Melrose Avenue is a hodgepodge of all that encompasses L.A. This diverse thoroughfare manages to be eccentric and mainstream, affordable and upscale, grungy and glamorous, all at once. The most wonderful thing about this vibrant, lively street is that the shopping, dining, and people watching are second to none.

That’s exactly how we feel about the latest of our new Designer Series for our HTML5 Content Sites, Stores, and Blogs. Melrose Avenue is loaded with a ton of firsts that collectively add up to one of prettiest designs we have created to date!

The biggest first for Melrose Avenue (and now for ALL HTML5 Content Sites, Stores, and Blogs) is that the rotating top image area on Marquee Plus Pages has been increased to a max of 650 pixels in height, giving you even more control and customization for your site.

Where Champs-Élysées was all about textures, Melrose Avenue is all about color. The designer element here is the menu navigation background. There are nine different designer color elements to choose from when you select Melrose Avenue as your template.

For the first time, the page title bar is designed in unison with the navigation bar. A drop shadow from the menu bar, plus a 3D ribbon atop the selected menu item pulls it all together into one glamorous element reminiscent of L.A.’s classic Deco architecture. The sub-menus slightly overlap the navigation bar to create a snazzy, layered look, and when a page is selected the 3D ribbon slides to the appropriate position.

Our Designer Social Media Icons are showcased on the right side of the navigation bar. You can display up to five icons! Also shown on the blog screen shot below is the subtlest of graphic elements: discreet ruled lines separate the blog posts.

Now for our final first! The Melrose Avenue Store has the Sign In and View Cart tabs along the top of the navigation bar instead of the top of the page. That’s not all that’s new about these tabs, for the first time these tabs have separate background color controls to mix or match with the overall color scheme!

Are you ready to use one of the most innovative templates of our Designer Series? Check out the sample sites to see if Melrose Avenue is the perfect place for you!

Special thanks to Jill Beninato of Sit.Stay.Smile for sharing her images for the sample of Melrose Avenue HTML5 Content Site, and to Mary Elizabeth Arts for sharing images used on the Core Business Solution and E-Commerce Solution samples.

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Champs-Élysées is la plus belle avenue du monde (“the most beautiful avenue in the world”). With its cinemas, cafés, luxury specialty shops and clipped horse-chestnut trees, the Champs-Élysées is arguably the most famous street — and one of the most expensive strips of real estate — in the world.

What could be a more fitting name for the most richly appointed HTML5 Content Site we have ever produced? The next installment in our new “Designer Series” for HTML5 Content Site, Store, and Blog, Champs-Élysées is loaded with customization possibilities.

The entire content area of the Champs-Élysées design has a drop shadow surrounding it, with space for your logo at the top and the navigation menu just below it. The content area has a stylish embossed look, and the list items have drop shadows for a layered effect. 

Champs-Élysées is all about textures. The border, logo background, and navigation ‘ribbon’ are all one expertly crafted, color integrated unit. These organic Design Elements might best be described as themes, or styles. The sample site uses ‘Burgundy and Birch’ but you can choose from among eight different textures and colors in the Design Element menu.

As you can see, each choice makes a difference in how your site appears. Play around with these eight Design Elements to find the one that suits you the best:

The Champs-Élysées Blog Site is designed to be social. The flawless transition from Content Site to Blog is readily apparent. It shows off our new custom social media icons at the top of the page. These large, 34 x 34 pixel icons can be custom colored to match your site by using the Perimeter Highlight Text Color selection.

The Store Site demonstrates how well Champs-Élysées is constructed. Just below the page name and at the bottom of the content area are bold colored bars. You can select the bar color to either compliment or coordinate with the rollover highlight on the selected product.

The HTML5 Content Site Designer Series and Champs-Élysées in particular have more potential for personalization than ever. For example, you can upload your logo with a background and use Photoshop to continue the drop shadow theme of Champs-Élysées.

Special thanks to Lisa Mark for sharing her images for the sample of Champs-Élysées HTML5 Content Site, and to Pure Tots, organic baby clothing for sharing images used on the Core Business Solution and E-Commerce Solution sample sites. Is it time to make the switch to the new Designer Series for free?

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Two weeks ago we launched a brand new tool, Point of Sale. It is a fantastic addition to our PhotoBiz ToGo app that is powered by our Store to help people accept payment whenever and wherever you may be. We’ve received wonderful feedback, and have put together a list of several ways you can use the Point of Sale to help get you thinking about how to incorporate it into your business.

1. Collect photography session fees on the go, such as taking a deposit while meeting with a bride at a local coffee shop
2. Sell extra prints when you see a customer out and about that remembers they wanted to get a picture for Grandma
3. Sell products and services at tradeshows and events such as local business expos, craft shows, and more 
4. Sell educational resources at a workshop you are speaking at across the country
5. Accept payment for hairstyling and make up when traveling for weddings, proms, and more
6. Sell menu items from a food truck or food cart 
7. Sell concert t-shirts and memorabilia at a show
8. Receive payment for a personal training session 
9. Collect membership fees for an organization or association at an event 
10. Use the custom items feature to sell a brand new item not set up in Store!

