Archive for the 'new features' Category

Major card upgrade – November 10, 2009

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

We welcomed several new card designers this year and expanded our selection of 5×7 folded and 4×8 cards to over 200!  You can see them at http://cards.smugmug.com.

You can of course order a card with just a photo on the front and no design.  Ordering help.  Or you can design your own cards from scratch on [...]

Bulk settings, bulk replace for pros, badge love, feed and iPhone opt-outs – October 29, 2009

Friday, October 30th, 2009

You’ll find a magical new button in gallery settings called Multiple Galleries.  Choose it to apply any number of gallery settings to as many galleries as you please.  More.

Pros will find a time-saving new Replace Multiple Photos button for their Proof & Retouch orders.  It automagically replaces photos from sales with your retouched photos having [...]

Animoto, Better Viewing, and Homepage Goodies for All – October 22, 2009

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Animoto
Last night we rolled out a partnership with Animoto that we’ve been excited about for years. You’ll find “Create an Animoto Video” in the Owner Only section of the Buy button when you’re logged in. Discover why we love Animoto on our CEO’s blog and on our help page.
Gallery viewing styles
We overhauled another [...]

Sales History, Cropping, and Get a Link – September 11th, 2009

Friday, September 11th, 2009

With this release, pros who sell prints through SmugMug will see a dramatically improved Sales History, accessible from the Pro tab of their Control Panel. Among other things, we added imageID, albumID, gallery title, and category title to the downloadable CSV. We also added more specific shipping information where possible, including tracking numbers [...]

Introducing NiceNames – August 13th, 2009

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Thanks to the persuasive case many of you made, we’re introducing URLs that can hugely boost your search engine relevance. Plus, they’re so simple you can describe them over the phone.
Behold the power of a NiceName:
Old URL:

http://cmac.smugmug.com/gallery/8611000_VW7PY
New URL:
http://cmac.smugmug.com/Family/June-2009
NiceNames can skyrocket your findability (SEO)
Choose your NiceNames well, and your galleries will have much [...]

Buttons and Lots More – October 30, 2008

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

We had a big release tonight that was a long time in coming. We’re happy to announce brand-new buttons, great new products, shine-ups, and bug fixes. SmugMug is now easier to use, or at least a lot more fun.
Buttons

Brand-new Tools button.

On gallery pages it has gallery tools, site links, and [...]

Metallic Prints and More – September 19, 2008

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

We are thrilled to announce a newly-designed catalog, loaded with new products:

Metallic prints, in 11 sizes.
10 new canvas sizes, each available as rolled or mounted.
Photo puzzle with a slick black box, keepsake box, mahogany desktop organizer, photo panels in three sizes, Post-it poster print, and photo stickers.

Also in this release:

Fixed a [...]

Bug fixes and sharegroup enhancements – September 11, 2008

Friday, September 12th, 2008

We had a great release last night, zapping some frustrating bugs and cleaning up some rough spots in design.
Bugs zapped:

Fixed missing Smuggy icon when you add your SmugMug page to the iPhone Home Screen.
Fixed broken SmugShot link on the “choose an uploader” page.
Fixed bug with saving photos in Firefox, where you’d end up with a [...]

Bug fixes & conveniences – June 20, 2008

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

By popular demand:  The save photo icon is now visible when you are logged in even if you have originals turned off.  No worries, your visitors won’t see it.  To check that, you can log out — or click the visitor view button on your home page.
Sorry for the panic this caused for many people [...]

Big release – September 4th, 2007

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Last night we made some neat improvements, much-needed bug fixes, and… bumped up the file size limit on every SmugMug account!

We started hearing from Standard users that files straight from their cameras were over our 8 mb limit. True, they could compress them a bit and still see stunning image quality. However, [...]