New Release: Cart Add-on for Backlight

The Cart Add-on is now available for Backlight! The Cart Add-on adds shopping cart functionality to your Backlight pages and image galleries. The cart can be used to sell digital image downloads, photo prints, photo packages, or other physical goods or services. The cart accepts online payment via PayPal, or can be used to create […]

Updates: Backlight 1.0.3 & Client Response 7.0.1

Backlight 1.0.3 and Client Response Add-on 7.0.1 updates are now available. Backlight 1.0.3 includes support for the upcoming Cart Add-on, making this update mandatory for anyone planning to use our shopping cart. The update also includes a variety of improvements and new features for all users, though. A new UI Styling control group appears in […]

Addressing issues upgrading to Backlight 1.0.2

At version 1.0.2 and only five weeks old, Backlight is still in its infancy. As with any newborn, there are occasional hiccups, and we are aware some users have experienced those hiccups in updating from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2. While this has been a minor inconvenience for some users, it has been a net positive for […]

Available Now: Backlight 1.0.2 and Client Response Add-on

Backlight’s 1.0.2 Update and Client Response Add-on are now available.

Backlight 1.0.2 brings a large batch of new features, improvements and fixes to Backlight’s core, while the new Client Response Add-on introduces popular features from our client response galleries to the Backlight publishing system.

Image quality vs. Facebook

You’re a photographer on Facebook, so you’re aware of the platform’s tenuous relationship with image quality. To wit, you put steak in the grinder and it comes out hamburger; Facebook only serves hamburgers. So, how do we make a better burger? This happens because (Images == Bandwidith) && (Bandwidth == Overhead), so Facebook wants to […]