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TTG Pages 3.4.2 released

March 11, 2010

TTG Pages has been updated to version 3.4.2. This release fixes several bugs related to the implementation of Simpleviewer-2 Flash galleries, and a few other minor bugs.

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Hellcat on display; testers wanted

March 2, 2010

TTG Highslide Gallery Pro 2.0, codenamed “Hellcat” for internal purposes, is nearly ready for wider testing. There’s more coding to be done and a few lingering bugs I need to squash, but I have begun field testing locally generated galleries on the web. I will be adding, removing and replacing test galleries here as necessary; [...]

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Tutorial: Creating Extra Pages with TTG Pages

February 28, 2010
Video

TTG Pages creates a Home page, About page, Contact page and Gallery Index. But what if that’s not enough? What if you need additional pages for pricing info, press statements or psychobabble?! In this tutorial, I show you how to leverage TTG Pages to create extra pages for your TTG-made website.

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Fotomoto Image Downloads Coming in TTG Highslide Gallery Pro 2.0

February 23, 2010

Fotomoto today announced the availability of new image licensing and download features on their blog. The announcement has been a long time coming, and I am confident Fotomoto users are going to love these new features.
Since the company got started last year, The Turning Gate has been working together with Fotomoto to bring their [...]

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Rewriting the Terms of Use

February 14, 2010

I receive questions on a fairly regular basis from users misunderstanding or misinterpreting my terms of use for TTG web engines. To reduce the chances of misinterpretation, I am rewriting the terms of use to (hopefully) be more clear and more complete. I’m looking for feedback here. Please have a look at my draft of [...]

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Flash goes liquid in TTG Stage 2.2

February 8, 2010
TTG Stage

Took some respite today from intense projects-in-progress, and channeled my energies to inject new awesomeness into TTG Stage. Adopting some magic from TTG Viewport Sizer and with some advice from my Jedi friend, TTG Stage has received a new, super cool liquid layout mode.
Some small sacrifice is required when using the liquid stage. Your gallery [...]

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LifeInDigitalFilm reviews TTG Pages

February 3, 2010

Michael Gray has written a good review of TTG Pages for LifeInDigitalFilm. Of the engine, Gray writes, “Overall, I found TTG Pages to be a well-rounded piece of software. It is fast, simple and creates a fine website.” Read the full review.
Gray has previously written a review of TTG Highslide Gallery Pro.

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Your images are precious, but so is your email

February 2, 2010

As digital photographers, we live in constant fear of the crash. It’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN. The crash is inevitable. At some point, one of your precious hard drives will head down the dark path of no return, taking gigabytes upon gigabytes of precious data with it. Obsessively backing up our work [...]

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TTG Highslide Gallery (PRO) 1.9.4 released

January 31, 2010
TTG Highslide Gallery Pro

TTG Highslide Gallery and TTG Highslide Gallery Pro 1.9.4 are now available. This update addresses a critical bug in 1.9.3 that caused the engine to become unresponsive for some LR2/Win users. In the Pro version, sales tax support has also been added to the transactionless shopping cart, configurable from within the config.php file.
To update existing [...]

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Fotomoto reveals Collections; Digital download services coming soon

January 29, 2010

As a part of their greater plan to redirect their own increasing traffic to the benefit of their users, Fotomoto has unveiled Collections, culling together the best work from its members into groups of featured images. Valentine’s Day is the theme for the first collection, featuring 67 handpicked images. Taken as a whole, the collection [...]

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