We have been busy beavering away on new features and we have added the facility to hide an image gallery and show it again by a single click of a button. This is in response to several requests from our customers. To access the facility, just click the image galleries tab, followed by hide or [...]

We are very pleased to see that a Google search for ‘websites for photographers’ (on Google.co.uk – we’re 5th at google.com) produces a rather attractive result with us at Numero Uno! We have reached this exalted status by virtue of  you the visitor coming to us when you need a photography website to show your [...]

We have just added an iPhone specific version of every LayerSpace website. Some people had commented that their site was not visible on an iPhone because iPhones do not show Flash, so now if your visitors are browsing using Apple’s rather nice gadget they will see a site just for them. Try it out – [...]

We are very proud to have received the full 5 stars for ease of use in the recent group test of photography website systems carried out by Digital Photo Magazine. This endorses our belief that a comprehensive website need not be difficult to maintain and validates all the hard work we have put in to [...]

We have added a feature which will attempt to copy basic meta data embedded in jpeg images when they are uploaded. The data copied concerns Ownership and copyright of the image.
To edit the data for an image before uploading it, you can use Photoshop’s File Info viewer (see image, left)
Then go to File->File Info->IPTC->(scroll down [...]

We are pleased to announce the launch of another template – Infinity Centre. It is a similar design to Infinity but has a centred logo and navigation. try it out and see how you like it!

How to prepare images to use as a background for your website.
Click the link under ‘pages’ on the right

We have added a couple of new template designs for use on your HubSpace. They have the menu links on the left in order to match some of the main templates.

In response to several requests from our customers we have introduced a slideshow option for the home page of your website(s).
You can add this feature to any homepage which is set to use an image gallery – just click the homepage tab when editing a Space to see the options which allow you to set [...]

We have revised the way that images are loaded into galleries. You are no longer limited to a set number of images in each gallery. Instead you have a maximum number of images in each Space and these can be loaded into galleries in the ratio that you choose. This means you can have one [...]

You can now add a background image to fill the whole browser window. With this feature you can show either a single image or create a pattern, a subtle fade or a drop shadow.  Find this feature under ‘details’ when editing a Space or HubSpace. The userguide will be updated soon.

We have decided to offer a ‘no ties’ free trial. This will run for 14 days and you will need no credit card or commitment. Just sign up and get started!

We are pleased to announce that it is now possible to host your domain name with LayerSpace. This will help with SEO (search engine optimisation) and provides a fully featured email address with forwarders.
For more details click here »

We have moved our payment system from PayPal over to a credit card payment system. This will add some much needed flexibility and prevent the occasional difficulties that one or two customers have experienced with PayPal.
Existing customers will be able to move over to the new system if they wish to.
This does not affect E-commerce [...]

The new template, ‘Infinity’ has just been launched. It is our most advanced template so far, with sizing that adapts to the visitors screen size, thumbnails which scroll in the background and (of course!) intuitive navigation. Available to levels advanced and higher – check it out

Check out May’s Professional Photographer magazine for a discount code (p86) plus some opinionated insight into website design (p88) from our founder!
Ian Farrell, editor of Professional Photographer writes about the top 5 tips of web designers to improve your website, and in Ian’s words, ‘One company that does Flash well is LayerSpace’. We couldn’t have [...]

A new template ‘ThumbTastic’ is now available. It uses standard size images with the same thumb loading system as Panorama. This is a very intuitive navigation system and is ideal for a wide variety of web users. Try it out!

We have added a feature to the LightBox enabling your clients to mark an image as a favourite before selecting it. This makes it easier to keep track of which images have been seen without the need to enlarge them again.
In the future it is planned to introduce a ranking feature.
If you have any suggestions/requests [...]

The new template Panorama is now available in a version for those of you with wide logos.

The new template has arrived! It’s called panorama and uses large (750 pixels) images.
The template is available to everyone except those on the base level account.
There is a wide logo version on its way.