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Do it yourself, or let us install the free trial for you.

For $50, the AfterShutter team can install the system for you on your webspace. You will have a free trial for a minimum of 14 days. If, at the end of your free trial, you do not want to purchase AfterShutter, just ask for your $50 back for a no-questions-asked refund. Click HERE to start the process.

Mac users STEP 1 - Download AfterShutter

  • If you haven't yet, fill out the inquiry form and continue to the page where you can download the free trial ZIP file to your computer. (coming soon)

  • Unzip the compressed folder to a spot on your hard drive.

  • If you received a separate license, be sure to also unzip the license you received and save it in the same folder with the rest of the system files!
    AfterShutter won't work without that license!

  • The name of the unzipped folder is "AfterShutter", but you can rename that folder to be anything you like.
    Examples: "OnlineOrdering", "ClientAccess", "OnlineViewing", "MyPortraits"

  • Using FTP, upload that entire folder to the root level of your webspace.

  • The URL where you access your system will be: www.yourphotographysite.com/MyPortraits, or whatever you decided to name that folder.

  • At that URL, you may see an error that directs you to an IonCube site where you can get the correct loader for your server's configuration. Follow the links to download the correct loader to your harddrive, then upload that loader to the "ioncube" folder inside the folder you uploaded.


    • STEP 2 - Pre-Configuration for Mac Users

    IMPORTANT: Use FTP to look inside the folder you uploaded. Find the folder called "galleries" and turn ON READ AND WRITE permissions for that folder.

    This may sound confusing, but it's really not -- WE PROMISE!

  • In WS_FTP, highlight the folder name galleries, right click on one of them, and choose CHMOD from the list. In the box that appears, check all the boxes under "READ", "WRITE", and "EXECUTE".

  • In Windows FTP, find the file, right-click on it, choose "PROPERTIES", and check all of the boxes under "read", "write", and "execute".


    • Other FTP programs have similar options, so you'll be able to find it easily and turn on "read", "write", and "execute" permissions for that folder.

    STEP 3 - Configuration access

  • Use your web browser (Safari, Explorer, Firefox, whatever you use) to go on the internet to www.yourwebsite.com/OnlineViewing/configuration using the folder name you specified in STEP 1 above.
  • The configuration page is password protected. Enter this information to access the configuration page:
    User name: admin
    Password: admin
  • Once inside the configuration page, use the "Change User ID" and "Change Password" buttons to set the user ID and password to your own chosen ID & Password.