The new Online Album with customizable design

The new Online Album with customizable design

By on 5. April 2012 in Online Album

Dear Online Album user,
We’re proud to present you with the latest Online Album as an Easter gift. The “Glass” theme in the HTML version provides a new, customizable Album Homepage design.
The best thing about the “Glass” theme is that it allows you to customize your Online Album Homepage using your own background images. Moreover, you can adjust the background image to match your Album Homepage by changing the background image’s brightness and sharpness settings. But there’s more! You can also assign each album its own background and create different moods – both as a classic, or premium Online Album user.
Test the new Online Album now!
A small tip when testing out new settings:
If the changes you made to the Album using the Online Media Manager are not displayed correctly hit F5 to refresh the page.
Please note: The current “professional” theme is no longer available for free users. Existing free users with “Professional” theme can still use it but after a switch to the new “Glas” theme it is not possible to switch back. Please test the Glas-theme with our demo albums (links above) first.
We wish you the best of luck and hope you have fun with the new design, as always we’re grateful for any feedback.
Your MAGIX Online World Team

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Online Album: new features and functions

Online Album: new features and functions

By on 13. October 2011 in Online Album

Dear Online Album customers,

We are continually developing the Online Album so you can present your photos and videos in the best possible way. With the last update you can find the following new features and functions in your album:

Comment function

Following your demand, you can now leave comments on photos and videos and thus get direct feedback from your visitors. Of course, you can allow, moderate or delete comments as you wish.

New viewing mode: Studio

This useful way of displaying photos combines the large view with adjoining thumbnail gallery – for a clear view even on larger albums. (Classic and Premium version)

New viewing mode: Scrolling

The photos and videos in your albums are displayed vertically one after another. In combination with captions this view is ideal for photo blogs. (Classic and Premium version)

Geomap

Your photos will be placed on Google Maps by origin. Take your album visitors on a virtual tour around the world! (Premium version)

Geotagging – easy as pie with drag & drop

Geotagging refers to the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various forms of media. Lots of cameras and Smartphones with GPS save the information in the image’s metadata. Previously Geotagging was a laborious process which was done using additional programs. In the Online Album you can put your photos and videos on the map using drag & drop, allowing you to present your content to visitors in the Geomap view. (Premium version)

HD video playback

Your Online Album is now optimized for high resolution video. Videos are now converted to mp4 – a modern video format (H.264 Codec) – as standard. This format provides you with high quality images with smaller file sizes – so you can enjoy your videos in top quality, even on big screens.

Create playlists for your slide shows

Let there be music! Instead of choosing just one track to accompany your slide shows you can now create whole playlists in the Online Media Manager.

We hope that you’re as happy with these improvements as we are.

Your MAGIX Online World Team

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How subpages work in Website Maker

How subpages work in Website Maker

By on 22. September 2011 in Website Maker

Dear Website Maker user,

Maybe you’ve already noticed:

In Website Maker deluxe and easyPlus you can now create subpages and add external links in your navigation bar.
There are new symbols and icons in the page manager now. Next to „New Page“ there is a new function, „Link“. Using links you can add button to the navigation bar that instead of linking to your website take you to external sites (like your Facebook or Online Album page) or downloads.

Subpages are displayed in the same way as in Windows Explorer, i.e. in a tree structure.

You can move each (sub)page up one or more layer(s) or make a subpage from another page. To do this just click on the respective page in the Page Manager, and drag and drop it. If you drag a page over another, a green plus sign will appear. If you then let go, the page you moved will become a subpage.

If you want to include menu items with external links for example, you can add a new link. Links aren’t pages, they are just buttons in the navigation bar, apart from that links are treated in exactly the same way as pages (move, delete, create subpage…)

If you password protect a site with subpages, the subpages will not be displayed on the website i.e. the navigation bar won’t drop down. Subpages will only be displayed in menus when you’ve entered a password for the main page.

You are sure to figure out the rest using trial and error. We wish you all the best with the new options (that are sure to deck out your site!).

Your MAGIX Online World Team

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Online Album premium for free

Online Album premium for free

By on 25. August 2011 in Online Album

Dear Online World customer,

Ifyou’ve been on a summer vacation, you probably have a lot of memoriescaptured, on videos and/ or photos. Whyleave them stored away on your harddrive? You certainly prefer to show yourpicturesto friendsand family!

The Online Albumhas long beenthe best way to share your memories also with thosewho livefar away.Forevery need – froma couple ofimagesto an extensivecollection-the variousmodels guarantee an ideal solution.
The Premium versionis thedeluxeedition forall those people who have a lot to show andreallywant to enjoybenefitsthatonline imageeditingorHD capability can offer. Wehave upgraded that offer once more, so thatlong-term customers can continue to get the best out of it and really enjoy their album long into the future, henceforth the following applies to the Premium Online Album:

  • Instead of 10 GB, a huge 20GB of storage space is at your disposal.

  • A domain of your choice is now included. This comes in useful if you want to recommend your Online Album to someone in a conversation.

  • Accompanying this domain you get 5 email adresses – each account with 1 GB storage space.

If you already have an Online Album premium you will automatically benefit from these changes – without any additional costs.
What’s more: if you go for an Online Album premium now the first six months will be completely free!

Go to the offer

Simply register, upload your contentand start showcasing yourfavorite memorieson astunningalbumwebsite.Whetheron PC, smartphoneor internet-enabledtelevisions, you and yourfriends are sure tobe impressed. Have fun!

Your MAGIX Online World Team

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Website Maker update: new navigations with sub pages

Website Maker update: new navigations with sub pages

By on 24. August 2011 in Website Maker

Dear Website Maker customers,

 

today there will be an update that brings you the new subpage feature that many of you have been asking for for quite a while now.

With this major update you can now arrange pages as main and sub pages. You can also create external links (like to your facebook page, a blog or a forum) within the navigations.

 

A note on that:

For this functionality it was required to rebuild all the navigation designs from scratch, not just to change them. Of course you may want to keep the design of your page as it is now, so we rebuilt these with the outmost care and ran extensive tests on them. Which means: normally these changes shouldn’t be noticeable on your homepage now. However, with over 160 navigation designs and almost unlimited editing possibilities there are chances that some elements may look slightly different or displaced by a few pixels. Devil’s always in the details and is pretty good at hiding, too. We apologize for any of these cases. If you notice any real bugs, please report them to our customer support or leave a comment and we’ll get to it.

Apart from that, have fun with the new features that will surely allow you to bring your website to the next level.

Regards,

the MAGIX Online World Team

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