FTP for all paying plans…

by Mike Caston
The crew here at NextProof has decided all paying customers should enjoy the benefits of using FTP for image upload. That said, all new and existing Basic Plan users now have full FTP access to upload images to events. 

No More Blogging this Week

by Erik Dungan
I’ve got a new baby coming Tuesday morning, so I won’t be blogging here this week. If you have any questions or issues, make sure to submit a support ticket instead of emailing me directly or leaving comments here.
Check my blog Tuesday evening for sappy baby pictures.

Turning Event Guests into Customers Part II: Gallery Launch

by Erik Dungan
In part I of this little experiment I talked about how I created 4×6 prints with an engagement image and link to the event. After a bit of procrastination, I finally finished editing the wedding and launched the gallery.
ProDPI Special
First, I want to point out that ProDPI has a Promo Pack special which [...]

2 Small Updates

by Erik Dungan
We deployed 2 small updates late last night. First, there is a search form when viewing your orders. This will come in handy once the orders start accumulating over time.
Also, we’ve added a field to your Account & Billing settings. The Extra Information field will be displayed on the right-hand column of your [...]

Gallery Date Issues

by Erik Dungan
A few people reported gallery start or end dates coming up with something like 0008-06-20. This was because the system does not recognize 2-digit years and we incorrectly gave you a tip of using the format 6/20/08. Our bad.
If you’re going to use full dates, you’ll need to use the format 6/20/2008. You [...]

New Features: Product Groups and Default Settings

by Erik Dungan
We just deployed a couple new features. At the top of your NextProof admin screen, you’ll see a new tab called “Product Groups”. Product Groups are … you guessed it … groups of products. You can define any number of groups, each with its own list of products.

When creating/editing a gallery, you can [...]

Tutorial on Embedding Slideshows

by Erik Dungan
We’ve made some updates to the embed-able slideshow of featured images. You can now embed it at any size (up to 600 pixels square).
I’ve also posted a tutorial on how to embed it in your blog.

A Stat-tastic Friday Update

by Erik Dungan
We pushed out some updates today. First, as mentioned before, there is now a quota for FTP uploads. Users may upload up to 500mb of images at a time. If you’re uploading a high-res gallery, you may need to split the upload into 2 batches. Of course, if this is the case, you’ll [...]

Coming Soon: Embed Your Slideshows

by Erik Dungan
This isn’t exposed in the NextProof control panel yet, but I’ll post instructions on it soon. If you have a NextProof account, you already know that your featured images can play as a slideshow when a visitor views a gallery for the first time.
What you didn’t know is that you can also embed [...]

2 Quick Updates

I just pushed 2 quick updates out this afternoon (I normally don’t do it during the day). 
First, your public gallery view was updated. We removed the image count that was displayed for each gallery. Someone rightly pointed out that customers may not like seeing other galleries/events with more images. So, we pulled that out and [...]