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Old May 27th, 2008 May 27, 2008 11:10:41 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default How do I upload to Cafepress?

I'm new here and I'd really appreciate some hints on why I can't upload my design from Inkscape to Cafepress. It said the file was too big. I'm really bad with computers but I have a lot of ideas for kids shirts that I would love to make happen. I'm a stay at home mom in real need of a creative outlet. Thank you.
 
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Default Re: How do I upload to Cafepress?

Cafepress has templates for download that show you just how large your image can be.

The easiest thing to do is to download the template, open it in your photo editing program, and resize your current design to fit.

A general guideline for their shirts is a 10" x 10" cube at 200 dpi. (aka a 2000 pixel x 2000 pixel image)

Hope this helps...
 
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I'm new here and I'd really appreciate some hints on why I can't upload my design from Inkscape to Cafepress. It said the file was too big. I'm really bad with computers but I have a lot of ideas for kids shirts that I would love to make happen. I'm a stay at home mom in real need of a creative outlet. Thank you.
What file type did you save your design as? You should try saving it as a PNG file when you are in inkscape.
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Default Re: How do I upload to Cafepress?

Thanks for the tip. I just saved it as an svg file (I have no idea what that even means). PNG didn't seem to be an option ( it was not on the list under "save as"). Do you know how I would save the design as a PNG file from inkscape?
 
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Default Re: How do I upload to Cafepress?

Hey thanks for the help Akitsu and Rodney. I called cafepress and they walked me through it. I opened a shop but when I search the baby t shirt category I can't find my design. Anybody know what's up with that? I'll call them tomorrow.
 
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Default Re: How do I upload to Cafepress?

Well you have to remember that there's literally thousands of t-shirts added each week. ^_^

The easiest way to get people to see your stuff is to send them a link to your store, which follows the format of...
http://www.cafepress.com/ and the name you assigned your store. If you go to the My Account section, it'll have the link there.

The main way that shirts show up when people are just browsing through them is the name of your shirt, it's description, and the tags you assigned to it. (Tags are basic words that people might search for, for example... if you were selling a shirt for bird lovers you'd put words like "bird birdcall robin finch watching" which are related terms. Of course if you wanted to say, have it come up more often, you'd put in common search terms from a related topic as well. (ex "hobby binocular spectator tranquility")

You can have the best design in the world and have it fail if you don't do a good job filling out those description fields.

Hope this helps. Don't worry, you'll be a pro at this stuff in no time. It just takes practice and some great ideas.

Last edited by Akitsu; May 31st, 2008 at 10:35 AM. Reason: Web link was not meant to be active, but an example.
 
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Default Re: How do I upload to Cafepress?

I don't think I even put in a discription. I was just so thrilled to see my design on a shirt I overlooked the details. Thanks for the tip and the encouragment!
 
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