Hi folks. We just deployed a new Tripline release with a bunch of new features. Lots of your early feedback has been related to photos, so we made some big improvements in that area. Here’s the list:
- Drag and Drop Photo Arrangement – We know how much photos matter to your stories. Now you can easily rearrange photos and even drag them to other places. Once you’ve added photos, just click the [rearrange photos] link to open up the reordering pane and then drag and drop thumbnails anywhere. More info here: http://help.tripline.net/?p=427
- Photo Captions – Pictures are worth 1,000 words, but sometimes you need more. Now you can easily add captions of up to 250 characters to individual photos. Click on a photo thumbnail to open the viewer and then click [edit caption]. More info here: http://help.tripline.net/?p=429
- Automated Photo Slideshows – There’s a new “Slideshow” Animation Style for each place in your trip. When you choose this option, the player will automatically display a nice slideshow of your photos. More info here: http://help.tripline.net/?p=431
- 5 MB Photo Uploads – We’ve upped the size of images you can upload from your computer to 5MB (previously 4MB) More info here: http://help.tripline.net/?p=447
- Maps With No Lines – You can now create a map that doesn’t display lines between places. This is particularly useful for the food bloggers and travel guide creators out there who create Top 10 lists etc. Look for this option in the Editor. It’s called “Display Style” More info here: http://help.tripline.net/?p=433
- Updated Player Experience – We’ve made some big updates to the player, making the play button more visible and greatly improving the display of photos. Slideshow mode is awesome.
- Photo Bug Fixes – We fixed several bugs related to photos. Most noticeably you’ll be able to open newly added images without refreshing the page and new images/captions will immediately show up in the player.
- Static Map Images – You can now access a static image of your Tripline map by clicking on [map image] in the stats section of the trip page below the trip description.
A reminder to Google Chrome users: If you’re using Adblock, the photoviewer on the trip page won’t get the correct image sizes and will appear a little broken. This is a known issue with Adblock and they’re working on a fix. For now, the workaround is to add “tripline.net” to the Excluded Sites list in Ad Block options.
Thanks again for all the great suggestions, there’s even more cool stuff on the way soon. As always, if you need to get in touch with us, send an email to support@tripline.net
– Byron