Hello Friends!
Its time for another sunday update. (keep in mind that it is daylight savings time here in Finland this weekend, so I will be setting my clock back 1 hour during tonight..)
regardless, the world clock should be showing the right times!
So, details are as follows:
Sunday October 25th, 2009 11:30PM (2330h)
http://eurotrashdoll.com
keep your eye on flickr for contents, so far I can say that there will be pettis and helmets. The petti’s are not OOAK, there are going to be listed at least 2 in each color.
Also..last time the server really bogged down. I have contacted my admin and provider and informed them of the problem. I cannot guarantee what the result is going to be, but hopefully with a few changes, and taking a few tips from friends as well things will not go so poorly. On a good note though nothing crashed it just took 1-2 minutes to load. You guys blow my mind! So far you have far exceeded any the traffic I ever experienced on Artfire OR Etsy…
Again I remind people that if you choose not to buy an item, please remove it from your cart. it saves a lot of hassle in the long run.
If indeed we do bog down, have heart. My provider has promised to migrate me to a different server should the tweaks and changes not help this time.
Its all a learning process and I thank you all for learning with me.
-Ruth
alright…i know i was not the only one who experienced extreme slowness on the part of my server. I’m on it, sending an e mail already..
i’m really curious to see the stats on tonight because i’ve never experienced this sort of sluggishness ever, but as with anything out there new…can’t learn anything without just giving it a go…
Thank you ALL for attending and tuning in!!
-R
So, I am officially opening/updating the shop here this weekend!!!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
11:00 PM Finland time (aka 2300h)
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=101
*Especially this month keep an eye on the time changes because our daylight savings time does not always happen the same week as the US.
There are going to be dresses and some sets available. I can say that at least 2 sets that are like the linen ones for Japan will be up.
Thankfully Monday is shipment date for the sets to go to Tokyo so then I can work on more product for the shop!! yay!!
You can, as usual see photos of up and coming things in the set titled ‘up and coming’ in my flickr.
Regarding shopping in the shop…once you add an item into your cart its yours, have no fear.No panic if you cannot find your cart immediately!
PLEASE, if you check out or navigate away from the page, or choose not to buy an item, remove it from your cart. you will find the cart in the upper right hand sidebar of the page. If you don’t remove it from your cart, and about 15 minutes goes by with no activity/check out, I will have to delete the item and relist it in order to make it available again.
The shopping cart software will direct you to fill out your information (hopefully it remembers those of you who are returning, it remembered my friend when we were doing tests and remembered me so I’m hoping that it does that. ) and automatically take you to paypal. So far this seems to be a seamless procedure.
I do remain online and can be reached via gmail during the updates.
there is still a problem of the text on the pop-up being too pale to read, and my friend is working on that. but, as i said, this will not affect whether or not you get an item into your cart.
So far the site seems to handle traffic spikes quite well.
again I appreciate any feedback, and keep in mind its still ‘under construction’ and things will be changing as I learn.
Thanks again,
Ruth
Ok, did some messing around with the site with my friend, fixed a few visual errors, etc with the shop section, still working on that awful yellow /white/grey text problem on the pop up…
but you asked about avatars/registration, now you should be able to create avatars on open id sites such as
http://en.gravatar.com/
and you should be recognized by the site with your avatar when you post comments etc.
your first comment will go through screening so if you do not see it right away, its waiting to be screened, but once it is approved your subsequent comments will be allowed automatically without screening.
Thanks for all the comments! Its nice to have a place where we can interact.
Thats it for now!!
-R
for learning with me. I hope..I think that that went smoothly.
please, give me feedback for your shopping experiences. i am ready and willing to learn with you all!!
thanks so much and stay tuned this week as I learn more about this mysterious world of web shops! *L*
in honor of the new page, around 10pm Helsinki time you might actually find some new item in the shop…juuuust letting you know. the shop software is entirely new to me..from what i’ve tested it works…so…i’m all open for feedback!! I hope to make little listings throughout this week before we break it in with a large listing, so keep your peepers open for stuff dropping in…I’ll try and do it around 10pm.
World Clock Helsinki
Euro Trash Pages are coming! Please bear with me while I learn how to use the software and get things up and running!
