Photium Updates

Stay in the loop with the latest improvements to Photium.

Package notes refer to paid subscriptions. Some features are also available during an active trial or through an existing account arrangement.

26 October 2026

• Faster, smoother websites – We’ve made further performance improvements to help your pages load faster and respond more quickly as visitors browse. No action is needed.

25 October 2026

• Review the dates that matter to your business - Check website activity, enquiries and sales for a particular month, year or your own date range, and compare results with the previous period or the same dates last year. Open Analytics → More date options to choose your dates and comparison.

22 October 2026

• More ways to customise gallery pages - Add image and HTML blocks to gallery and photo pages, and arrange your content in columns. Open Page layout (expert) on a gallery folder or photo, then choose Add block. (Advanced package subscribers only)

21 October 2026

• Easier-to-read Analytics - Analytics is now divided into clear sections, so you can focus on your audience, content, enquiries or sales without scrolling through every report. Open Analytics and choose a section using the tabs, or the Report menu on smaller screens.
• Faster-loading websites - We've reduced how much your website needs to download and helped key images start loading sooner, so visitors can see your pages more quickly. No action is needed; these improvements apply automatically.
• See which pages hold visitors' attention - Compare engagement across your pages and devices, and see which pages visitors reach from other websites. Open Analytics to browse all pages with recorded views, filter by web address and sort the results. The reports appear automatically; no setup is needed.

19 October 2026

• Give customers the right details after purchase - Add care instructions, booking details or next steps specific to each shop item or variant. Under Sales → Shop Items, edit an item or variant and add a Confirmation message. It appears after confirmed online payment and in customer order confirmation emails, when enabled. (Light, Standard and Advanced package subscribers only)
• Match your website colours to your logo - Choose colours from a logo image, then try matching shades and preview them on your pages before saving. Open Change design → Colours → Use colours from a logo. You can adjust the suggestions and compare light and dark appearances.

16 October 2026

• Make gallery pages work for your clients - Add introductions, enquiry forms, links, client testimonials, videos, questions and answers, and limited offers to gallery and photo pages. Arrange the content around your photographs, with large opening photos also available on gallery folder pages. Open a gallery folder or photo in the page editor and choose Page layout (expert). Choose a layout for one gallery folder or photo, the photos in a folder, or all folder or photo pages using the site default. (Advanced package subscribers only)
• Help customers browse a larger shop - Group products into categories and subcategories, such as Workshops → Beginners. Customers can browse a whole category or narrow their choice to a subcategory. Under Settings → Categories → Shop, select a category, open Details and choose its parent category. Your existing categories and links continue to work. (Light, Standard and Advanced package subscribers only)

14 October 2026

• Give customers a closer look before they buy - Customers can browse all photos on a shop item page and enlarge photos to see more detail, including from quick view. Add and arrange your photos under Sales → Shop Items; existing item photos appear automatically. (Light, Standard and Advanced package subscribers only)

11 October 2026

• Tell a story with your photos - Present a carefully chosen sequence as a scrolling photo story. Each photo stays in view as the next slides over it, with your chosen titles and descriptions below. Open a gallery folder in Manage Gallery, then choose "Immersive Scroll" in its Appearance settings and save your changes.
• Help visitors explore galleries within galleries - Present nested galleries as compact rows, gallery cards or layered album stacks, with gallery names visible in each style. In Settings → Gallery → Appearance, choose a "Subfolder presentation" and save your changes. Your choice applies to nested galleries across your website; the main gallery index and photo layouts are set separately.

9 October 2026

• Preview your galleries while you edit - See your saved gallery layouts and photos in the page editor, then open the controls to manage photos, edit gallery details or change their appearance. In Manage Gallery, click "View gallery in editor" to get started.

8 October 2026

• Save time with quick replies - Answer common questions with messages you have saved in advance. In Live Chat, click "Set up quick replies" to save up to 10, then click a reply to add it to your draft. You can also choose one as an automatic first reply after a visitor's first message in a new chat. (Advanced package subscribers only)
• Choose which items are taxed - Sell taxable and tax-free items together, with tax applied only to the items you select. When tax collection is on, use "Charge tax on this item" on shop items, item options and gallery purchase options. Set your rate under Sales → Taxes.

6 October 2026

• Edit a gallery folder and its photos together - Organise photos and adjust their gallery folder's settings in one place. Open the folder in Manage Gallery to upload and manage photos alongside its settings.
• See view counts from your previous website - Where old figures are available, open Analytics and click "View old website statistics" to see retained gallery and photo view counts.
• Choose the order visitors see - Show your chosen galleries first, or put recent comments at the top. In gallery blocks, use "Choose gallery folders" and drag them into order without changing their order elsewhere. In a Comments block, choose "Comment order" to show newest or oldest comments first.

5 October 2026

• Put content side by side - Pair text with a photo or place related content in columns. In the page editor, choose "Add a block beside this" from a block's menu to build a column layout around your existing content.
• Choose an image for shared page links - Give shared links a preview photo that represents the page. Set a featured image in Page settings; Photium uses it automatically when preparing the page for sharing.
• Make gallery notices and offers easier to read - Highlight important words and give visitors links to follow in your gallery messages. In Settings → Gallery → Advanced, use headings, emphasis and links when editing these messages.

4 October 2026

• Choose a package with more confidence - Explore private galleries, downloads and live chat during an active trial. Before your first subscription, Photium shows how your saved website settings fit your chosen package.

