I Wrote My First Subscription Based Service

[nickbaer]

The weather has been in the 40?s and 50?s here in Las Vegas, so I have been spending a few days in my room, and I wrote my first subscription based product/service for my fans of my male nude photo/video work.

For the past 4 years, I have offered digital downloads of my eBooks (in addition to the paperback versions available for order from Amazon.com and B&N.com).

But we all know that digital downloads wind up on Pirate sites, ranging from the innocuous UseNet News Groups, to the self-serving profiting lockers.

When I was in London last September, and attended the XBiz trade show, the most important seminar I went to was about providing mobile content - which is NOT about downloading anything, rather about viewing/streaming.

So this past week I was at a point with traveling, bookkeeping, making content, etc, that I could sit down and work through 1) how to make a streaming slideshow of my eBooks for my fans, mobile and desktop, and 2) do the same with video clips...

The first of the two that I implemented is the streaming slideshow of my eBooks. I did a lot of Googling to find methods to consider using. Finally, the next day, I did a BING search, and found what I wanted on the first pop! - what was the most appealing to configure, and to actually look at as the final product!

I have a free sample on my site (non-nude):
http://www.nickbaergallery.com/freeview/Freeview.php


The past 3 years, I have been doing more and more javascript work, with the CSS needed to display the graphic output. From making Google Maps, to stats charts and graphs, to now streaming my content to users who have subscriptions.

I have fiddled with WP, but don't need all the overhead of WP, just to be able to utilize some plugins, when the plugins are based on free-standing javascript anyway! So I wrote this in about 100 lines of php/java. This streams a group of jpegs.

[nickbaer]

I've got the subscription version of my view-on-line clip site, now live.

http://www.nudemalemassage.com/indexAL.php

I'm planning for it to be a mobile (friendly) site - that desktop users will have an easy time with, too.

I'm thinking that a mobile site should be designed vertically, rather than horizontally. Since my iPhone and iPad are intuitively vertical.

To me, a mobile friendly site should have simple html, be very small in size for faster loading (few if any pictures), and now perhaps vertical rather than horizontal.

[nickbaer]

I got the webmaster Affiliate programs all set up. They are CCBill.

http://www.NickBaerGallery.com/webmasterSignup.php

http://www.NudeMaleMassage.com/webmasterSignup.php

Both programs are designed for mobile consumers, who wish to view photo and/or video content rather than download, although each works for desktop/laptop users as well.

If you find a bug, and/or think something should be fixed or enhanced, please e-mail nickbaerhollywood@gmail.com for faster response.

[nickbaer]

Now, I will be uploading more of my models, planning to shoot more models, and possibly looking into acquiring licensed content from other shooters.

[dirtyratstudios]

Thanks for sharing. Looking back, designing used to be simple when everyone viewed on a PC screen. Then smaller phone screens, now medium sized tablet screens and bigger phone screens emerging, devices which can be rotated to change from portrait to landscape. Often I wonder if was a mistake to redesign my sites for 980 pixel width as the old 750 standard would be a better all round compromise these days.

[nickbaer]

http://www.NickBaerGallery.com/webmasterSignup.php

http://www.NudeMaleMassage.com/webmasterSignup.php

http://www.gay-dvds-for-women-and-me...sterSignup.php


I made a bunch more banners...

http://www.gay-dvds-for-women-and-men.com/banners

http://www.nudemalemassage.com/banners

http://www.nickbaergallery.com/banners

Or you can make text links.


I do like filling DVD orders. Bloggers can use graphics, box covers, text. Consumers like my DVDs. I like the support that revenue helps me pay (inexpensive) ?40 hotel bills on the road - in the UK and Europe.

My eBooks are of unique US, UK and Western European male models.

- Nick

[dirtyratstudios]

Nick, your private mail box on here is full.

[nickbaer]

Hate it when that happens!!!!