As 2024 approaches, PhotoBiz continues to stand at the forefront of innovation, releasing a wave of updates designed to elevate your photography business. In 2023, our releases focused on enhancing the Client Galleries experience, and introduced powerful features and improvements across various facets of PhotoBiz platform. Here’s a look back at the exciting transformations and additions we’ve made to empower photographers to showcase your work, book client’s online, and create unparalleled client interactions and sales.

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Website Builder
Client Galleries
Studio Management
Platform and Infrastructure Updates

Website Builder

DuoBuild engine
• Introduced the DuoBuild Engine for creating unique website layouts with side-by-side content blocks that offers PhotoBiz users the ability to craft distinctive and personalized websites.

Canonical URLs
• Implemented canonical URLs to prevent duplicate content issues and enhance search engine optimization.

Alt tags for images
• Released alt tags for all images on websites built with PhotoBiz to support accessibility and search engine optimization.

301 redirects
• Enabled 301 redirect setup within the Website Builder for improved content accessibility.

New templates
• Launched the Hopper and Turner website templates, leveraging the DuoBuild engine for clean and modern designs.

Predesigned page layouts
• Introduced predesigned page layouts for PhotoBiz website templates, providing design inspiration and a head start on building web pages.

Restoring deleted pages
• Introduced a feature to restore the 10 most recent deleted pages.

Header and footer controls
• Released option to hide the website header and/or footer to enable building landing pages.

Text wrap option
• Improved design flexibility with the release of a text wrap option around images in the PhotoBiz Website Builder.

Text editor block enhancements
• Streamlined text editing by consolidating title and button options within a single block.

More control over opacity in text overlays
• Introduced overlay opacity settings for text overlay blocks, expanding design options.

Updated columns controls
• Expanded layout options to include the ability to choose to display 1–5 columns for images and list block items.

Font engine updates
• Refined font controls adding more options to control sizes, letter spacing, and line heights, both globally and at a block level, plus display recently used fonts for easy access during the design process.

Client Galleries

Cover page email collection
• Introduced a new optional prompt on the gallery cover page to simplify email collection and enhance interactions with visitors.

New cover page layouts
• Introduced modern and sleek designs for branding Client Gallery events, such as additional customization of cover page layouts for each event.

Magnifier and comparison features
• Added a magnifier tool for zooming in on images and enhancing detail inspection.
• Introduced a comparison tool for viewing and selecting images side by side.

Add-ons, single pose packages auto-filling, & interface updates
• Introduced features such as add-ons, auto-fill for single pose packages, and interface enhancements to streamline the sales process.

Enhanced pricing display option
• Customized how pricing information is displayed, providing more flexibility for product and service options.

Updated digital packages
• Unveiled a Digital Full Event package for customers to download all images from a Client Gallery event, that includes resolution options, that can potentially boost digital sales.

New digital download file options
• Expanded digital download file type options beyond images, enabling the sale of various file types including PDFs and Zip files, eliminating the need for third-party tools, and providing greater control over file access.

Pinch/zoom functionality
• Enabled pinch/zoom functionality on mobile devices for a closer look at images in Client Galleries.

Look and feel updates
• Enabled accent colors for further customization of Client Galleries.

Studio Management

Scheduler: Enhancements for mini sessions and time off settings
• Simplified the booking and management of mini sessions with the release of enhanced calendar views.
• Streamlined time-off scheduling for multiple services through a new global time-off settings area.

Forms: View submissions as a document
• Enhanced form submission review with option to review as documents within the PhotoBiz platform, which is particularly beneficial for using online forms as digital contracts.

Ecommerce: NEW flag for form submissions and orders
• Introduced a "NEW" flag for easy identification of new form submissions and orders.

Platform and Infrastructure Updates

Migration to Amazon Route 53
• Migrated system from Rackspace DNS to Amazon Route 53 for scalability, reliability, and speed.

Users and permissions
• Introduced unique logins for up to 10 team members, enhancing collaboration and account security.

New version of photobiz.com
• Redesigned photobiz.com on the PhotoBiz platform, to showcase the company's tools and features.

From revamped Client Galleries to cutting-edge website enhancements, this year’s releases underscore our commitment to providing you with the tools you need to succeed in the dynamic and competitive photography industry. Stay tuned for more exciting developments for the PhotoBiz platform in 2024 to continue to empower your creative journey.