We have added a couple of new features to ArtSites.us.

ImageBorders

Some of the layouts have had image borders for quite some time but we have made this feature more consistent in all layouts. By default the Vertical layout has a fairly wide border around the feature images (full sized image) and the other layouts have no borders around any images. To adjust or add these borders, go to the Advanced page in the administration of your website and look in the Images section. There are two fields, Feature Image Border Width: and Thumbnail Image Border Width:. If you set them to 1px (1 pixel) you will get the thinnest border possible around either the feature image or thumbnail images, respectively. A value of about 5px will give you a fairly wide border. I would suggest that you don't go above 1px for the thumbnail images.

Customize Your SlideShow

If you use the slideshow feature, you might be interested in selecting the images that show up in that show instead of the default that uses all the images associated with all the galleries. We use a special gallery to allow you to select the images that show up in a slide show. If you create a gallery with the name "SlideShowList", that gallery will not show up in your menu but the images placed in it will be the images that the slideshow chooses to display. If you don't have a "SlideShowList" gallery the slideshow will display all of your gallery images as it has done previously.

Hidden Galleries

This is a bit of an odd feature that a few people have asked for. People have asked for a gallery that does not show up in the menu but that allows for a direct web link. To provide this, we have another special purpose gallery name "HiddenGallery". If you have created a gallery with this name, it will not show up in the menu but if you type in the web address http://yourdomain.com/gallery/hiddengallery (change "youdomain.com" to your websites's domain name) you can see that gallery. Use this feature if you want to allow only certain people see some of your work. Keep in mind that this is not true privacy. It's quite possible that search engines might find the page. Also, anyone who understand this ArtSites feature can check to see if you have a HiddenGallery. So don't put anything in this gallery that you wouldn't want the world to see.

Let us know if you have any question or need help with these new features.