So about marketing...

I have a blog, various online things. I'd like to put pointers on those sites to the t-shirts here. Obviously, this is to my benefit -- you sell my tees, I make a few bucks. Any particular suggestions from the Tee Virus folks as to what's acceptable, what's not, etc.?

Obviously I have the t-shirt artwork and can create blog posts, ads, etc.; may I? Limits? Ideas?

posted by fyngyrz  2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 503 views

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That's a very good point, fyngyrz. Thanks for breaching this subject. What I think would work best is a simple widget that you can use the list just your shirts or workshop designs with a simple line of javascript.

We'll work on implementing something like that asap.

Oh, and as far as what's acceptable, in general, if you're using the Tee Virus logo/name and images of your artwork to link into the Tee Virus store, there'll never be an issue, so have no fear about that.
by lucky760   | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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Okay, effective now, you can use a <script> tag on your external blog or web page as described below.

The base bit of code you need to include is:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://teevirus.com/widget.php?user=lucky760"></script>
where lucky760 is your username. This will create a navigable series of your t-shirt products or workshop designs that you can step through with left and right arrows (just like it currently appears on VideoSift.com).

The options you can include are as follows:
type : may be product or workshop (default is random selection)
width : width of images displayed; integer value; may be up to 250 for products and 400 for workshop (default is 150)

For example, to display only your workshop designs with the largest sized images you could use this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://teevirus.com/widget.php?user=lucky760&type=workshop&width=400"></script>

We'll describe this information more "officially" (probably in the FAQ) soon, but for now this is the official tutorial. Let us know if you use it anywhere. We'd love to see it!
by lucky760   | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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Ok, I've used it:

http://fyngyrz.com/

comments:

1) The "Random Shirts by fyngyrz" is unwanted; you're sure to collide with the blog style, as here. At least let me turn it off.

2) The arrows... man, those just plain... ok, I won't go there. They look bad, though. It's not even clear they *are* arrows. Should probably provide a couple options for left and right arrow image URLs to replace them so again, the blog style can be maintained.

3) Under the image, I think you should have a selection of small (but artistic!) logos that say "Tee Virus - catch the bug!" or something like that. Different colors, etc., again so the blog owner has a little control.

4) You should put a stylized tee shirt outline under the design. IMHO. Like this one:

http://www.teevirus.com/teevirus/i/uploadpic.png
by fyngyrz   | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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Thanks for the feedback! I considered adding support for customization initially, but wanted to see what anyone's natural responses were to the default. I'll add some support for customization shortly.
by lucky760   | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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Okay, the widget has been updated. Before you include the aforementioned script code, you can include a couple lines of javascript for a little bit of customization. Just put them between some script tags:
<script>
  // your assignments go here
</script>


The widget title is now empty by default, but you can set the value for it with tv_title.

If you'd also like to specify the CSS class for the widget title to match your theme, specify tv_titleclass.

By default the left/right navigation arrows are now ◄ and ► but you can change them by specifying tv_leftarrow and tv_rightarrow. You can set them to another symbol or to an <img> tag if you'd like.

For example, to specify all these things your widget code would look something like below, setting your customizations in a separate <script> above the actual widget script is loaded:

<script>
  tv_title = 'My Title';
  tv_titleclass = 'paneltitle';
  tv_leftarrow = '<img src="/my-left-arrow.gif">';
  tv_rightarrow = '<img src="/my-right-arrow.gif">';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://teevirus.com/widget.php?user=lucky760"></script>
by lucky760   | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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Yeah, now you're talking. That looks nice. Now how about the t-shirt?
by fyngyrz   | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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I gave that some thought, but due to the great variability in shape and size of each design image, it's too impractical.
by lucky760   | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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