What are the key features of clickbooq? What is a Custom BackDrop™? Say goodbye to cookie-cutter template design forever!
· instant updates to your website and portfolios from anywhere
· storage for literally thousands of images
· change your design anytime, by yourself
· unique, custom backgrounds with BackDrop™
· beautiful, full-size images displayed in a standard 3:2 aspect ratio
· unlimited, personalized web galleries with the Lightbox
· IPTC data support built-in (no need to retype image titles and captions)
· homepage and portfolio slideshows, music, and selectable image transitions
· multiple content pages for your About, Client List, Contact, and other pages
· create an unlimited number of clickable hotlinks to email addresses or other webpages
· and much, much more...
A Custom BackDrop is an image that becomes the background for your website. By using the provided Photoshop templates in the Support Center, you can design and create your own custom background that incorporates your site’s navigation menu, the frame of your site, and your site images. With a little creativity, any design concept imaginable can become a part of your site’s unique BackDrop. Please see the Gallery section of our website for some examples of websites that use the BackDrop™ feature to create truly unique designs.
How many portfolios are included?
The clickbooq annual and monthly payment plans include 5 portfolios. Each portfolio can hold up to 36 full-size images. You can purchase up to 5 more portfolios at a one-time cost of $50 each, good for the life of your account with us. The clickbooq one-time payment plan includes 10 portfolios standard.
I see a lot of controls along the bottom of the sample sites. Can they be disabled?
Yes, you can selectively enable or disable all of the controls in the toolbar with the exception of the slideshow button. This includes: display captions, enable printing, display thumbnails, and add to Lightbox. You can also switch between icons and text for the toolbar controls.
Do I have to pay for additional design changes?
You can change your website design as often as you like, by yourself, with no additional fees. You can even create and save as many design layouts as you like, to be recalled as a preset later. You can literally change your design in seconds using our built-in tools, or you can truly customize your design with our BackDrop™ feature. You can also add or update the links on your content pages anytime.
I’m not a designer. Will I be able to create my own site?
clickbooq was developed with non-designers in mind. Our built-in design tools allow anyone to create a professionally-designed website in a matter of minutes. And whether you choose to use the built-in tools, or decide to design your own Custom BackDrop, we’ll be here to help you along the way. With years of experience designing websites under our belt, we’ll be happy to assist you in creating your own.
What is a Lightbox?
A Lightbox is a private Web gallery that is sent by email in the form of a link. It exists in two forms: within your public website for your visitors to create Lightboxes by themselves, and the other is created by you in the Toolbox application.
If enabled, visitors to your website can share images from your portfolios to others by adding them to the Lightbox and then sending a message to a friend using the built-in Lightbox message form. Once the message is received, the recipient will click on a link that takes them back to your own branded website which displays the selected images in their own private gallery. The links are randomly generated and are not guessable. It’s the easiest way to share images with others and not have to worry about creating user names or remembering passwords, or even exporting galleries from Photoshop.
Lightboxes created in the Toolbox application work the same way, except you have access to any of the 2,000 images stored in your account. There is also no limit to the number of Lightboxes you can create or the number of images within them. For anything you normally used a separate gallery for in the past, the Lightbox feature will do it faster and easier, no separate software needed.
See for yourself! Several of our Gallery sites have this feature enabled. Simply add images to the Lightbox while viewing a portfolio, then send the Lightbox to yourself to receive the private link.
I have heard Flash websites are not indexable by Google and other search engines. Is this true?
It is true that some Flash websites are not properly indexed by search engine spiders. But clickbooq provides a companion HTML version of their websites which help search engine spiders index your site, increasing your search relevancy and site rankings. Everything is included in this HTML version: your images, thumbnails, titles, captions, keywords, plus all of your Content Page links.
Normally, this site will only be seen by search engine spiders, but as an added bonus, this HTML version of your site makes it possible to view your images from Web-enabled smart phones, like the iPhone and BlackBerry handhelds.
Read more about our Search Engine Friendly site in our blog.