Sunday 13 March 2011

New items and something technical

Let's get the technical stuff out of the way first and foremost. As some of you might have heard or noticed, Zazzle is doing some major home improvements on their sites. How does this affect the dear customer? It doesn't. Well, not as such. Nothing newfangled or particular or tricky is required from customers except for some patience. You see, what they're doing is making it easier for us shopkeepers (hence forward referred to as SKs) to take care of our businesses. They're unifying our SK accounts and making it easier for us to move images around. All this is swell, right? Yes, it is definitely swell more than anything, but as Zazzle is such a big site and everything being connected to everything, doing this sort of major overhaul on the sites (yes, all of them. This concerns all the mirror-sites in different languages also) is going to mess some things up and it'll take a bit to work out all the kinks. Think of it like a new Windows operating system, only with less hassle and more functionality. So when and if you visit any of the sites, some things might not work perfectly and it could take some days to get them up to perfect operating speed. But fear not, this is temporary and this is such a major operation that it's a small wonder they're getting by with as little trouble as they are.
If you're headed that way and searching for something particular from the marketplace and can't find it or get an error message, try again the next day.
Btw, this is why there's no FFO this week, because I'm having trouble using the marketplace myself. I'll post one as soon as I can get all the items picket out and linked.

As for the new items... welp, they're not really completely new, as I've had invitations in my store before (and still do), but I'm working my way through them to create alternative versions that have all the texts and placements all laid out for you. All you have to do is replace the example text with whatever dates and places and events you want and hey presto, you have a very, VERY, unique invitation all ready to be sent out.
This is what I have for you so far:






And there you have it! Blank invitations are of course still available if you prefer to pick out your own fonts and placements or just writing things out by hand. But I'll be going through all my designs and making these alternative versions for quicker customisation.

There's also going to be a post about some products you can purchase to both help out the Japan stunami victims AND spread awareness on the event.

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