We are super excited to unveil a feature that will add a whole new dimension to your website’s visual appeal - Tiled background images.

Giving more flexibility to the background image position, you can now repeat the background image.

Repeat and tile images

Repeat your chosen image across the background, creating your desired visual pattern. It strategically tiles your image, filling the entire background with multiple instances.

Unlock new possibilities

This is perfect for creating a textured look for your website background.

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We are excited to announce a new feature for your product categories while selling images as prints and downloads ! Now, you can add compelling descriptions to your product categories in both ecommerce galleries and client galleries, making it easier to guide your customers and showcase your offerings.

Highlights of the feature:

Add descriptions to different categories

You can add descriptive text to each category to highlight its unique features and benefits. Add the framing details, print types, paper used, and much more for the different categories.

Go deeper with extended descriptions

Have more to say? Simply use the extended description field to provide more details, care instructions, or answer frequently asked questions.

Add category images

You can upload up to 6 category images to represent each category and make your storefront engaging visually.

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Pixpa’s exciting new feature - Video Cover Layouts for albums - is here to take your album presentation to a whole new level of engagement. You can transform your album covers from static images to dynamic cinematic experiences through a video banner.

Add video background

Add a video as the background to infuse your album cover with vibrant motion. Simply select your preferred video layout and choose a video link from YouTube or Vimeo that captures the essence of your album and sets the perfect mood.

Set the stage for full-screen playback

Offer viewers a seamless transition from background video to full-screen playback. Transform your album cover into a cinematic experience.

Customize the full-screen playback

Take the surprise factor a step further! Show a different video specifically curated for full-screen viewing. This allows you to introduce a teaser or a trailer in the background video and showcase a different, full-length video in the full-screen playback, offering a deeper dive into your story.

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You can now use Pixpa’s dynamic page builder to easily create a client gallery page.

Use the preset page

Pixpa’s page builder now has a client gallery preset page. It is expertly designed, featuring a nice layout and curated sections ready to showcase your work.

Unleash your creative vision in a few clicks

Effortlessly personalize the preset with your images, text, and branding elements using Pixpa’s drag-and-drop page builder. No need to build your client gallery page from scratch!

Publish and share

Once you have perfected the design, publish your gallery and share the stunning client gallery presentation with your clients.

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Pixpa users can submit up to 23 image entries with an exclusive promo code. To redeem the code and upload 23 images (3 free images + 20 extra images provided with the code) for free to the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024, Pixpa users will need to follow the steps below:

1. Create an account on the WPO website (or log in if they already have an account):
2. Click on the Image Bundles tab
3. Select the 20 image bundle
4. Add the promo code PIXPA24 in the ‘Enter promo code here’ tab and click ‘Apply code’
5. Click Continue to PayPal and the allocation of images will appear in the account (should show as £0.00)

Or, for automatic promo code inclusion, click here to sign up for the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.

The code can be used until 05 January 2024, 13:00 (GMT).

We are excited to launch a new feature in our client galleries: Email Templates.

You no longer have to manually craft emails for every client gallery invite or expiry reminder. Email Templates help creatives like photographers and others use pre-written copy and are ready to be personalized with a few clicks.

Here’s what you can do with this powerful new feature:

Streamline Email Communication

You can create preset templates for invites and expiration reminders, saving time and effort. It helps you ensure consistency in your message and tone across all emails. You can personalize each email with ease, adding your unique touch.

Set up templates for different scenarios

You can craft templates for album-specific emails, ensuring the right message reaches the right client. For instance, you can send timely expiry reminders to encourage clients to download their photos before it’s too late.

Speak your client’s language

You can build templates in multiple languages to cater to a global audience. Connecting with clients in their preferred language helps you build stronger relationships.

Learn more about Email templates in client galleries.

Get ready to customize the post-submission experience! Pixpa users can now customize and redirect customers to a personalized thank you page after they submit a form, opening a world of possibilities for engagement and conversion.

You can redirect customers to the designated page of your choice. Instead of the usual thank you message, direct users to a targeted page based on their interaction. Send contact form submitters to your portfolio, guide payment confirmation leads to special offers, or thank reviewers with a discount code page. The possibilities are endless!

