Free proofing websites?

<p>Hi everyone,<br>

Just curious if any of use a website to post password protected galleries for your clients to choose their photos from. I currently use photo bucket, but only the paid pro version offers this feature. Any ideas?<br>

Thank you :)</p>

<p>I'd say that if you have paying clients, using a "free" website is going to make your whole operation look cheap and amateurish.</p>

<p>http://www.bigblackbag.com offers a client proof page with their websites. It is currently unavailable with their beta sites but they will eventually change that.</p>

<p>thanks for the feedback. My current website includes a proffing section option, for $100, which I would prefer to use except that it also comes with a shopping basket option which I do NOT want my customers using (I am not professional and only offer images on disc, not prints yet)<br>

I really just want a password protected gallery, no shopping basket option. Anyone know of a site?</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

<p>I would recommend your own personal website. Many web-hosting companies offer gallery type applications which you can password protect. Two applications that come to mind are <a href="http://coppermine-gallery.net/"><strong>Coppermine</strong> </a> and <a href="http://www.zenphoto.org"><strong>ZenPhoto</strong> </a> . Although, if you explore this route, choose a web-host that uses <strong><em>Fantastico</em> </strong> or <strong><em>Simple Script</em> </strong> to install these applications.<br>

<br /> This is not an endorsement, but the following companies are known to have reasonable pricing and offer the applications mentioned above.</p>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.hostmonster.com">www.hostmonster.com</a> </li>

<li><a href="http://www.godaddy.com">www.godaddy.com</a> </li>

<li><a href="http://www.webhostingbuzz.com">www.webhostingbuzz.com</a> </li>

</ul>

<p><em>Maybe</em> , if I can clear some time in my schedule, I can set up both applications so you can check them out; although, I can't make any promises. If I am able, I will post to this thread with the web address, username, and password for a gallery.</p>

<p>Thanks for the tips. I realized I could set up Coppermine in my host's Fantastico Panel (I use a company called HostGator, which is really inexpensive). 10 minutes later and I have a /proofs/ folder at the end of my domain for clients to view :)</p>