Designed starter
Photographer starter
Demo content: Wren Alder, live to try
A nature and portrait photographer's site, with projects, session packages, print requests, a booking form, private client galleries and a journal.
FreeNeeds ProTotal CMS 3.6.8+
Wren Alder photographs wildlife, landscapes and outdoor portraits from a small cabin in the North Cascades, or would, if she existed. Hers is the most complete starter we make, and every page is already filled in.
What's in it
- Projects with a story, a location and a gallery, filtered by type on the Work page. Each page takes its color from its cover photo.
- Sessions: packages, fees, client quotes and common questions.
- Prints: a request form rather than a cart, with watermarked photos.
- Booking: a public form protected from bots, saved in the admin and emailed once email is set up.
- Private client galleries behind a passcode, with watermarked photos.
- A Journal with an RSS feed.
Handing it over
The client access group can edit the content and read enquiries without touching settings or templates, so the photographer gets a login that can't break the design. Every template opens with a comment explaining what it does, which also makes this a good site to learn Total CMS from.
It needs a Pro license.
Install it
With Composer, then build its CSS and JavaScript with npm. You’ll need PHP 8.2 or later and Node.js.
composer create-project totalcms/starter-photographer mysite
cd mysite && npm install && npm run buildPoint your web server at mysite/public/ and visit the site. The setup wizard creates your admin account. On a Mac, Total CMS Studio does all of this without a terminal.
Building something else?
Start from whichever is closest and make it yours: every page, collection and template can change to fit the project.
Try the Photographer starter on the trial.
45 days with every Pro feature, on your own server, no credit card. Install it and see the site your client would edit.