We started updating the Pixy system this morning (GMT). The update has been mostly completed, but we are still waiting for all the images to migrate to their new server (about 90% complete so far). We don't envisage any further disruption to our service, but it will take a good few of hours to complete moving the images. So if you have photoblog with us then there's a chance some of your images won't show... but don't worry, they'll be back soon.
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We will post news article shortly regarding the changes in Pixy 3.6
UPDATE (Sunday 28th)
UPDATE 2 (Monday 29th)
UPDATE 3 (Tuesday 30th)
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We were contacted just before the end of last year by longtime PixyBlogger Jeffrey Paul with a proposition to provide an extended trial of PixyBlog for his digital photography students in Great Falls, Montana. We were more than happy to help and have provided his students with a trial account for the duration of their course.
The new semester has just started and the students are now beginning to use PixyBlog. A few have started to upload their photos. We're excited to see how this trial goes and the work produced by the students. Of course, please leave comments. We have some great photographers in our community, and I know that we can all help, learn and improve our photography together.
We've had enquiries before from the colleges, schools and teachers about using PixyBlog for their students, but this is the first ever trial. We would be interested in working with other educational institutions on similar projects, simply contact us if you have a proposal.
Twitter; the social networking phenomenon which just keeps growing and growing has just grown a little more... Pixy is now using Twitter to give up-to-the-minute news. So if you're interested please follow us.
Many PixyBlogger's are already using Twitter and have integrated it into their blogs. There are many different ways on doing this, but by far the easiest is to use the Twitter Badge. Just like the PixyBlog Badge, it's a simple step-by-step process to cut-and-paste the code into your template. We have just set-up a twitter page on our News Blog which displays the latest updates. We used the simple HTML Widget which produced the following code snippet:
<div id="twitter_div"> <h2 class="sidebar-title">Twitter Updates</h2> <ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul> <a href="http://twitter.com/pixyblog" id="twitter-link" style="display:block;text-align:right;">follow me on Twitter</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/pixyblog.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=5"></script>
Very easy... But be warned, Twitter is addictive!
We've had a great year here at Pixy. We released our blogging service in April of this year, and we were delighted with all those photographers who stayed-on from a beta-tester through to our paid service.
With our move to Amazon hosting we were able to offer unlimited photos and bandwidth for all our users.
With the release of our PixelPost exporter, we've enjoyed a flurry of established photobloggers moving their sites, images & comments to PixyBlog, strengthening our community.
Our customization forum has been buzzing with discussions and there are some awesome looking sites which have been developed... giving us plenty of ideas for the next round of theme updates.
As for the next year... it looks to be even better. A few hints have been given away already about some of the upcoming features, but there are others which will be a complete surprise.
So many thanks, seasons greetings and best wishes to all those involved. Our excellent staff who work relentlessly to keep on-top of everything. Our photographers whose keen eyes and dedication to their work provide the aesthetic heart of our community. And finally to all our visitors who interact through comments, votes and discussions to help make this the vibrant and happening place it is.
See you all in the New Year!
Another big PixyBlog welcome to Elaine Kelly and her photoblog Totally Like Me - Whatever. The most recent of our imports from the PixelPost software; Elaine brings an impressive portfolio of work and has already made a big impact in the PixyBlog rankings.
We were first contacted by Elaine on a Saturday afternoon and by Monday morning we had completely migrated her existing site, images, comments, pages and domain name from her hosted PixelPost photoblog to it's new home on PixyBlog.
We're extremely pleased to be attracting all these new photobloggers. We've started to get inquiries from photographers on other services wanting to migrate as well. We're working on more ways to get your photos on PixyBlog... but more on that in the new year.
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