I thought I was going to get to spend some time today catching up on everything, but instead ended up fighting the Search function on our website all day long. I’ve known for awhile now that the built in Search function wouldn’t catalog our product pages – why I don’t know, that’s just the way it works… The people who created our nifty Shopping Cart system have a Search add-on that I could buy, but it would only appear on the Product Pages & so I don’t think anyone would ever even see or notice it, lol.  Sooo… I spent the day trying out different Wordpress Search plugins – fun fun fun, let me tell you. *sigh*

I finally came across one that sounded like it would do exactly what I needed – Search Unleashed, which says it will index every page/post on your Wordpress site… Well, in short, they lied.

Out of the box, I was able to search our blog posts and any standard pages, but it wasn’t searching beyond the first product page so only 15 or 20 collage sheets were being indexed. I couldn’t live with that – we’ve got almost 500 collage sheets and we plan to triple that number in short order! Sooo… back to the drawing board I went and, after a whole lot of trial and error, teeth gnashing, and some fun with tourettes, I came up with a solution that now has 80% of our products searchable – try it out! The Search box should be in the upper right corner of the website.

Currently, there are a few categories which were too large on their own to index properly, meaning that I’ll need to break them all into subcategories before you’ll be able to find them with the Search box. The categories that are missing currently are: Fantasy & Science Fiction, Text & Ephemera, People, and Catch of the Day issues. If you’re looking for collage sheets in these categories, please use the Product Categories menu on the right.

I’ll be working on getting the rest of the items into the Search function ASAP & will post an update as soon as I know for sure that they’re working properly.

Thanks for your patience!
- Kenneth Rougeau

PS: Just in case you’re wondering, the image above is an artist’s depiction of the construction of the Tower of Babel… The image is public domain & you’re welcome to steal it if you want it Enjoy!

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PaperStreet’s 1st Annual

Shades of Pink ACEO Challenge

Gypsy Soul (Pink 2) by Charlotte Self

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and there are several groups on flickr where you can post your pink artwork or photos to raise awareness & funds for breast cancer research charities.

Charlotte has challenged herself to make 1 pink collage every day for the rest of October, which she’ll post in the two fund-raising groups below. For each photo added to these groups, Yahoo will donate money to charities & research organizations in the United States and several European countries.

Now we’re stepping it up a notch & challenging YOU! This is an open call to any artist interested in creating ACEO art trading card collages with a pink theme. Images will be submitted to the two Flickr groups & will not only be oggled by tons of people, many of whom will doubtlessly mutter “Ooh, shiny!” to themselves as they gander and gawk at your lovely work… Where was I? Oh, yea… We’d LOVE it if you’d submit them to the groups yourselves, but we understand that many of you might not have or even want a free Flickr account – so we’ll be happy to post them for you, just let us know! We’ll also be willing (albeit grudgingly) to withhold posting work at the request of any participating artist. Now, the fun stuff!!

Metamorphosis (Pink 3) by Charlotte Self

We are offering 3 free Pink themed collage sheets to all entrants to base their collages on.

Collage sheets and complete “Shades of Pink” ACEO Collage challenge rules can be accessed at: http://paperstreetsupplies.com/contests/

Feel free to message us with any questions.

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Pink-0001.jpg . Pink-0002.jpg . Pink-0003.jpg
Pink-0001.pdf . Pink-0002.pdf . Pink-0003.pdf

“Pink” is the theme, otherwise the contest is fairly wide open. Collages should be approximately 2.5″ x3.5″ (trading card sized). We do ask that you use *primarily* images from the three free pink-themed collage sheets to create your collages, but you are welcome to use outside images for secondary elements, extra touches, etc. – and since it’s for a good cause, we’re willing to accept any/all pink entries. We do ask that you keep it family friendly – nudity is acceptable, but nothing raunchy please. Images deemed distasteful will be removed at our discretion (keep in mind, we have an 8 year old son).

We also ask that you join and cross post your pink images to the following flickr groups – your pictures can help raise money for breast cancer research!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/passionatelypinkforthecure/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/pink2008

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DEADLINE FOR CONTEST ENTRIES IS
10/31/2008 11:59pm PST
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Dragon Whisper (Pink 4) by Charlotte Self

HOW TO ENTER:

Entering couldn’t be simpler. Just create a collage (digital or otherwise) & send us a copy of it via email.
You can reach us anytime by writing to support@paperstreetsupplies.com

*PRIZES!!*

“‘Cause hey, what’s a contest without prizes, eh?” – Nunzio

Prizes will be awarded to
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners
and are as follows:

~ 1st Place ~
1 months email subscription to the
Catch of the Day daily newsletter & downloadable collage sheet.

~ 2nd Place ~
2 week email subscription to the
Catch of the Day daily newsletter & downloadable collage sheet.

~ 3rd Place ~
1 week email subscription to the
Catch of the Day daily newsletter & downloadable collage sheet.

We will also be giving away $3.00 PaperStreet coupons for any
Honorable Mentions
that catch our eye, make us laugh, whatever the case…

Deadline For Contest Entries: 10/31/2008 11:59pm PST
We will judge the images & post the winners
here on the contest page by 11/7/2008

Pieces of Me (Pink 5) by Charlotte Self

Thanks & best of luck to you all!
- Ken, Charlotte & Dylan

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