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[May 16, 2016 – This post was updated to be accurate for Gallery Server 4.] This is a series of blog posts covering the e-commerce features of Gallery Server. Part 1: Add ‘Add to cart’ and ‘View cart’ buttons to your gallery Part 2: Dealing with the PayPal nested form problem Part 3: Working with multiple prices and options Part 4: Using multiple ‘Add to cart’ buttons on a page Part 5: Selling access to media content Selling access to media content So far we’ve looked at setting up an e-commerce gallery to sell physical objects like tee shirts and coffee mugs. In this post we’ll look at configuring a gallery to sell access to media content like video or audio files. There are a number of ways to do this. Which one is best depends on your business requirements and skills set. We’ll look at two approaches. Technique #1: [...]

[May 16, 2016 – This post was updated to be accurate for Gallery Server 4.] This is a series of blog posts covering the e-commerce features of Gallery Server. Part 1: Add ‘Add to cart’ and ‘View cart’ buttons to your gallery Part 2: Dealing with the PayPal nested form problem Part 3: Working with multiple prices and options Part 4: Using multiple ‘Add to cart’ buttons on a page Part 5: Selling access to media content Working with multiple ‘Add to cart’ buttons on a page As we move toward more complicated scenarios, you may find you want multiple ‘add to cart’ buttons in your gallery. The Gallery Server E-Commerce demo shows this scenario: This requires setting up two buttons in PayPal, each with the desired prices and options. Then you copy the embed code for each button into the UI template, tweaking it to work around the forms [...]

[May 16, 2016 – This post was updated to be accurate for Gallery Server 4.] This is a series of blog posts covering the e-commerce features of Gallery Server. Part 1: Add ‘Add to cart’ and ‘View cart’ buttons to your gallery Part 2: Dealing with the PayPal nested form problem Part 3: Working with multiple prices and options Part 4: Using multiple ‘Add to cart’ buttons on a page Part 5: Selling access to media content Working with multiple prices and options Different prices for different items So far we’ve assumed all your items are a single price. But what if you have different prices for each item? Ultimately, the details depend on your payment provider. Here I’ll focus on PayPal. PayPal requires a set price for each button. If you have a bunch of tee shirts at $20 and coffee mugs at $10, you must create two buttons [...]

[May 16, 2016 - This post was updated to be accurate for Gallery Server 4] Last month we looked at how easy it is to integrate social media into your gallery. Today we’ll start a series of blog posts that discuss converting a gallery into an e-commerce site where you can sell physical items or access to media content. Part 1: Add ‘Add to cart’ and ‘View cart’ buttons to your gallery Part 2: Dealing with the PayPal nested form problem Part 3: Working with multiple prices and options Part 4: Using multiple ‘Add to cart’ buttons on a page Part 5: Selling access to media content In Part 1, let’s look at how you can monetize the items in your gallery by adding e-commerce integration. Users can add items to a cart, view the cart, and check out through a secure payment provider such as PayPal. You get notified [...]