Hi all, I hope everyone is having a good holiday season and enjoying good cheer! I’ve got some very big news today, and I hope everyone finds it as exciting as I do. First up: new member’s section! I have done away with the slow, outdated gallery I was trying to use, and instead went back to the reliable template I was using a couple of years ago. It’s nicely spruced up with a Flash slideshow gallery, and better yet, all picture portfolios can now be downloaded as self-contained zip files. No more having to download photo sets picture by picture – simply save the zip files to your computer, open them up, and you’ll find every picture from each photo set inside! Members, check it out right here. Don’t have a membership? Well, what are you waiting for? Place your order right here and gain instant access!
Wait, what? Instant access? But ordering on Lady Madonna has always been a slow process, with each order needing to be manually processed, taking up to 24 hours, right? Not any more! The second change for today: new members now gain instant access upon ordering! It’s about time, eh? Now when you place an order for a subscription, you no longer have to wait for me to approve it, set up your member access and send you an e-mail with your access information. Instead, you now get to choose your own password, make your payment, and gain immediate access to the member’s section. All order processing is now handled through PayPal, but you do not need a PayPal account to place an order, and you can use any standard credit or debit card for payment purposes. What’s more, you can change your password at any time through your own account management page, and you can cancel your own account at any time through your PayPal account, so no more worrying about whether I got your cancellation e-mail or not.
(Old customers not on the new system will still need to e-mail me to cancel their accounts. But I have input all of your memberships into the new system and e-mailed you with your new access information, and you have the same access to the new member’s section that new members will have.)
The last section I have to fix up is the video section, and I’m working on that today. I’ll have a standard video clip listing and download section up by the end of today, and I’ll be working on something a little fancier in the coming weeks. Regular weekly picture updates will resume beginning tomorrow, December 11, and weekly video updates (including brand-new HD video!) will resume in early 2010. In the meantime, our complete video archive will be available for download starting today, including many clips which were never published in the old days.
Anyway, that’s it for now. I hope you all like the new goodies, and I hope everyone has great holidays. Thank you for your continued support, and I look forward to seeing you on the website!
