How to add Photographer Connections in Wordpress

• To install correctly this photographer-connections.zip .
• Fisrt Download the photographer-connections.zip to your computer
• Extract/Open photographer-connections.zip to Your Computer.
• Then, Find readme.txt file inside photographer-connections.zip and Open readme.txt .
• Now, Read the Requirements of this plugin. Which Wordpress Version and PHP Version are required to run this Plugin in Your Wordpress Site.
• Then, Follow the Tips Below.

Step-1 : Download " photographer-connections.zip " to Your Local Computer.

Step-2 : Then, Login to your " yourdomain.com/wp-admin " Dashboard.

Step-3 : Then, Click on " Plugins " + " Add New " from left Side Menu of Dashboard.

Step-4 : Now, Click on " Upload Plugin " button.

Step-5 : Now, Browse " photographer-connections.zip " Downloaded plugin from your computer, Where you downloaded " photographer-connections.zip " According to Step – 1 Above then, click on " Install Now "

Step-6 : Now, Click on " Active Plugin "

Step-7 : Then, See left Side Menu. " Photographer Connections " folder is added on left Side Menu. Now, Click on " Photographer Connections " folder.

Noted that: If you do not see " Photographer Connections " folder on left Side Menu then, see at left Side Menu " Settings " or " Tools ".

Step-8 : Now you configure yourself oR Watch video tutorial below about Photographer Connections Configurations and Settings or How to work " Photographer Connections " in your WordPress site.

After Activated Plugin According to Step-6 then,

1. Go to " Plugins " + " Installed Plugin " from Wordpress Admin Panel Leftside Menu.
2. or Direct go to: https://yourdomain/wp-admin/plugins.php
3. Then, Find " Photographer Connections " Activated Plugin from Plugin List.
4. Then, Click on " Settings " from Plugin that is Photographer Connections
5. Now, Edit/Add/Config the setting and Click on " Save Changes " button,

Install and activate the plugin.

You will need accounts with each site to use them:
* Pictage
* ShootQ
* SmugMug
* Album Exposure

General

• Look in the main admin menu for “Photographer Connections”.
• Activate each module you want to use.
• Currently there is access to Pictage, SmugMug and ShootQ.

Album Exposure

• Activate Pictage at “Photographer Connections”.
• Visit “Photographer Connections-> Album Exposure”.
• Add your Album Exposure user name.

Add short code [album_exposure] to any page to embed the Album Exposure app inside your site.
Select the ‘Album Exposure’ page template to make it go full screen.
If the ‘Album Exposure’ template was not added to your theme, you can download a sample from ‘Photographer Connections-> Album Exposure’

http://albumexposure.com

Pictage

• Activate Pictage at “Photographer Connections”.
• Visit “Photographer Connections-> Pictage”.
• Add your Pictage account information.

Pictage allows you to list all your active events.

Just add the shortcode [pictage_events] to any post or page.

http://pictage.com

SmugMug

• Activate SmugMug at “Photographer Connections”.
• Visit “Photographer Connections-> SmugMug”.
• Add your SmugMug account information.

To display all SmugMug albums, use [smugmug_albums].
To display one album, use [smugmug_albums album=”My Album Name”]

Look on the SmugMug settings page after you save your account info and it will include shortcodes for all available albums.

http://smugmug.com

ShootQ

• Activate ShootQ at “Photographer Connections”.
• Visit “Photographer Connections-> ShootQ”.
• Add your ShootQ account information.

To embed the contact form provided by ShootQ, add the shortcode [shootq_form] to any post or page.

To have contact form information sent to ShootQ, you need to install and use Contact Form 7:
Install Contact Form 7 and set up a form.

The plugin should also work with the contact forms in ProPhotoBlogs Version 3, but has not been fully tested.

http://shootq.com

ShootQ with Contact Form 7

In order for your Contact Form 7 forms to send info to ShootQ, they must use fields with these names.

General Info:

• “name” or “first-name” and “last-name”
• “phonenumber”
• “email”
• “type” (this is for the type of event – Portrait, Wedding, etc.)
• “referred_by”
• “referrer_id”
• “remarks” (a textarea to allow comments)
• “subject” (will be combined into the shootq remarks area)
• “message” (will be combined into the shootq remarks area)

For Wedding Events:

• “ceremony_location”
• “ceremony_start_time”
• “ceremony_end_time”
• “reception_location”
• “reception_start_time”
• “reception_end_time”
• “groomsmen_count”
• “bridesmaids_count”
• “guests_count”

For Portrait Events:

• “classifier” (should be a drop down list of types of shoots that you offer – kids, family, senior, etc.)
• “group_size”