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[winneganfake]

So, for those who missed the oh-so-subtle ninja post about it yesterday, Tormented Artifacts has now had it's major revamp, facelift, and upgrade. We rebuilt it. Made it better. Faster. Stronger.

There's also some policy changes I made to stuff for TA as well, but all that's under the cut here as part of the press release. So, I'll leave you with one of the new banners, and those what are curious can go behind the cut to check out the press release.

Tormented Artifacts 2.0 is now live!

That's right- the all-new and improved version of our site is now open to the public. It's been almost two years now since the last website update, and, well, there's been some major revisions. Here's some of the highlights:

1: We now have a shopping cart. That's right- ordering through Tormented artifacts has become a lot easier, since we can now take orders via our paypal shopping cart. Which means that anyone can order- you don't even need to have a paypal account.

2: All new designs. For those who remember the old site, you may be surprised by the fact that very few mask designs were carried over from the old site. That's because we're doing our best to stay current with the actual designs we take to shows, rather than maintaining a small select inventory of website-only designs.

3: FREE Shipping. Yep, I'm not kidding. We now offer free shipping on all regular orders via the website (the only exceptions are on large, rush, or international orders.)

4: No rubber? Yes- the rubber inventory's been pulled backstage for the time being, for a number of reasons. We'll still have rubber items at festivals and other events, but for right now, we are discontinuing web sales of rubber items.

Ok, that's the major highlights. Otherwise, feel free to check out, use, and abuse the new site. And please, don't hesitate to let me know if you run into any problems or bugs on it.

Thanks,

Dmitri
Tormented Artifacts.

Comments

[hafwit.livejournal.com]

Again, I'm impressed. Very impressed. :-)The Santisima Muerte one is breathtaking.

One day I'll even have disposable income to commision a mask or two.

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Muerte was actually abit of a last-minute addition, since it hadn't originally been intended as a "production model." Glad to see it's getting some love though.

TA Website

[andrabrz.livejournal.com]

Verra nice!

I just got a domain name and am in the process of trying to figure out how to build a website. I am old, pretty html illiterate, and my best girl friend, airynd, who was going to help me with it is moving back to Michigan on Monday.(I just found this out yesterday!) I'll probably start with a simple premade template and then tweak it as I learn more. I will definitely snag your link to put on my site when it's ready to go.

My Etsy shop Silver Frog Designs (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5011687) has pretty mainstream, socially acceptable, and marketable items in it. I want to use the new website to link back and forth with Etsy and to market my pagan and "meatier" stuff. (sorry, no bacon though)

Any tips or reference info would be much appreciated. I really like how yours turned out.

Re: TA Website

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Cool stuff on the Etsy site. As for recommendations, you're not going to like my opinion, but don't go for the back & forth method. I've tried to shop through webstores that did that, and it just became too much of a pain for me to do, especially with trying to keep track of two shopping carts at the same time. I'd say just keep the Etsy store up and duplicate the inventory on your own site as well. your traffic may be split up between two sites, but each one will also be attracting a certain number of unique customers as well.

As for tips, well, find a good editing program. i used Macromedia's Dreamweaver for mine, though it is a bit pricey, it's worth it in the long run, in my opinion.

Re: TA Website

[andrabrz.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback!

What I want to try to do is have my more eclectic stuff for sale on the new site and link the Etsy stuff back to the Etsy shopping cart. I would also like to create a gallery for people to see the kind of stones, talismans, beads, and such that I have available so that they can request a custom order.

Lots of pictures to take and things to figure out, but it's pretty exciting.

[marc17.livejournal.com]

Got shots with models. Have to do shots without. Then will get masks and photos to you.

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

Cool- thanks for the update!

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

Sorry to reply to an old comment like this, but it was the most recent thing I had from you- How are things with the masks and the photography at this point?

[marc17.livejournal.com]

Still at the same point I'm afraid. I was out sick last weekend. Been in my mind. I can try and do the shots tomorrow.

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

No worries- just hadn't heard from you in a bit so I figured I'd check in.

If possible, I'd like to get stuff back by the end of the month though, so I've got time to update the site before the Vampire Ball, but if it takes a bit longer, then it takes a bit longer.

[(Anonymous)]

Done BTW. Can meet you at aurafice sometime. Not sure how good the photos are as what this has shown me is that I need some lighting. Also not sure how I'm going to get them to you as most are on my computer which has a broken CDR burner currently.

[winneganfake.livejournal.com]

(replying upthread, since you weren't logged in for that last reply)

We can go ahead and do a meetup this weekend- how's sunday look for you?

As for the pics, we'll figure something out- do you have access to a high enough speed connection that ftp'ing them would be feasible?