Postcards is a totally new plugin that transforms a WordPress gallery in a postcards system. Simply activating it, every post with a gallery will be transformed such that thumbnails will have a link “send as postcard”. That will bring up a window where user can compile a postcard and send it to friends.
Download
Postcards is available on WordPress Plugin Directory.
Discussions and help about this plugin on Postcards Help page. Versions history and other articles about Postcards can be found here.
Postcards Extras
Postcards can be extended with some extra features finalized to create more and more traffic on your blog or to monetizing the cards them self.
- cards enriched with last posts from your blog (spread your content!)
- cards enriched with related post list of the post the card was sent
- random ads on affiliate link configurable
- globally enabled and ability to disable at post/page level
- globally disabled and ability to selective enable
- one year of free upgrades
- author is open to requests to be implemented
To install, just open the archive and copy the “postcards-extras” folder in your blog plugin folder. When installed the Postcards option panel shows up new options.
Postcards Extras can be downloaded from download area (for members).
by Stefano Lissa
Well, the two cards I sent to myself on December 12th arrived today. WITH NO CARD attached! Both had an ERROR page instead:
Not Found
The requested URL /home/audentes/public_html/cdt-wp/viewcard/fws5GO was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
There are no settings on the plugin which one can use to set up this missing page!
And no instructions!
No wonder this plugin ends up with a one-star rating. It’s a MESS and it can’t be used, and the author ignores all pleas for help.
I’ve posted a SUGGESTION in the WordPress forums that people like this plugin author should be BARRED for not answering, and for not providing relevant instructions IN ENGLISH. They waste a lot of peoples’ time and effort for nothing.
This guy deserves MINUS stars! Less than zero!
I have bad news: the POSTCARDS plugin looks good, but doesn’t work, and the author (Satollo) will not answer posts or email.
I’ve sent myself several cards to different email addresses, they never arrive.
I am sorry to tell you, the test cards never arrived. I sent myself two e-cards from the installed plugin system 4 hours ago, nothing has arrived. So, I’ve just spent hours building a card system that seems not to work.
[1] http://www.christmasdreamthemes.com/home/audentes/public_html/cdt-wp/?page_id=14
[2] http://www.christmasdreamthemes.com/home/audentes/public_html/cdt-wp/?page_id=116
wp-greet didn’t work for me. IT REQUIRES TWO PLUGINS. I couldn’t get either one to work, never mind get them to work together.
I prefer this Postcards plugin, it just needs a little explanation so people aren’t lost looking for shortcode. I give it 4 stars; you’ll get another half-star when my test card arrives, and another when there’s a postaqe stamp.
Thanks! : )
Kathleen Moore,
Like you I am looking for an ecard plug that works. It should display the cards in columns. Thirdly, I want to charge 99cents per ecard mailed.
I am desperate for assistance in making this happen. Let me know if you can help
thanks
wp-greet didn’t work for me. I couldn’t get either one to work, never mind get them to work together.
I prefer this Postcards plugin, it just needs a little explanation so people aren’t lost looking for shortcode. I give it 4 stars; you’ll get another half-star when my test card arrives, and another when there’s a postaqe stamp.
Thanks! : )
Hello. I was able to get the postcards to show up. (1) I installed the postcard plugin. (2) I had to make a PAGE, and insert an image gallery into the page, and save the page. The image gallery thumbs all show up on the page with a simple postcard link under each one. You click on that link and a window pops up where you fill out a postcard to send it. Looks quite nice. I will use it this year for Christmas, thank you.
Meanwhile, may I offer two suggestions:
(A) the blank postcard should be larger; I tried to change the width to 800 px in the edit window of the plugin, but it has no effect.
(B) I would really really really like to see a place for a postage stamp! Could just move down the e-card image and insert a field above it with the stamp. What a nice e-card that would be. I have a remotely hosted e-card site at http://joyeuxmontreal.webng.com with a zillion stamps to choose from – I like them even better than the cards.
I would like to use at lease one stamp in wordpress, my choice of size, because sometimes I use a stamp alone, and sometimes a stamp with a cancellation mark, which is bigger than a stamp.
Thank you for the e-card system. Maybe add little explanation so people can figure it out quicker.
P.S. How long does it take a card to arrive? I sent myself two test cards over an hour ago, they haven’t arrived yet.
This is an awesome plugin and reliable. Very easy once you insert the code which takes a moment. Also wonderful because the user doesn’t have to jump through hoops like captcha to send it!
My cards are here, look how simple!
http://www.zensationalliving.com/blog/ecards-free/
A plugin that work: wp-greet
Hi Chitaranjan Thoudam,
I noticed your test-greeting-page for postcards, but I don’t know what |i need to do the get the same results as you page.
Please forgive me I’m a wordpress beginner.
Far a know I have installed Cleaner Gallery and the postcard gallery but after that I don’t know how to get the final results.
I would appreciate some detailed instruction.
Much appreciated and besty rtegards
I tried all above instructions but no luck with the plugin. Would be possible to have details instructions how to get this plugin working?
Many thanks in advance Tony.
PS. Is there any way where we can download the Postcards Extra?
Works with Cleaner Gallery, see this http://chito.kockyn.com/2011/08/31/test-greeting-page/
Hi Chitaranjan Thoudam,
I have visited your postcards test-greeting-page postcards, and that’s what I want to setup on my wordpress page.But I don’t know what I need to do to get the same results as your page.
Please forgive me I’m totally a wordpress beginner.
So far what I have installed in wordpress is Cleaner Gallery and the postcard plugins, but after that I don’t know how to get the final results.
I would appreciate some detailed instruction.
Much appreciated in anticipation and best regards.
Antonio
Hi,
Please find the attached screenshot for Cleaner gallery setting. You have check the box to load the java-script, this will enable you work postcard smoothly.
1. Create a post
2. Add all your images which you want to enable to send as postcard (do not insert into post, just attached to the post)
3. Add Cleaner Gallery short-code [gallery] to the body of the post.
Just publish and see, hope this works for you.
Hi Chitaranjan many thanks for the help but still I can’t get the page working. I think my main problem is that I can’t find the solution how to ATTACH THE IMAGES IN THE POST, while and is quite possible that I’m INSERTING THEM, because I don’t know how to ATTACH THEM. please visit thsi page http://www.albini.net/materdei/?p=810
Any demos?
Is it possible to add an [alt] tag to extract the image’s alternative text into the email?
Hi, I’m trying to get the “postcards-extra” plugin but the download link is broken. Can anyone please help?
Thanks
Anybody here know a good postcard plugin? This one doesn’t do anything
it does, you obviously didn’t figure out where it does
go visit one of your galleries (using the wordpress integrated solution)
You just have to put [wpecards] on the page you desire.
To add pictures you use WordPress default image uploader.
Unfortunally I can’t figure out how to use it only with PHP
is this project still alive? the links you gave above for help and to the tag page are dead.
Hey, I’ve tried various eCards plugins at http://www.dotcrush.com/ and found this one is great… but same problem after activate how to use this plugins????? any clue??????????????
Thanks. Khursheed
how do you know its great if you can’t get it to work?
Besides, you don’t have to do anything, just activate it and then navigate to one of your image galleries. the links to send are inserted automatically there…
I have the same problem. How to use the plugin after activate ?
Thanks, Cyril
ummm .. how do you make it work? it’s installed, it’s activated … i can’t find any reference to any short codes.
Hi, I like to buy a membership participation to use your Postcard Pro, but I like to test free version first. How I can install that, because I install plugin on my WP then configure in admin panel. And now? how I convert a page with my cards on a postcard send page?
Many thanks