Month: November 2010

Ecards And Art Prints: What’s New At Quillcards

Changes At Quillcards
We have been working behind the scenes at Quillcards, and we have now completely revamped and upgraded Quillcards.

Just to be clear, we are talking about the main site of Quillcards, not this blog.

Among the new features you can access on the Quillcards homepage are the following:

Logging In
Under the old system, members needed to log in using login names.

Well, no longer. Now you can log in using your email address and your password, which is much simpler.

Ecard Greetings
Up to now we have used Flash™ for our greetings. However, more and more people are using Quillcards while on the move, using the site and receiving ecards on their iPhones or iPads – neither of which can read Flash™ files.

So we have changed our greeting font to one that is available as a Web font.

Here is a sample, and we hope you like it:

Choosing A Different Image
Do you ever find yourself in the middle of composing your Quillcard when you decide you would rather use a different image than the one you have already chosen – but you don’t want to lose the message you have just written?

Well, now you can change the image before sending your card.

The way to do it is this:

First preview your ecard. Then click to edit it.

That will bring you back to the Compose page and you will now see an Edit button next to the thumbnail image.

Choose the image you want.

Now you will see your ecard with all the information preserved, including your message.

A Quillcards Art Print: Quill
A Quillcards Art Print: Quill

Choice Of Background Colors
‘Background colors’ are the colors that fill the browser window around the ecard.

Until now, you have been able to choose from a range of seven background colors when composing your ecards.

We have now increased the number of colors you can choose to 96. Yes, that’s right – 96 colors!

To set a background color, just open the new ‘color picker’ below the image on the Compose page and choose the one you like.

We have also set a default color: So if you are in a hurry and just want to dash off a quick ecard, you can do so without having to choose a color.

A Quillcards Art Print: Incense
A Quillcards Art Print: Incense

Calendar
We have also added a calendar on the Compose page so that it is even easier to set the date you want your card to go.

The default date is on whatever date you are writing your card.

As before, however, you can change the date to any date up to one month ahead and schedule your card to go then.

Calendar Icon
Calendar Icon

To change the date you want to send your card, open the calendar and click on the date you want your card to be sent.

To open the calendar, just click on the calendar icon that is located next to the date as you can see here.

Resend Your Cards
Sometimes people miss the email letting them know you have sent them a card.

Now you can resend a card that has not been picked up. Go to your Ecard Archives in My Quillcards and you will now see a Resend button. Click that and your card will be sent again.

You Can Resend An Ecard That Has Not Been Picked Up
You Can Resend An Ecard That Has Not Been Picked Up

You can do that at any time within one month of first sending the card.

Font Size
To make your messages even easier to read, we have increased the size of the font in the message box and in the ecards.

And here is reminder that with Quillcards you can write a short message or a long message in your ecards.

In fact, you can write as much as 6,000 characters, which is the equivalent of two typed sheets of paper.

A Quillcards Art Print: World Doors
A Quillcards Art Print: World Doors

Searching In Quillcards
The main way to find an ecard you want to send is to browse the themes and categories listed in the left sidebar.

Now there is an additional way: You can search by word, quotation author, or quotation.

You can search for the authors of the quotations and the quotations themselves by the links in the right sidebar.

The Search button is in the top navigation bar. When we have tagged all the images, you will be able use that to search for cards that match – for example, ‘snow’.

The list of words seems endless, which is why tagging all the images is such a big task. We are only part of the way through this – so please bear with us!

A Quillcards Art Print: Blossom
A Quillcards Art Print: Blossom

Art Prints
We are now selling art prints!

We have a range of 16 prints, and all of them are our original designs and are unique to us here at Quillcards.

They are professionally printed on thick, heavyweight 350 gsm (200 lb) paper stock with a silk finish.

We employ the services of a specialist printing house using high-grade professional printing presses and polymer resins. The result is prints that are extremely durable, color and light fast, vibrant and long-lasting.

All of our prints are printed with a white border and are suitable for mounting on the wall just as they are – or you may wish to have them framed. The border around our prints enables them to be mounted easily within a mounting mat and frame.

You can see our print collection here.

You will find the complete product information here, including the sizes of the prints that are available and the last dates for ordering in time for delivery for the holidays.

A Distinctive Gift
Our art prints are very good value and we have a low, flat-rate shipping cost to wherever we ship.

Have you thought about one of our art prints as a gift for someone?

It’s easy to give one of our art prints as a gift: Spend a few minutes figuring out which art print you want and then pay for the item quickly and easily with your credit card or Paypal.

You can write a message to your recipient (if you wish) which we will enclose on a gift tag with your print.

Member Discounts
Anyone can buy our prints, but members get an automatic discount off the entire range. So remember to log in to enjoy the discount.

If you are not a member of Quillcards, then consider joining for one, two, or three years and enjoy great ecards and discounts off our prints.

A Quillcards Art Print: Bell
A Quillcards Art Print: Bell