Highlights of the feature:

Work seamlessly with multiple forms:

You can redirect visitors to the Thank You page, whether it’s your contact form, a payment confirmation page, or a review form.

Run targeted campaigns:

Utilize the thank you page for short-term promotions or seasonal campaigns.

Boost engagement and conversions:

Lead users down a carefully crafted conversion funnel by guiding them to relevant pages after they submit a form. Promote related products, showcase testimonials, or offer exclusive content, keeping them engaged and driving them toward the next step.

Learn more on how to tailor post-submission experiences.

You can now add client gallery sections to your page and showcase your preferred albums, delivering exceptional client experiences.

Highlights of the feature:

Personalized albums page: Keep the standard Album Listing page aside and say hello to curating dedicated pages for showcasing your albums. Create separate pages for different types of albums - weddings, portraits, commercial projects, or even photography genres. It’s like creating micro-exhibitions within your website.

Customization-friendly: Don’t be confined by conventional album structures; show new albums or custom selections. Photographers with a wide range of work looking to showcase it on the website can find this hugely beneficial.

Learn more about the client gallery section.

We are glad to announce that you can now check and manage email notifications in one place. No more hunting through different settings!

Highlights of Email Notifications:

Centralized control: Access and manage all your website’s email addresses for contact forms, payment forms, store orders, and client galleries from a single, convenient location.

Effortless editing: This simplified interface helps you quickly review all the emails in one place. Change email addresses as you like. Or, add more email addresses.

Ready to take control of your emails? Learn more about the email notifications.

New feature update! You can now customize the format of your order IDs by adding a prefix to differentiate between different orders on your website.

Highlights of the feature:

Separate Order IDs: Previously, the order IDs couldn’t be modified based on different orders made on your platform. Now, you can define the exact prefixes for the order IDs on Store and Client Gallery to differentiate between them.

Easily identifiable: You can set a brand-specific prefix that helps you identify the orders made for different product categories available.

Learn more about customizing the Order ID Format.

Announcing an important update! You can now add a Logo Wall section on your page to showcase logos of your clients, partners, brands, and vendors. It helps creatives and businesses create a positive image of their brand, show that they are a trusted partner, and establish credibility.

Highlights of the feature:

Easy application: You can easily add a logo wall section on a page with just a few clicks.

Customization-friendly: You can customize and display your logos the way you want. For instance, you can decide if you want a carousel, increase or decrease the number of columns, set the image width, and more.

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Important update! You can now import images from an existing gallery to a new gallery.

Highlights:

A faster way to add images to your gallery

Previously, Pixpa users could move or copy images from one gallery to another. Now, on top of that, you have an even simpler option. Just import the images directly from any other gallery to the one you want.

User-friendly

Pixpa strives to continuously work on building the most user-friendly website builder on the planet. Image import is the one-stop solution for importing images from a different gallery and removes the tedious job of moving images from one gallery to another.

Learn more about importing images to your gallery.

Introducing Urban & Runway, our new website templates that bring a bold, modern flair to your online showcase!

Perfect for creatives like photographers, designers, and artists, these templates offer a sleek look for modern minimalists and style-forward showcases.

Built using our new folder layouts:
Bold typography, floating image hovers, minimalist spaced-out layout - Urban and Runway use our just launched new folder layouts, and what an impression they make!

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View Urban Template

We’re thrilled to announce a game-changing update that's set to turbocharge your Pixpa website experience! Get up to 3X faster website load times and smoother browsing with WebP and AVIF next-gen image formats.

Why the Excitement? 🌟
Compared to the legacy JPEG image format, WebP and AVIF offer significantly smaller file sizes without compromising on quality, meaning your website will now load 2-3 times faster!

What Does This Mean for You?

• Speedy Load Times: Your audience won't wait. With these new formats, your website's images will load almost instantly, keeping visitors engaged.
• Improved SEO Performance: Faster load times lead to better search engine rankings.
• Enhanced User Experience: Crisp, clear images that pop up without delay? Yes, please! Your visitors will enjoy browsing through your stunning visuals without any lag.

No Extra Work for You
The best part? You don't have to do a thing. Our system automatically delivers your images in all compatible browsers in WebP and AVIF formats.