Have more ideas about how you are or might use Point of Sale? Share them with us! We want to know how you are using our Point of Sale.

Want to learn more about the new Point of Sale? Give us a call or check out this webinar giving you a tour.

Practically anyone familiar with London knows about Fleet Street, as it is synonymous with the publishing industry in Great Britain. Fleet Street is also well known as the home of Sweeney Todd, the ‘Demon Barber of Fleet Street’. That is the inspiration for the “Barber Pole” border that surrounds our Fleet Street design.

The entire content area of the Fleet Street design has a drop shadow surrounding it, with space for your logo at the top and the navigation menu just below that. It is with the left and right border of the content area that the PhotoBiz magic begins on this design. As we ‘publish’ our 18th HTML5 Content Site, Store, and Blog design, we’re revolutionizing the capabilities of customization. With Fleet Street we’re introducing customizable design elements to our repertoire of personalized options, in this case the “Barber Pole” border.

This brand new design element brings with it a new area in the control panel labeled ‘Design Element’. These elements are expert selected in a variety of color schemes to compliment the design, and can be changed to personalize your site. For Fleet Street there are eight “Barber Poles” to choose from. On top of choosing from the expert selected design elements that’s right for you, certain parts of the design element can be controlled through the on color picker, specifically the Site Border Color, for an even more unique look, much in the same way as a transparent background allowing you to choose colors to “peek through.”

In addition, Fleet Street is a groundbreaking design in that the entire content area has a semi-transparent overlay, where the navigation bar and list items are then “cut out” to give them a special highlight. This is also illustrated particularly well on the Video pages with the video descriptions, so be sure to check out this unique feature on the sample site. On all other pages, regular text has the tinted overlay as its background.

We have used a slanted bar motif for title bars to build on the barber pole theme and unify the whole design. Fleet Street’s blog pages show how perfectly our Content Sites, Store, and Blog integrate. The tabs at the top of content area integrate with the barber pole’s slanted bar. This theme is also repeated for your individual posts and post titles.

Fleet Street is also available for the PhotoBiz Store, continuing the theme to give your customers a truly seamless shopping experience. As you can see, the Sign In/View Cart tab at the top of the page complements the design.

That’s not all! Fleet Street is also the first design to feature designer social media icons to match the style of the design. You will notice them in the top left of the design. You can choose to use these designer social media icons and change the color to match your site by changing the Perimeter Highlight Text Color using the color picker, or upload your own using our custom social media icon option.

There are many new customization options and features introduced with the Fleet Street HTML5 Content Site, Store, and Blog design. What do you think about these latest innovations?

Special thanks to Richard Esposito for sharing his images for the sample of Fleet Street HTML5 Content Site, and to Icing on the Top for sharing images used on the Content Site, Core Business Solution and E-Commerce Solution sample sites. Alright PhotoBizzers, it’s time to make the switch today to this new design for free!

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Silk Alley is a shopping center in Beijing that accommodates over 1,700 retail vendors, notorious among international tourists for their wide selection of counterfeit designer brand apparel. Originally barely more than a mud path outside the Jianguo Gate, Silk Alley has become the modern “ultimate one-stop-shopping tourist destination” in Beijing.

There’s nothing counterfeit about our latest HTML5 Content Site design, however. Silk Alley is perfectly integrated with our Blogs as well as our Core Business Solutions and E-Commerce Solutions. 

You will love this ultra-modern design! Your logo and left side menu is placed outside the content area, creating an open, airy look. You’re likely not going to need a logo background for this template; it’s designed to fit your logo neatly to the left of your content, right above your menu.

All of your content is lifted above the page by drop shadows along each edge. The menu items and page titles have powerful geometric colored backgrounds. Clicking on a menu item presents a visually appealing sub-menu with a contrasting background color. And take a look at our newest menu feature: Instead of rolling out sideways, the sub-menu expands down so your content stays visible.

The geometry of Silk Alley is further enhanced by frames around selected gallery thumbnails, color coordinated with the thick bottom bar that closes out the design. The Gallery page really carries this look beautifully.

Silk Alley’s blog pages show how perfectly integrated our Core Business Solutions are. The tabs at the top of the page match the thick bar at the bottom. Each individual post also repeats the geometric theme, with strong borders and frames for your individual posts and post titles.

The E-Commerce area for Silk Alley continues the geometric theme to give your customers a true “ultra-modern” shopping experience. As you can see, the Sign In/View Cart tab at the top of the page complements this design.

Special thanks to Sarah Petty and Betty Audish for sharing their images for the sample of Silk Alley, which is now available in your HTML5 Content Site, E-Commerce, and Blog, as well as Core Business Solution, and E-Commerce Solution control panels. Make the switch today for free!

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