What software to use

I run a small gallery and want my artists to be able to log in to the site and upload their work.

I have been looking around at some details about loging and such but as each artist would have deferent details on their page I wondered what software would be best to use?

Wordpress is mega super easy to customize, and it’s got a pretty powerful api.

There is no ideal solution. Your best bet is a simple CMS coupled with something like slideshowpro( see slideshowpro.net ). If you’re actually in Tokyo, as your name implies, you can find freelancers around willing to do it for around 40,000 - 80,000 yen depending on the extent of customization you want. Wordpress is a nice CMS, but like any pre-built CMS it’s going to do so many other things that are unnecessary. A quick search turns up results like combining slideshowpro with joomla and even the overly complex drupal.

Anyhow, check out slideshowpro, I recommend it for handling the gallery chores, and then look for something to pair with it to handle the database and user chores.

…that sounds great.

As for each user having there own login page to being able to set their own price and upload work. Would this also be possible with the software?

…just noticed a nice little example

That looks like a nice solution, maybe go with that?

what has big cartel used to creat the site?

i.e. their shopping cart and user pages.

That site is a custom build by indielabs.com

As for a CMS have you looked at drupal? It’s pretty awesome. Not sure what capabilities it has for shopping carts/payments, but for multiple users having control over their pages and being able to upload images/info it’s very good. It’s also very well documented and supported with a wide community of people to help out if you get stuck.

http://drupal.org/

http://drupal.org/project/Modules/category/104

some eCommerce modules for drupal, in case you want to see them. I had no idea there were so many!

Thanks heaps for all the help.

great solutions.