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Yet another template has been added for Custom Sites users.  This was created as a request, and more versions of this theme are on the way!  Click the screenshot below for a sample website using this theme.

This theme uses a wonderful watercolor background image by Angie at AngieMakes.com.

If you're looking for a fast and free way to get your own photography website off the ground, sign up Village.Photos and go to your Account Settings page for details on Custom Websites.

A few issues were discovered with SEO tagging today. While we already have great results for some members, and increasing rankings on the site overall, I knew they should have been better.

I've made adjustments to every template, both on the main site on custom sites, which should really improve search engine crawls of album and related image pages.

This was a significant set of changes - please contact me at support@village.photos if you run into any issues or have any questions.

~Scott

The season is upon us, that time of year when I start planning a drive or a long weekend on the western slopes of the Colorado Rockies.   The leaves and shrubs  are turning, and the blue bird skies mixed with the dramatic golden and red foliage make for some amazing photo ops.

Why do leaves change color?  As autumn approaches and the days grow shorter, plants don't get as much light for photosynthesis.  The chlorophyll, which is what makes plants green and normally...

We now have working template samples for Custom Sites users online. If you don't have a Custom Site yet, it's easy and free!  Just go to your Account Settings page in the main menu, look for the "Custom Website" section, and enter either a subdomain, or your own custom domain if you have one.

Here's a current list of all the template variations available to Custom Sites.

• Traveller (new!)
• Clean White (new!)
• Cover (new!)
• Elegant Lemon...

Custom sites are live and starting to show up in search results.  If you have a custom site at Village.Photos it's probably because you want to promote and possibly sell your art. You can have the most amazing portfolio and website in the world, but if people can't find you, it's not doing you any good.

We do everything we can to make sure you'll make it onto Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines - but you have to do your part too.

• Link, link, link! Most...

Members using custom sites now have more options for setting up products - instead of manually specifying cropping for various sizes, there is an Auto Product Setup button that will match up your image's aspect ratio with paper sizes and set up the products for you.

You can also set up your own default pricing which will be applied to these auto-created products, and can be applied to existing products as well!

Don't have a custom site yet? Go to the Account Settings page in the main menu ...

Three new templates have been launched - the "Narrow" series. All three are available for Custom Sites users. Visit your Account Settings page on Village.Photos to set up your custom website and to learn more about getting your own stand-alone photography website for free.

Narrow Dark

Narrow Light

Narrow Burnt Orange

Want your own photography website but don't want to fork over the cash, or can't get your current website to appear in Google searches? We've launched stand-alone websites on Village.Photos, which integrate with the existing portfolio management features. Use a subdomain of ours, or your own website address.

Full e-commerce features are enabled, all templates are mobile-friendly and new layouts have been created, full SEO optimization is place and structured markup/microdata is used...