FolioHD Tips & Tricks

Fotomoto can be used with FolioHD Basic, Power and Pro accounts. Follow the instructions below to get set up.

Note: to use Fotomoto, you must be on a Pro or Pro Plus Fotomoto subscription plan. If you create an account and don't choose a plan, these instructions will not work.

Account Setup

1. Create an account at fotomoto.com. (Be sure you enter your site url correctly in the signup process, usually yoururl.foliohd.com unless you set up a custom domain.)
2. When setting up a new store (after creating an account), in Step 4, set Your Site's Publishing Platform as "Other" and specify FolioHD. (Don't select anything in the Libraries dropdown.)
3. Next you will be prompted to copy and paste some code. You won't need this code for FolioHD. Just hit I'm Done.

Connecting to FolioHD

1. After your account is created, from the Account homepage, click the Settings button, then the Auto Pickup tab on the left. Then click Create a New Profile.
2. Enter the following information into the Auto Pickup Profiles form. (See screenshot below.)

• Profile Name: FolioHD
• Storage Type: HTTP
• Host: http://[yourwebsiteurl].com/
• Path: fotomoto
• Filename Lookup Pattern: FILENAME.EXT

Note: It is important that this information is entered exactly as listed above. All other fields can be left blank.

3. After entering this info, click the Test Connection button at the top right of the form. It is important that you get green confirmation messages before continuing. If you get an error, contact us before proceeding.

Entering Your Fotomoto ID on FolioHD

1. After completing the above steps, return to the Settings tab. Under Store Information, copy the Store ID to your clipboard. It should be a long string of numbers and letters.
2. Login at foliohd.com and go to the Settings page.
3. In the right column, look for the field that says Fotomoto Store ID. Paste the ID there and click Save Changes.

Fotomoto is now live on your site! Visit your portfolio and hover over any image to see the Fotomoto bar appear at the bottom of the image.

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If the Fotomoto Bar Doesn't Appear in Your Portfolio...

 By default, images are not made available for sale. You must enable which images you want to sell. To set images for sale:

1. Login to Fotomoto and click on Store.
2. Under Collections, make sure you're on the Not for Sale tab. Click "X images" at the bottom.
3. Select the images you want to make available for purchase.
4. Under the Actions dropdown, click Set Collection, then choose For Sale.

The images you make for sale will now have the purchase bar across the bottom of the image.

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Tips

• There are many preferences and settings you can make on Fotomoto. Be sure to click through the Store tab to choose things like what formats of prints you want to sell.
• To sell prints online, it is important to upload high quality versions of your pictures to FolioHD. (Upload your work to FolioHD and when visitors want to buy images, we'll securely send the requested image to Fotomoto for purchasing.) The higher resolution of work you upload, the better prints will look. Learn why uploading high resolution versions of your work is safe.

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Tips for Uploading Large, High-Resolution Images to FolioHD

Resolutions of 300 or 600dpi are adequate for selling even large prints. That will allow someone to print something at at least 2-4x original life-size without any noticeable degradation. If people are printing things with more enlargement than that (like if they print something that was originally a 4x7 canvas at 20x35) then even if you scanned it at a higher DPI, what they'd get would be so enlarged that textures like the material you painted on would look odd if they were reproduced exactly accurately. For instance, you'd see the canvas texture, but it would be like looking at it through a magnifying glass because it would be crisp and much larger than it should be. The advantage of printing at 300 or 600dpi even for these large enlargements is that the slight blur that occurs will help to diminish that odd texture when viewed from a normal wall viewing distance. However, you can upload whatever resolution images you like to FolioHD. The key to getting a very high resolution image to upload successfully is to apply a slight jpg compression to it. We have a limit of 20MB per file uploaded. If you have a scan that is 600dpi or more, it will probably be much larger than 20MB if you save it as a level 12 jpeg file (when saving in Photoshop). But if you take it down to level 9 or 10 the size will drop quite a lot without any noticeable change in quality.