Pixelpost

Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am pleased to announce the immediate release of Pixelpost v1.7 Release Candidate 1!

What does this mean to me?

If you’re the kind of person who likes to live life on the edge so to speak, you can now download Pixelpost 1.7 before we release the public version later next week.

Is this like a BETA or something?
No, not quite. It’s a release candidate, which means, if nobody finds any serious bugs in this RC, we will use that as the official public version.

So it’s VERY important to post your results here, especially if you encounter any bugs/errors.

So, what are you waiting for… download the RC and let us know what you think!

Do you have a photoblog that is really sweet, or know of one that is?

We’re looking for the “best of”, the “top-notch”, the “out of the ordinary” photoblogs to highlight on our new featured sites section.

Only the best, most original sites will be chosen.

Will you be one of the few to say, “My Photoblog is Featured”?

Well, what are you waiting for, submit your site today!

What? The brand new Extend section that was just released 5 days ago has already been extended??!?!

How cool is that?

Oh, I haven’t told you yet how it’s been extend, have I?

Well, basically, you can now post your very own review of any addon/template/mod that is listed on the extend section.

How will this be useful?

Well, take for example, you just downloaded a really cool template, why not post a review, and let everyone know how cool you think it is. That way others might try it and enjoy the coolness too!

Or if you find an addon that is really, really bad, so bad that it broke your entire computer*, make sure you post a review warning others to avoid that addon like the plague! (after you have fixed your computer, of course!)

And as an added benefit, the creators get a feel for what people do/don’t like about their addons/templates/etc.

So warm up your keyboards and start reviewing!

* Addon’s can’t break your computer, well at least they shouldn’t!

And as usual, a big shout-out to dwilkinsjr for all his efforts on the creation of this new extend-extension!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to announce the arrival of our new baby! Ok, so maybe it’s not an actual “baby”, but it sure felt like it to us!

We’ve spent many months building a place where you can easily search through all of the templates, addons, and modifications, quickly, and efficiently. And we have finally finished!

So what does this mean to me?

If you are a Pixelpost user, you no longer need to browse our old website trying to find the right extension from an ugly list. The new Extend section has everything you need to find the extension of your dreams! (Tags, Search, Version Filters and Sorting!) What more could a user ask for?

What about all of the downloads that were on the old site?

No worries! All of them have been copied to the new system, and are ready for download!
(And the old URLs will auto-magically redirect to the new listing, too! So no broken links!)

But how do I add/edit my addon, template, etc. if its in this newfangled system?

First off, you no longer need a special “developer” username/password. We’ve tied the new system in with our forums, so all you need is a forum account. Easy huh?

You haven’t answered my question! HOW do I add/edit my ADDON!?!?

Oh, sorry about that, my apologies. If you want to add your own creation, or edit one of your existing monsters, you can login at any time by going to the Extend Admin. (Your stale creations from the old site will be there when you login, too!)
And while you are there, why not edit your projects and add some relevant tags to them to help people find them when they search.

But I don’t see my addon, template, mod, etc. on the list!

Well, what are you waiting for, sign in, and upload it now!

Are there any other neat little things that you clever Team Pixelpost people built?

I’m glad you asked, because there are in fact a few cool features I haven’t mentioned.
First off, RSS Feeds! Yep, you can now keep track of the latest addons, templates, etc, right from your feed reader!
You can view all the latest items, or just the addons, templates, etc.

And that’s not all! All you creators can now upload multiple versions of your project on the same listing!
What does that mean? Well, why should I explain it, where there is a great template that is using the multiple version feature, right now! See check it out here: pixelpost.org/extend/templates/simple-visions-3/

Well that’s it for now,

Take care and enjoy the new extend section!

P.S. BIG shout-outs to the whole Pixelpost Team for their efforts, and especially dwilkinsjr, for all of his efforts! We couldn’t have done it without you!

Like Jay posted earlier we are working like mad men (and women) on the new release of Pixelpost. Today another really cool and exciting feature was added. And I’m glad to say it has arrived!

