Labrador Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Hi everybody, I'm a new contributor and not yet familiar with Alamy, so please excuse me if I may ask a stupid question that maybe has been answered before. (I did check the forum, though) I just passed my first QC and enthusiastically, I started adding all the information to my pictures, so that they can go online for sale. One thing, though. The status says: Not ready - Images marked as not ready must have the mandatory details completed before they are visible to customers. Now, I checked again, and I have added all the info I was asked for. So what am I doing wrong? Or do I just have to wait. Or do I need to press some button? Thanks so much in advance, Christina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Watkins Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Hi Christina - Welcome aboard. Have you completed all the tabs including, and especially, the "Attributes" one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Hi Christina... Assuming you've keyworded, and 'ticked all the boxes'... and saved... you'll see your pix go 'live' in 24 hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneWay Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 This is just Alamy's eccentric way of showing things. If your two main sections: attributes and keywords, are showing they are completed OK, your pics will be ready. In the drop down Search results menu on top line that shows Images - not ready, choose: Images - ready Your images should show up there. Now just wait a day for them to go on sale. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Thanks so much everybody for the nice welcome and getting back to me about this. Well, I think I completed all the boxes, yet it still says they're not ready. I would post a screenshot here, but then I get a spam error message. If I look at my photos, there is a green circle showing keywords and attributes are okay, but there is no such thing next to the other boxes (description, location, restrictions) When I do what Dave suggest (going to Images - ready) it still says there are none. If this is just a matter of waiting, it's okay by me, I just don't know if I made some mistake... Edit: Okay, I just checked again, and all of the images are now marked as ready. Seems it was just a matter of patience : ) Thanks again, everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 This is going sound like a silly comment but have you saved the changes? I think you only need complete essential keywords, caption and the attribute field. Then click "save all changes". The image should then be ready. Obviously it may be a good idea to complete the other field but I think these are the only compulsory ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Douglas Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 The other thing (perhaps for future reference) is that the numbers in the filter list don't change unless you change to a different filter. So if you filter on 'Not Ready' to start with (the default), change to filter on 'Ready' (or another selection) and the numbers in the drop down list will then change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrador Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 John, yes I saved all the changes. Keith, yes, I noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out. Anyways, it just worked when I checked back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.