Image Gallery Reference Commands

The following represents a brief overview of the syntax that must be used when submitting images to the STD Image Gallery.

All of the following commands must be e-mailed to: images@spacew.com. The Subject that each e-mail message must be set to is specified first (note that CASE is important when submitting commands to the image server. The contents of the Body of the e-mail message are then given using an example.

If you have any questions or are not certain about how to execute one of these commands, please refer to our Help Guide.

Obtaining an Access Code

Subject: REQUEST CODE

Body:

Not Used - Ignored.

Publishing an Image

Subject: Title Of Your Image

Body:

Line 1: Your_Access_Code ; Theme_For_Your_Image
Line 2 and all subsequent lines: Textual description of your image.

Deleting a Published Image

Subject: DELETE IMAGE

Body:

Line 1: Your_Access_Code
Line 2: Filename_of_image_to_delete_(ex: image000123.jpg)

Replacing a Published Image

Note: This command replaces not only the image, but the text associated with the image and the theme for the image.

Subject: REPLACE IMAGE

Body:

Line 1: Your_Access_Code ; New_Image_Theme
Line 2: Filename_of_image_to_replace_(ex: image000123.jpg)
Line 3: New Title of your Image
Line 4 and all subsequent lines: New textual description of your image.

Replacing Only the Image Description

Note: This command does not replace the image itself. It only replaces the description, title and theme for the image. You do not need to (and should not) attach an image to an e-mail containing this command. The server would just ignore it anyway.

Subject: REPLACE TEXT

Body:

Line 1: Your_Access_Code ; New_Image_Theme
Line 2: Filename_of_image_to_replace_(ex: image000123.jpg)
Line 3: New Title of your Image
Line 4 and all subsequent lines: New textual description of your image.

Obtaining Image Hit Statistics

Note: There are two variants of this command. The first (below) returns all of the hit statistics for all of the images you have on our server. The second variant (following) returns the hit statistics for only one image (which you specify in the e-mail).

Subject: IMAGE STATS

Body:

Line 1: Your_Access_Code
Line 2: all images

Subject: IMAGE STATS

Body:

Line 1: Your_Access_Code
Line 2: Filename_of_image_to_return_stats_for_(ex: image000123.jpg)

Setting Up Your Own Home Page URL

Note: This command lets you create a customized web URL to all of the images you (and only you) have stored on our server. For example, you may want to set up a URL so that when someone goes to: http://www.spacew.com/gallery/JohnDoe, they will end up going to your web page of images that you have submitted on the server.

Important: You must have at least one image on the server before this command can be used.

Subject: SET HOMEPAGE

Body:

Line 1: Your_Access_Code
Line 2: The name you want to use as the URL. This name must abide by strict rules as defined below:

a. The FIRST character of this line MUST be an upper-case letter (not a number, or a lower-case letter, etc).

b. The SECOND and subsequent characters of this line may be upper or lower case letters, or digits.

c. No spaces or punctuation marks are permitted in the homepage name. Including spaces or other non-alphanumeric characters will cause your request to be rejected.

The following sample names are NOT appropriate:

*MyPage*
myPage
My-Page
My Page
My.Page

The following sample names ARE OK:

MyPage
MyPage123

Line 3: This line must contain the filename of the image you want to set up as the lead image for your homepage (ex. image000123.jpg).

Example e-mail message:

Subject: SET HOMEPAGE

1234567
JohnDoe
image000123.jpg

Selling Prints of your Images On-Line

Line 1: Your_Access_Code ; Your_Image_Theme
Line 2and all subsequent lines: The textual description of the image you are submitting.

Within the textual description of the image, the following command sequence will place a Buy Print button beside your image, allowing people to click on it and purchase prints of your images. Spelling and syntax must be strictly obeyed! Note the use of the underscore "_" character below. The underscore must be included within the Seller Information Block, which is defined as follows:

<SELL>
business_email: The email address for accepting Internet payments through PayPal.
product_name: The product you are selling.
product_number: Any product-specific information (this description is for your reference).
price: Price of the product you are selling (in United States Dollars)
<TEXT>
This is the text that is displayed immediately to the left of the Buy Print button. It can contain multiple lines. Lines separated by a blank line will show up on the web page as line breaks. To terminate this text block, use this command:
</TEXT>
</SELL>

An example e-mail message is included below:

<SELL>
business_email: John@Doe.Com
product_name: 8x10 Glossy Print of the Flaming Bastille Day Aurora
product_number: 8x10 Glossy Print of the Flaming Bastille Day Aurora (photo serial #124)
price: 35.00
<TEXT>
Purchase a beautiful 8x10 Glossy Print of this Flaming Aurora for only $35 USD.
</TEXT>
</SELL>