You can now set the color of the scroll bar as you want.

Based on the color dynamics of your website, you now get to adjust the color of the scroll bar in four different ways:

Auto: You get the Auto mode as the default option.

Light: You can choose the Light mode to get a white-colored scroll bar if you have dark colors prominently featured on your site.

Dark: You can choose the Dark mode to get a black-colored scroll bar if you have light colors prominently featured on your site.

Accent: If you have multiple colors, such as dark and light colors, featuring on your site, you can go with the Accent mode.

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Excited to launch a new feature in the Client Galleries - Shared Favorite List.

Photographers and other creatives can now create a favorite list in the client galleries and share it with all the album visitors.

Highlights of the feature:

Easy Enablement: Easily create a favorite list by specifying the primary user and simply check the tickbox to grant all the album visitors access.

Easy Collaboration: All album visitors will be able to review the favorites from others and add their own as well. This feature will prove particularly beneficial for photographers involved in wedding shoots, event shoots, and agency collaborations, where seamless collaboration among multiple designers is essential.

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We are happy to launch another essential feature - Image Sitemaps.

Pixpa automatically updates your site’s sitemap whenever you make changes to your site to help search engines crawl and index your website in greater detail. The Image Sitemaps feature is a new addition to Pixpa’s excellent sitemap capabilities.

Increased image searchability and visibility in search engines

This new update helps automatically generate a specialized sitemap for all gallery images on your website, enhancing their visibility in search engine results.

Optimize your images for SEO through Alt Tag

You can add alt text to your images to give visitors and search engines valuable information about your site’s images and galleries. It allows search engines to match the pages of your site with what the users are searching for and display your pages in relevant search results.

Improved search engine rankings

Search engines like Google can now easily find, index, and display your images in image-specific searches. Reap the benefits of better SEO of your website and individual images and higher website traffic, user engagement, and conversions.

Great for creatives with plenty of images on their site

Image Sitemap works wonders for creatives such as photographers, designers, artists, etc., who rely on visual content, especially images, to showcase their work. Let Pixpa take care of the technical details and focus on your creative work as your images gain improved online exposure and recognition.

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We are happy to announce a quick update! You can now add a QR code to your website, making it easier for people to explore your business.

QR code is extremely useful in sending people directly to your site, landing page, or portfolio without ever having to open the browser or enter the URL.

Easy to Download: You can now easily download a QR code for your website to drive traffic, share content, and attract new customers.

User-friendly: It provides a quick and convenient way to visit your website, online store, blog, client galleries, mobile gallery app, and more. Possibilities are infinite!

Brand differentiation: It provides a differentiating factor for your brand, makes you stand apart from your competitors, and helps to create interactive experiences that customers love.

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Announcement! We are launching an important feature - Page Import.

If you’re creating and editing a website on Pixpa with your favorite template and would love to design a specific page different from the rest, Page Import is here to help you.

This is especially beneficial when you like a specific page from a different template than yours that would fit right in.

Easily select and import your page: You can select the desired page from any Pixpa template and import it to your website.

No worries about changing the entire template: Importing a specific page from a different template allows you to keep the design you like without adding and designing everything again from scratch. Only the page imported would have a different look and feel, exactly how you wanted.

Learn more about importing pages from any template.

Pixpa is excited to unveil another essential update! You can now add a border of your website header and footer to make it eye-catching for visitors.

Your header, which usually contains your site’s menu and logo, gives visitors a first impression of your site. So, it is essential to customize it and keep it in line with your brand and site’s aesthetic. Similarly, the footer includes your contact and copyright information. Customizing your footer is essential to match your site’s look and needs.

Pixpa understands the importance of customizing your header and footer and has launched an excellent new feature. You can now set the borders of your header and footer the way you want and make a bold impression on your visitors.

Easy enablement: With a single click, apply borders on your header and footer for desktop and mobile devices to make it stand out on your page.

Set thickness: Adjust the thickness of the borders around your header and footer easily.

Set position: Determine the position of your borders to your liking. Choose between - All four sides, top & bottom, top alone, or bottom alone.

Fill color and opacity: Choose a color for your borders and adjust its intensity.

Learn more about Header and Footer border