Posted 23 October 2008 @ 12pm in Uncategorized
We were chatting about Aperture today and got on the subject of exporting and uploading via FTP directly from Aperture. After some quick googling, I came up with a couple interesting links.
Obviously the beauty here is that you could export versions and FTP to NextProof all in a single step.
ÜberUpload for Aperture
Cost: $24.95 (15 day [...]
Posted 18 October 2008 @ 7pm in Uncategorized
If you hit the NextProof home page, you’ll see our first case-study video. It features Alex Fagundo of a Candidly Elegant Photography of Miami, FL. Alex was cool enough to let our camera guy follow him around on an engagement session and talk about using NextProof in his workflow.
Alex gets bonus points for using Aperture [...]
Posted 16 October 2008 @ 8am in News
We just pushed out a small but handy update for FTP uploading. After uploading images via FTP and then adding them to a gallery, you’ll now get a status message.
The status will tell you that the FTP import is either “Pending” (i.e. it’s queued up in the background) or “Processing” (i.e. images are being added [...]
Posted 9 October 2008 @ 1pm in Maintenance announcements, News
Recently, we’ve been having issues with order notifications getting delayed (primarily by @yahoo.com addresses). Currently, emails sent from the NextProof system come from nextproof@bigfolio.com and this seems to be part of the issue.
This week we’ll be changing the FROM address. Any emails from NextProof (order notifications, billing notices, etc.) will begin coming from system@nextproof.com.
We’ve taken [...]
Posted 7 October 2008 @ 8am in Uncategorized
As promised, a new update has been deployed. Here’s a brief overview:
New features
Products can now have a description and an image
Merchandise (the “More Products” tab) is now displayed with an image and description
You can now browse the favorites of all registered users via order details or the user’s profile
Bug fixes
Fixed bug where deleting a product [...]
Posted 4 October 2008 @ 9pm in Maintenance announcements, News
Sometime this month we’ll be rolling out a big update to the “More Products” section (aka merchandise) of NextProof galleries. Remember that any product marked as “merchandise” and added to a gallery will be available for purchase in the “More Pruducts” tab.
In this upcoming release, you’ll be able to add an image and a description [...]
Posted 3 October 2008 @ 1pm in Tips and tricks
Just a quick note. Because of the firewall configuration at our new servers, you must use passive mode when uploading images via FTP.
As far as I know, every FTP client supports passive mode transfers.
I currently use Transmit for Mac when uploading. Passive mode option is located in Preferences->Network.
Posted 3 October 2008 @ 8am in News
Ok, a few updates for you. First off, we’ve got a new theme in the system. Butterscotch has some nice muted tans and browns–perfect for your Autumn galleries. It’s available in the control panel now and we should have a sample gallery up later today.
Prettier Emails
We’ve been working to improve the emails that go out [...]