2 October 2026

• Offer discounts on extra prints - Encourage larger print orders with offers such as paying for five prints and receiving additional prints free. In Sales → Promotions, turn on "Price each band separately" for a quantity offer. Each price band applies only to the prints within that band.
• Make older page content easier to edit - Turn older HTML content into page blocks so you can edit its text and images with the usual controls. For an HTML block added directly to a page, open its settings and click "Convert to page blocks". This experimental tool lets you review suggestions before applying them and undo in one step.

25 September 2026

• Review suspected spam and recover genuine messages - Check suspicious enquiries and restore genuine messages to your usual view. Website messages, comments, chats and favourites messages flagged as spam are held for review rather than discarded. Check the Spam view in the relevant admin screen; filtering happens automatically.
• Ask search engines to leave a page out of results - Ask search engines to leave out pages you only want to share by direct link. In Page settings, turn on "Exclude from search engines" for a custom page or blog post. Anyone with the link can still view the page.

23 September 2026

• Turn your notes and photos into a page draft - Get an editable starting page from a short description and up to 10 photos. Start from the dashboard, then edit the draft and use it as your homepage or add it to your menu. Replace any prices or reviews marked as samples. Setup tips help you choose what to do next; hide them when no longer needed.

20 September 2026

• A new way to discourage photo copying - A moving blurred area discourages copying while letting visitors see each part of a photo as it moves. In Settings → Gallery → Protection, choose "Moving blur" for large photos. Available in beta, with an optional message and settings for individual gallery folders. It does not prevent all copying. (Light, Standard and Advanced package subscribers only)

15 September 2026

• Bring your pages to life - Use "Animations" in theme settings to add gentle image movement, reveal headings as visitors scroll and introduce photos in small groups. Adjust the movement controls in individual blocks to suit each page.

13 September 2026

• Recover deleted pages and blog posts - Bring back a deleted page or blog post without recreating it. Open History, find the deletion and click "Restore".
• Give customers another chance to download - Let a customer collect their photos again if their download allowance or time has run out. In Orders, open the order to see its download usage, then click "Reset download allowance" to renew the allowance and expiry period. (Standard and Advanced package subscribers only)

10 September 2026

• Share pages privately - Add a password in a custom page's Page settings to share information with selected clients. Visitors need the password to view it. (Advanced package subscribers only)

8 September 2026

• More room for your photography - Add 500GB or 1TB of extra storage to keep more photos and original files in your account. Find these storage options in your subscription settings. (Advanced package subscribers only)

7 September 2026

• Check your page before saving - Switch to preview mode in the page editor, then choose phone, tablet or desktop size. Check how your latest words and images fit before saving changes to your live website.

6 September 2026

• Put important news where visitors can see it - In the page editor, open the header controls and click "Announcement". Add an offer, booking dates or a seasonal message above your menu, and set when it should appear.

5 September 2026

• Find the right look for your website - Click "Change design" in the dashboard's quick links to open the guided design builder. Choose colours, fonts and finishing touches, then compare the result with your starting design before saving.
• See which photos clients request to download - Follow up on image delivery by seeing which photos have received download requests. Open a gallery folder in Manage Gallery → Downloads to view free download activity, then click "View downloaded images" to see the photos with requests. The figures count download requests.

4 September 2026

• Give visitors a fresh way to explore your work - Use Chapters to introduce galleries with alternating cover photos and descriptions, or Offset to present photos or gallery covers in staggered columns. In Settings → Gallery → Gallery index, choose Chapters or Offset. To use Offset for photos inside galleries, choose it under Folders, then save your changes.
• Make your website feel like you - Open "Colour scheme" in theme settings. Start with White, Black, Soft grey or Charcoal, then choose your main highlight colour. Fine-tune individual colours and choose whether cards blend into the page or stand out.

2 September 2026

• Check your space before a large upload - Gallery photos, stored originals, uploaded files and page images share your account's storage allowance. Check your storage usage when uploading photos in Manage Gallery before adding a large collection; uploads can stop when the allowance is reached.

30 August 2026

• Choose how AI services may use your public content - Make separate choices about AI model training and appearing in AI search answers. In Settings → Website → AI access, choose which uses to allow. These choices apply to cooperating crawlers; they do not make public photos or pages private.

26 August 2026

• Keep up with client chats on your phone - Receive an alert when a visitor messages, even when you are away from the dashboard. In Live Chat → Settings → Phone alerts, click "Enable on this device" in a supported browser. On iPhone or iPad, first add Photium Admin to your Home Screen and open it from there. (Advanced package subscribers only)

25 August 2026

• See which links bring people to an offer - Create a short redirect link for a booking page, offer or external destination, then see which pages on your website visitors clicked it from. Create the link under Settings → Website → Redirect links, then select it in Analytics to review its activity. Direct and external opens are counted separately from clicks attributed to your own pages.

17 August 2026

• Include your sales tax in checkout - Show customers the tax due on their order and record it in order totals. Under Sales → Taxes, enter your tax name and rate, then choose whether your saved prices include tax or have tax added. Changing that choice keeps your saved prices unchanged and can change what customers pay, so check your prices before using it.

16 August 2026

• Find out which websites send you visitors - See how visits from other websites change over time, alongside your enquiries and sales. Open Analytics, choose a period and review "External referrals over time" and "Enquiries and sales" to help assess your promotion activity. These figures do not show that a particular referral led to a sale.