The PhotoDeck blog: website customization

Search redesign

Example: bib number search on a sport events photography website

Easily add search boxes from the content editor!

We've added a Search element to the new content editor. This allows you to add search boxes on your website everywhere you can enter...

Your custom pages just got promoted

New editor for free content to provide ultimate flexibility

This is set to be our most significant upgrade this year.

PhotoDeck is optimized for photography and video websites: galleries are central to our designs. That's what allows PhotoDeck sites...

Custom mobile frontpages!

Up until now, the frontpage on PhotoDeck mobile websites could only be a gallery index. One reason was that very often, members wouldn't take mobile into account when designing their custom frontpage, and it wouldn't look good on small displays. Images...

Say hello to the new design editor!

We're thrilled to launch today a major update of the design customization tool, which will make it significantly easier for members to customize their website. The themes have also been updated to allow for effortless color palette customization.

4 MPixel images displayed right on your website

We have added the "WQXGA" size to the sizes available for the display of enlarged images on your website. This is a LARGE size (max 2560 x 1600 pixels), resulting in images of about 4 million pixels displayed directly on your website!

The quality...

New design options: custom slideshows and page backgrounds

You probably know that you can display any gallery in slideshow mode, that's what the Portfolio gallery style does by default. A little-less known PhotoDeck feature is the ability to add a custom slideshow to a custom content page or a gallery overview...

Designs update: thin fonts

A current website design trend is to use thinner-than-normal fonts, and we've now made sure you can do that on PhotoDeck websites.

You will see today an invitation to upgrade your designs (desktop and mobile) to take...

TIP // Gallery Display Style Basics

Gallery display styles are an important and powerful tool to control the way your galleries, thumbnails, and images are displayed to your visitors. It is what allows you to match a gallery's presentation with your own style, but also with the purpose...

TIP // Setting gallery covers

Gallery cover images are a great opportunity to give your visitors a preview of what to expect before entering a gallery. A great gallery cover can mean the difference between a visitor exploring more of your website or leaving. Your PhotoDeck site...

New: XL-sized gallery covers and thumbnails

We've introduced new LARGE sizes in our image walls displays, available for both gallery covers and individual image thumbnails.

A perfect use of this is on your frontpage, when you have split your site into 2-3 main galleries. Or more generally...

Design upgrade!

Today, we're delighted to announce an important (and free) update to PhotoDeck websites!

The enhancements we're bringing you this time are about design. Seemingly small little things that, put together, have a significant impact on how people will...

Work in progress...

As often, we've been too busy making improvements to PhotoDeck to update our social networks lately...

Currently we're working on design improvements, and doing them right means digging deep and rewriting a lot of code.

Until this makes it to your...

New feature: advanced EU cookies law compliance

PhotoDeck turned 5 today! What better way to celebrate than introducing a great new feature?

The EU Cookie law requires that websites get consent from their visitors before using cookies. If you're based in the EU and use Google Analytics or embed...

Social network integrations reviewed, part I

We've got a nice update for all PhotoDeck websites today!

Beautiful links to your social channels

You'll find a new Social Networks panel in your admin space (under My Website). There, you can easily add links to your social network profiles (Facebook...

Tips for an effective (portfolio) photography website

Zoe Whishaw is an independent commercial photography consultant and mentor. She works with photographers on a one-to-one basis and runs seminars and workshops in and around London.

Your website is your greatest marketing tool. It should be a reflection...

New Designs!

Change of season, change of design? 3 new templates now available...

#9

#9 is a "classical" minimalist and up-to-date design. Its layout is centered, including both the logo and the menu bar, something previous designs didn't offer (except for...

Improved watermark management

To start off the week, we've just rolled out an update on the watermark module!

Watermarks library

Not every gallery calls for the same watermark. Now, you can keep several watermarks in store, and pick the one you want to apply to your images...

TIP // Spice up your buttons

You've chosen a design for your website, uploaded your photos, and added pricing profiles to them. To refine your design, you can customize the buttons on your website to make them more visible and enticing to your clients or potential clients.

TIP // Gallery cover photos

Galleries covers should be enticing and encourage your visitors to enter a gallery. Other times, you want them to be more practical. For this reason you can easily customize which image is used for your gallery covers.

In the My Images & Videos...

TIP // Customizing and understanding thumbnails

Each gallery display style uses a unique mixture of settings to optimize the way your images are displayed in your galleries. One of the areas where this is the most apparent is in the image thumbnails. Did you know you can completely customize the...