We're generally not too boisterous about new products or features–especially before they've launched. Plus, we like to sneak things up on you. Nonetheless, we've recently launched some new things you should know about.

New Blog Themes

We just added a new blog theme, "Clean Caps", to the lineup. It sports a clean design and grey sans-serif text. You can preview it at Erik's blog for the time being or here at Mike's blog to see it with a logo added in the header (the big image is the logo).

A 2nd new theme, "Brushed Concrete", will be available in your blog control panel very soon. It features a black background and stylish texture.

BIG Show Updates

We've continued to update BIG Show over the last few months. Recent updates include a bulk upload tool, batch effect editing, and numerous bug fixes. New BIG Show themes are also on the way.

If you've never used BIG Show, now is a great time to try it out. When you create a BIG Show account, your first slideshow is free.

New Control Panel

A new version of our website control panel will launch soon. Project "Fox" will be ready for release right after we wrap up the CSS. Most version 2 templates have been updated to be Fox-compliant. Fox will sport some very nice features, including bulk uploading to your image bank, multiple fonts in each template, sub-pages, and better music management.

We Have a Video Podcast

That's right. Every week or two, we'll be producing short videos and screencasts with you the photographer in mind. To start, we're previewing a promotional short created by our good friend Jim Garner. You can download episodes from the BIG Folio TV blog or use the button below to subscribe via iTunes.

If you have a topic you'd like to hear about, just let us know.

July is a big month. Busy wedding season. 7/7/07. BIG Folio's exodus from the Golden State. A big month deserves a big special. And that's just what we're bringing you.

Free 2nd Site

For the rest of the month, if you purchase a premium site, we'll setup a second site for you in the directory of your choice (like www.mydomain.com/portraits/). Choose from our 5 most popular standard designs and use your second site for your portrait work, fine art images, or commercial photography. That's right, 2 sites, one setup fee, one monthly hosting fee. Very BOGO.

SEO Help

Search engine optimization is a hot topic with photographers today. As part of our July special, we're going to give you some extra help on the search engine front.

First, as part of your free 2nd site, we're going to install a custom entry page that links to both sites and is optimized to improve your search engine rankings. The entry page page is easily editable and includes instructions for customizing the images and links.

Next, we're going to give all new premium customers a sneak peak at our website optimization DVD. That's correct, we're currently producing a DVD on website optimization for photographers. The DVD will not be available until later this year, but new customers in July will get exclusive access to some of the content. You'll learn some of the same techniques we use in our popular website optimization service.

Sound good? Visit our templates page to get started. No coupon code needed. When you purchase a premium template, we'll simply ask for the details of your 2nd site.

DWF Members

If you're a member of the Digital Wedding Forum, you can save 15% off your setup fees to go along with this deal. Visit the discounts page for more details and to get the super-secret coupon code.

This week, we'll be moving BIG Show to a new dedicated server. As part of the process, the BIG Show builder will be down for a few hours during the domain name propagation. Live shows will still be accessible by your customers and guests.

You may have also noticed the new bulk uploading tool we added last week. We never anticipated BIG Show would be as popular as it is. We appreciate your support and feedback as we continually work to improve your experience.

Thanks,

The BIG Folio team.