Registration questions.

Kind of feeling like I used to feel on the first day of school.

I've got butterflies in my stomach (they started Friday night and haven't left), I couldn't sleep last night, I can't quit thinking about who's going to be in my class and I'm slightly nauseas.

The only thing different is that I didn't spend the last few weeks trying to decide which outfit from  Sears would make the perfect first-day-of-school attire.

Trying to answer a few last minute registration questions...

1. The information on the registration page is for my records only and as of right now, it does not have all of the the correct fields for non-US students.  Don't worry about though - if you live outside of the US, just fill in the address fields as best you can.  After you've filled in all that info., it will take you to the secure payment site, where you can fill in your correct address.

2. The secure payment site has a section for your personal information and a separate section for your billing information.  Therefore, if your Mom is paying for this class as your birthday present (which one nice mom is doing) it should work just fine.

3. If the class you want to sign up for is not available, it will show up as unavailable in the "choose class" field.

4. If the class you are trying to register for fills up while you are trying to register for it, I am honestly not sure what will happen (but I have an email into my web guy to try to figure this out).

5. If a particular class fills up, you can choose to get on the waiting list for that class by just completing the regular registration process for it.  Unfortunately, this still requires payment in full  (which I think stinks and am trying to change).  I am happy to keep an informal waiting list for any class (without payment) if you would like to email me with your contact information and the class date you would like to be put on the waiting list for.

5. If you are not able to pull up the site after 9am PST, it is possible that the server crashed.  The web guy who set-up the site is going to be available all morning to try to put out any potential fires.  He did say however that if 100+ people are trying to register simultaneously, that the server will crash.  Just keep checking back (if the site is down and a I am aware of it, I will post an update here on my blog).

If I get anymore questions between now and registration time, I will add them here.

Good luck with registration.  I've got my fingers crossed that everything runs smoothly (although you just never know what sort of problems can turn up, particularly with a brand new website).  If you do not get into the class you were hoping to get into, please don't worry.  If there is enough demand, I will schedule additional classes in 2009.

And one I took of Annie yesterday with her very first "ice cream", which technically, was a fruit bar (but she doesn't know that).

Comments

[Amy]

LOL about the fruit bar! Emma still thinks that she is eating ice cream when I give her go-gurt frozen! Sneaky moms!
2 hours till registration and I am still undecided on taking this class, the greatest thing would be to hear what you have to say about my photos. oh the pressure! hope everything goes great for you today!

[Kim]

Good luck with registration! I hope they fill up and there is enough demand in 2009 so that I can take it! Either that or they don't fill up and I can register when I have the funds. LOL

[Amy]

I got in to the July class. woohoo~ now i am totally excited. and that seemed to go pretty smoothly, i hope things are smooth on your end! congratulations!

[Carla]

I'm in... YEAH!!!! I wanted the June 2nd class so bad!!!! Thank you...

[Sarah]

AHH! I'm in for June! SO SO excited :)

[Andrea Devisser]

I'm in! At least I think I am... I got a confirmation! I'm SO excited. :)

[Sara Mangan]

I'm in!!! I'm so excited. My hands were shaking so bad during registration that I could hardly type.
Hope the process goes well for everyone else, including you Karen.
Sara M

[Carolyn Hall]

Congratulations!! How does it feel to reach star status? It felt like I was trying to get tickets to a concert. Class one already sold out!! You go girl!!!
I got in for round 2!!! Can't wait!

[Kim]

Just wanted to let you know how excited I am for this class...I'm waiting until September (which is really hard for me to do), but I'm due with my very first baby in July and was smart enough not to take on a photography class early on! ;) Thanks so much for doing these online classes. I can't wait!

[Danielle]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who felt like I was trying to get tickets to a show! I signed up for round 2 because I will be on vacation for two weeks of round 1. I am very excited!

[Erin]

SO exciting!!! Everything went great with registration, I'm in the September class, and CAN'T WAIT!!!
Cute picture of Annie! Looks like she enjoyed her "ice cream"!

[Cydnie]

WOW, I got into a class! I'm so excited and can't wait to learn. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Hope you have a stellar day!!

[Rislang]

So excited, I got in for June!!! I have a quick question though. You recommended that we use our names as our username for registration which I did, but when I tried to log back into the class my name doesn't fit into the username log-in box. What can I do about this?

[Ashely Schultz]

I got into the second class and I'm so excited! Thanks Karen!

[Jamie]

I got waitlisted for the first class and tried to log back in to change to a later class but can't. I've emailed you though so hopefully I'll still get in.

[Barbara Zea]

Posting here in case you are getting tons of e-mails. I think I got in the June class, but if I'm waitlisted...please move me to another sessions. Thanks!!

[Lan]

I got in for June, my hands were shaking too. Wow it looked like it was sold out within 5 minutes! This is my Mother's Day present, I can't wait for class to start! I just Love the icecream/fruit bar picture. Hopefully I'll be able to shoot something like that soon!

[marcy]

I'm so excited! June won't come soon enough. My hands are still shaking! LOL

[Cara Lieggi]

YEAH!! I am so excited about this!! I got into the second class! I cannot wait for it to start!!! Thanks for doing this. Registration was super easy! Come on JULY!!!!! Congrats on this success! Have a great day!

[Sarah]

I registered at exactly 9:01am but it looks like I got waitlisted for the first class also. I too have emailed you though so hopefully I'll still get in as well.

[Juel]

I've been trying to get into the site for about 15mins. The site is either down or the classes are full. I'll keep trying

[RachelG]

I keep seeing the page that promises the site will be coming soon. I'll try againg in a while and cross my fingers that I get in.

[Malinda]

I'm in!! I am so excited and look forward to the July class.
have a super day...great photo of Annie!

[Terri Porter]

I don't know if I'm in or not! All seemed to be going well and I thought I was in (it didn't show that the first class was filled). Then I got three e-mails, one saying that my registration had been received, the next one which was a Sales Receipt showing that I had been charged $250 for the class and then the third one saying I am on the waiting list. I would rather just sign up for another class than be on the waiting list. Now the second one is also full and I'm afraid to sign up for the third one in case I am already signed up for the first one. Sent an e-mail to you, Karen, but haven't heard back yet. I actually got on before 9:00 and got into the registration area. Was surprised to find out that it opened early, but it still looked like there was space in the first class. I'm afraid now I won't get into any of them if I wait to find out if I'm actually in the first class or not. Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[Sarah T]

OMG I'm in!!!! I think I'm going to take off work the rest of the day and go home and celebrate!