We all know that currently Pixelpost is designed to show only the latest uploaded image first. Well, not any more! Now you can also sort on image title and image description and it’s your choice to sort them either ascending or descending.

I’m glad to say that Pixelpost 1.7 is near, BUT (there is always a “but”) we actually need your help. Pixelpost contains several language translations that need to be updated. And since we don’t have contact information for some of these translators, we’re left with some files in search of someone to take care of them.

If you feel up to it, head on over to this forum thread to get the files and help us out!

The Pixelpost dev team has been working like mad on the next version of Pixelpost (v1.7). And to prove it, today we just finished testing a new feature that I think all of our users will appreciate.

It’s called: Unsharp Mask

Now you might be thinking, what does this mean to me? To boil it all down, it will means your thumbnails to look better than ever. And since everyone’s photos are different, you will be able to choose how much or how little sharpening you would like your thumbnails to have.

To illustrate this, I’ve made a little image showing the different sharpening options, and their results:

Note: current/past versions of Pixelpost all use “none”.

See how blurry the thumbnails look without any sharpening? And how much better they look when the sharpening is turned on? That’s the magic of the Unsharp Mask.

We love Pixelpost, and we hope you do too!

An unbelievable number of hours (days, weeks, years, etc.) have been spent building and crafting each pixel and line of code that makes up this site.

Now mind you, that one person is not solely responsible for all of this, as it was a team effort, but I would like to mention a few members that helped out in a special way.

First off, I must thank Andreas for designing our new logo. And secondly, dwilkinsjr for his suburb effort on our new Documentation. And one can’t help but thank blinking8s for all of his feedback and suggestions along the way. And last but not least, I must thank you, the users. It’s because of you that all of this has been built.

Hopefully you will find that the site is both faster, and easier to use. If you have any feedback or if you find something that is just down right ugly, send us an e-mail, or start a thread on the forum.

Take care, and enjoy the site!

P.S.
Now that the site is done, I am looking forward to a good nights sleep.
Oh, and btw, today is my birthday, now about that for good timing, hu?

Well, Pixelpost v1.6 is finally here. The dev team has worked hard on this one…so be sure to send some thanks, and post really cool photos and tell everyone how awesome Pixelpost is, and how much you love photoblogging, and yeah and how easy it was to click this link…

Download:
http://pixelpost.org/releases/pixelpost_v1.6.0.zip

Changes:
the big stuff…errr…ummm…language support, new tag system (like the fancy tag cloud things) and some super awesome spam fighting tools as well as a updated exif system (you’ll need to update our exif via the addons section of the admin after you upgrade because the information is stored different now).

Addon Notice:
Most addons should work just fine, there are a couple which might be problematic. These are the addons using EXIF information or the addons that require you to hack the PixelPost core files. Both things have changed dramatically in version 1.6, so be careful in using these addons.

Changelog:
http://pixelpost.org/releases/changelog.txt

Yes, you read the title right. We’re taking donations for Pixelpost. It’s not free to give things away free and no matter how much we could donate as a group, the time and effort put in by the people here at Pixelpost is priceless!

But as we grow, costs do start to add up. We have a few ideas to improve the Pixelpost experience and we’ve revised our 2007 budget which breaks down to about $400 for the year.

So we’ve setup an account with Pledgie, a donations system that uses PayPal, to help us reach our goal.

If you would like to donate towards are cause, you can click HERE or that nice little banner that says DONATE on the side of the page.

And if you donate, from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you.

Well, we’ve been hard at work behind the magical curtain at Pixelpost. For starters, we actually have a website up again and that’s always a good thing.

We’ve been a bit out of the loop lately. Don’t let that fool you though. The community is kickin’ more than ever! and Pixelpost development has made some big breakthroughs thanks to our amazing Dev Team.

Keep a lookout for some major changes though. Pixelpost v1.6 is almost done, so that will be released soon. We also plan on getting our documentation squared away so you, the user, can make some major progress with your Pixelpost application.