In his TV and Film documentaries, Ken Burns often gives life to still photographs by slowly zooming in on subjects of interest, panning and fading from one subject to another within different images, a technique first used in ”Alistair Cooke’s America” in 1973.

For example, he might open a clip with a close-up of one person in a photograph, then zoom out so that another person in the photo becomes visible. The zooming and panning across photographs gives the feeling of motion, and keeps the viewer visually engaged. Read the rest of this entry »

A new addition to our growing portfolio of integrated viewers for your website, is our Page Flipping Component. This gives a realistic representation of flicking through the book by either clicking or dragging the pages with the mouse. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve added a quick contact form to the system. This can be placed on any page, and asks your visitors to supply their name, telephone number and email address. All fields must be entered, and the email address is checked for conformity. Read the rest of this entry »

Phosys automatically generates the pages within your site, so in normal use you’ll never see “404 Page Not Found” errors.

However, if you remove a page that is listed in a search engine like Google, visitors would see a “COULD NOT FIND PAGE” error within your site. This also occurs when you move an existing site to us and the page names change. Read the rest of this entry »

Popup Paging is available for sites that display images in popup windows – we know it’s only a minor feature, but three separate photographers have asked for it this week alone! Read the rest of this entry »