I decided to do. I am purchasing the layout and hosting elsewhere. I love my host and do my own design anyway, so give me the template and I'll be off and running (I hope). I may be back to you to get more info on your video error...

Hi,

You can always have your Blu site hosted elsewhere.I had my blu site hosted at godaddy with no issues at all.

Ryan

Is it the hosting that's bad or something in their templates? They have nice stuff.

It's the hosting....But I've been with them for a couple of years now and had a total of one day down.While it was down they set up a temp splash page.I guess you just have to take some chances unless you'd like to spend $10,000 for a site:)

My website just went down due to a code being in the wrong spot now i don't know if it's my fault but my programmer is coming back next week i guess i will find out what went wrong

Lets hope it was my web designers fault otherwise it's gonna cost me $$

I will post back when i find out what happened with my site and video downloads.

Hey Brian,

Check out Show it sites on ShowitFast, Inc. - Home .......... Great Stuff!!

Mike

wow...that site looks great Mike! I think I just found my new site provider.It looks pretty cutomizable.It definitlily worth the money.

Ryan

Is it a website where you build a site? or is it a software? html generator?

Hey Brian,

No it's actually and editable flash site...I saw the flash files when they were going through a tutorial.It is more editable then the blu sites for sure.You can move the pics around add music,slide shows...the whole shooting match.I wish I would of seen this before plucking down the cash for my sight.

Ryan

Hey I just found this link off of theire site....even cooler MokaDesign - Flash Websites and Album Designs - Websites and Book Designs Home They will custom design a site for you.It looks pretty reasonable.

Ryan

I have used icreations.com

They have a video add-on to their template system, and while it has some restrictions it has excellent SEO rankings and supports video with the add-on.

Mike

Hey Brian,

You can basically program your own site w/o any programing knowledge..... There are "canned" templates you can modify or use as is.. You should download it and try it; you are not charged until you want to publish the site. Probably the best feature is that you can update this site as you need, and it's really nothing more than drag and drop...

Mike

I've been in touch with these guys over the last few days. I think they're not ready for prime time. They have a demo site that allows you to sample their interface. 4 attempts to provide a password were unsuccessful. They finally said the didn't know why and good luck. So I didn't get too far with them. Pass.

be careful with all flash sites made by templates, You may be invisible to Google and other search engines unless the coders provided a way to include site text outside of the flash interface (but Google can tell the difference between text that is "hidden" behind flash or text that is the main content).

Unless you only want visitors reaching your site via print ads or other directories, a search engine friendly web site is a big plus so that people can find you when searching for your services on Google, MSN, Live, Yahoo, etc.

Google is now indexing flash sites.

I don't use templates anymore, but one of the best sources I've found for price, selection and quality is Template Monster.

Going against the "grain"
 

I decided to purchase a template from BluDomain, despite the negative feedback I have seen everywhere... not just on here. The main complaint I have found everywhere is that their customer service sucks. Well, my site was just put together yesterday and I am having problems uploading video... BUT I was still getting quick response to all of my tech support questions until 1am last night. The are very quick to trouble shoot and resolve issues. I don't know much about flash videos... so I have a feeling I am the one screwing up here, but they are working to help! Not sure if this helps anyone, but I did want to put it out there for those that may be skeptical.

Blu-Domain guy here
 

I have a BluDomain site, and going on 2nd year now things have been quite smooth. The one time I did have to contact customer service they were quick to reply, though one issue was unresolvable after numerous tries. Kind of a simple issue but it couldn't be figured out.

I also host with them and haven't had much of any downtime (less then 1 day) and no complaints from customers.

They aren't the best websites in the world (best being a custom designed website built for your business), but they are priced appropriately for what you get.

Whatever a person chooses I just hope they look around, lot of choices out there now