Pixaria 2.0

Pixaria has recently unveiled Pixaria Gallery 2.0, a Web-based service designed to quickly allow professional photographers to upload and distribute images on the internet. Pixaria ties in with a user's existing website to provide a searchable database of a user's images, with options for selling images as downloads or as physical product. The service can use PayPal and 2Checkout for secure transactions, allowing customers to download their purchases instantly. Pixaria functions with either HTTP or FTP uploads, and can take a variety of image types and compression styles – such as zip, tar, gzip and tgz. The service is available directly from Pixaria for $200, and includes full source code access, free installation, and complete access to all of the service's many functions.

New in this version are user image uploads – allowing users to designate additional photographers – and a new overall interface design, as well as simpler file management. An invitation system can create a request for a particular person to join the site, by sending an email with sign-up instructions. The developer has completely re-written the search engine, allowing for multi-word keywords and two letter keywords, and new lightbox tools allow users to collaborate on image projects, or to provide PDF downloads to users. Pixaria also has a sample area on its website, giving users the chance to try it out before they buy.

by MacNN Staff