What is FrozenFlower?
FrozenFlower is a Photoblog aggregator. All content is taken from several photoblogs with the authorization of their owners. FrozenFlower mission is:
- To be a place where anyone can enjoy good photos
- Help photographers make their work known
- To be a community the photographers
- Generate traffic to the photoblogs of its members
- Have fun! :)
Who is behind FrozenFlower?
Nuno Barreto, a portuguese web developer and a photography amateur. My photoblog is Fotos da Natureza.
Why create FrozenFlower?
I searched for a service like this for Photoblogs, and found none. So, I decided to create one myself. Some of the inspiration comes from PlanetGeek
Who can join FrozenFlower?
Anyone that follows the rules, and that is approved by the members of FrozenFlower. The rules are:
- Have a photoblog with a RSS/Atom Feed
- Photos in the feed must be at least 500px wide or tall
- Photos must be yours
- No pornography (nudity is allowed, within common sense)
- No photos that go against human rights, or that condone discrimination or violence
- Any other rule that we fancy in the future
How do I join FrozenFlower?
Any request should be sent to us in Google Groups (press contact the owner), and it will be submited for approval by the members in the mailing list. If a suficient number of members aproves it, the person will then be invited to join, and will become a full blood member.
What is de advantage of having a photoblog in FrozenFlower?
Having a photoblog in a aggregator like FrozenFlower has several advantages:
- It will give more visibility to your work
- It will generate traffic to your photoblog
- You will be part of a community where you can learn together
Why the ads?
I want to be able to pay the web hosting service. Probably I will not profit much from this project, but I hope it will be enough to pay the costs.
Why the name FrozenFlower?
My wife likes it, and I do too :). It's not easy to find a good domain in our days, and we tried playing with the word frozen (because a photo freezes something), and after many tries, we liked the sound of FrozenFlower.
What is the technology behind FrozenFlower?
The script that aggregates the feeds and puts them in the mySQL database is made in Python, with the help of feedparser. The website is done in PHP and Smarty.
Where is my post?
If your post doesn't show up, it can be for a number of technical reasons, in which case you should report the problem in the mailing list. But it can also be because the post has no photo.
