As of now there is no “official” integration for Shoot Q, Studiocloud, or Tave; three of the most widely used Studio Management Systems for photographers. There is however a work around, however it will only work for folks with their own hosting account. We take that back, we have not tried with an account being hosted by Showit. Logically thinking it *should* work. Follow the directions below and instead of uploading the html page that you will create below, upload it within Showit. You’ll then need the direct link to this asset (found in the media library), which you will then paste in the field described in the photo below.
OK, so we know how Studiocloud works with generating it’s contact form, which then you can place into a standard no-frills, plain-jain html page. What we did not know was how Shoot Q or Tave handles new leads. After speaking with one of our newest clients this afternoon however, we we’re informed that Shoot Q generates an embeddable form as well.
Although you cannot embed this code directly into Showit, there is a temporary workaround. Let’s create an html page for your form. Open up your text editor (notepad or Notepad++ even better), and type the following code;
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact form</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor=”color name”>
<h1>Contact form</h1>
Place your embedded code here
</body>
</html>
This is a VERY basic html page as it will only hold the generated embed form provided by Shoot Q or Studiocloud (if Tave works in the same manner, then this method will work for you as well). Save the page as contact_form.html (the underscore is not necessary, just force of habit). Upload this page to your hosting account and make sure you have the correct URL to that page. Next open Showit and choose whatever text or image on the stage that will open up your contact form.
On the advanced panel in the links tab, choose “URL” and paste the URL of your contact form into the space provided. Choose “overlay” from that drop down menu.
Now, we’re not done yet. We want to form that overlay window to the size of your form (with a little breathing room of course). We’ll assume your form is 400×400. Add the following code to the very end of your pasted URL:
?height=410&width=410
In doing so you will tell Showit to resize the overlay window to the size of the form.
There you have it. You can use your generated contact forms from Studiocloud, Shoot Q, and Tave (if they work this way) with your Showit Site. Post your questions below and we’d be happy to answer them for you.
Happy designing.
