Canon Gear for Sale

I’m paring down and very likely changing camera systems, which means I have gear to sell. I’d much rather deal with TTG users than strangers on eBay, and maybe that feeling goes two ways. So this is what I have and what I’m asking for it. See below for additional details on condition, transactions, etc. [...]

CE2 Highslide Gallery 4.1.2 Update

TTG CE2 Highslide Gallery 4.1.2 is now available. This update fixes an issue with the purchase button not working in the slideshow when navigating images in reverse order.

Out of Office

I am heading to New York for a few days. Will be checking in intermittently, but expect delays on responses. If you need help, the community forum is likely to be your best bet, as several of our experienced users have been very good about lending help. I plan to return Tuesday evening, so things [...]

Fotomoto adds Wall Peels

Fotomoto today announced the addition of wall peels to its product line-up. Says the Fotomoto blog: Wall Peels, Wall Murals, Sticky Prints, Self-adhesive Posters… these are all different names for the same product … Wall Peels are printed on 40”-wide roles of vinyl, and they can be applied to the wall right next to each [...]

Place banners via PHPlugins

I had a request from user Rod Barbee to write a tutorial about how to implement advertising banners using PHPlugins. As it turns out, quite an easy thing to do. To start, have a look at the demonstration gallery, which I’ve setup as an advertising overkill. Then come back and we’ll walk through the code [...]

CE2 Product Updates for 2012-01-18

Another round of updates today for CE2 products. TTG CE2 Cart now works with LR4, and we’ve squashed a few bugs regarding the recently added tax options. And TTG CE2 Pages now supports social media icons on the Contact page. See the full run of changes below. TTG CE2 Auto Index v5.1.1 In ‘Iconic, Entitled’ [...]

Making the Print eBook

Craft & Vision has released a new ebook, Martin Bailey’s Making the Print: Printing Techniques For the Digital Photographer (A Masterclass). From Craft & Vision: “Making the Print: Printing Techniques for the Digital Photographer by Martin Bailey is the second eBook in our Masterclass series and it’s the perfect primer regarding all things related to [...]

Drop-down menus in CE2

The Core Elements 2 framework offers support for drop-down menus. Drop-down menus are implemented through a combination of in-Lightroom configuration and PHPlugins. In this article, we’ll take a look at how to get drop-down menus up and running on your site. It’s a simple process, in part because the menu code already exists as an [...]

Help Stop SOPA/PIPA

I am not, nor do I aspire to be a political person. But Congress is attempting to do some scary things to our Internet, and your voice needs to be heard. There has been a lot of talk online about SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (the Protect IP Act), and how bad [...]

CSS3 in Lightroom 4

In my previous article about the Lightroom 4 Public Beta, I described the new APE — AIR Player Embedded — web browser now being using by Lightroom’s Web module to render the gallery preview. Since, I have been involved in conversations with a member of Adobe’s team working on the Web module, and have been [...]

FEED YOUR BLOG to Twitter

Previously on Feed Your Blog, we tackled RSS feeds and Facebook. Now Twitter! Blogs are a great way to keep your audience up-to-date and reading about your ongoing adventures. But expecting readers to swing through your blog daily, hanging on the hope of new content is ridiculous. The purpose of the Feed Your Blog series [...]

Exile CE2 Theme

Exile is a sleek, sci-fi inspired theme for CE2 web engines with a fun origin story (below). Includes templates for: TTG CE2 Auto Index TTG CE2 Cart TTG CE2 Highslide Gallery TTG CE2 Horizon TTG CE2 Pages TTG CE2 Pages Lite TTG CE2 Photoswipe Gallery TTG CE2 Theme for WordPress Download | Demonstration | Installation [...]

FEED YOUR BLOG to Facebook

Blogs are a fantastic way to keep your site inundated with fresh content, and give your audience good reason to constantly check in on your doings. But the web is a fast-moving thing, and it’s easy for sites to fall by the wayside in visitors’ constantly evolving browsing routines. Rather than forcing visitors to come [...]

FEED YOUR BLOG to Readers

Blogs are a fantastic way to keep your site inundated with fresh content, and give your audience good reason to constantly check in on your doings. But the web is a fast-moving thing, and it’s easy for sites to fall by the wayside in visitors’ constantly evolving browsing routines. Rather than forcing visitors to come [...]

Creating the Polaroid look in your galleries

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Polaroids are magical. So maybe you’ve had a look at the new Asphalt Polaroids template pack and you’re digging that polaroid look, but you’re wondering if there’s some way of adopting that look into your preexisting designs, which you have smartly saved as templates. You’re also wondering [...]