Demo
There is a demo of ProofBuddy available at http://demo.proofbuddy.com. Feel free to login and see how ProofBuddy looks from the client site.
One note: the demo is of the Pro version of ProofBuddy. You will notice pricing categories and packages, both of which are features available in the Pro version.
I'm interested in using Proof Buddy, but I have no idea how this works...my clients look through their proofs, pick out what they'd like printed, and pay via PayPal. Then what happens? Please walk me through the process, step-by-step so I can understand it.
Thank you!
After the client submits an order there are two emails sent. One to the client, and optionally cc'd to you, that contains the total price, shipping, etc for the order. The other, sent to the email address set under Options -> Company, has a PDF file attached that gives you information on their order. I've just added a documentation page that has a screen shot of the PDF and a link to download a sample so you can see what it looks like.
The client then sees a thank you page that by default has a link to Paypal to pay for the order and your company name and address if they would rather send a check. That page, like every other page on the client side, can be totally customized to say whatever you would like.
Once you get the PDF you fulfill the order just like you would if they had called on the phone. Edit and crop the images in whatever software you're using and upload the files to your lab.
I was curious the program offers options to make the photo B&W how is that communicated on the order? Does the client have an option to provide feedback on certain images if they want something edited? Can you add product options to this program?
Thanks,
Al
When you get the email for an order it tells you whether they ordered a color, b&w, or sepia image.
You can optionally allow comments on the images.
Product options will be possible with version 2.0 which I'm currently working on.
Is it possible to modify the sepia toning on the site? I would like to show images with my own sepia tone style. This may be asking for too much, I've never seen a site that would allow this, but if it's possible, I'd like to have the option.
Thanks.
You can change the somewhat change how ImageMagick does sepia toning by changing the sepia threshold. See this page for a little more on that. The default threshold is 80 which is a pretty good starting point, but you can tweak it a little.
Version 2.0 is slated to let plugins affect how these conversions are done, although it hasn't been coded yet so I'm not totally sure how it's going to work.
Ok, I checked out the demo. How in the world do you add a photo to the cart? I can't find it for the life of me. Or have you just disabled that in the demo?
The demo is for the client side. There isn't a demo for the admin side.
Hi Ryan,
I have use proofbuddy for quite some time. I have been exploring my options with other providers because I wanted to be able to do packages. I noticed that you have that option on the pro version. Do you have a demo of this feature? I love Proof Buddy and have really appreciated being able to use it. I would love to continue, I just want to see it in action. Thanks so much.
Is there any way to disable the "view as: color | bw | sepia" below the photo? I'd like to upload my conversions instead. Thanks!
Two choices.
1 - When you import images you have the option to allow / disallow either grayscale or sepia. If you disable the option for both the links won't show.
2 - You can also edit the theme file fullimage.tpl and take out the variables that show the links.
Great! Thnx!
How can I see a full demo of this product and how the shopping cart works from the clients point of view? Price is good but I have to see a full demo and the full shopping cart before I will decide on anything.
Thank you.
Kristi
We've been pushing to get version 2.0.3 and the documentation together. Next on the list is to get a demo of version 2 online. Right now it's version 1.0. From the client side there's not a whole lot of difference though.