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We are pleased to announce that we have purchased Common Touch Anti-Spam technology to further reduce the amount of spam received by our customers. In the past week, while testing the product, Common Touch Anti-Spam has filtered out over 90 000 spam messages! Between SmarterMail's built-in anti-spam technologies and Common Touch anti-spam, it is estimated by SmarterTools, the company who makes SmarterMail, that 99.5% of all spam messages will be blocked.

Monday, February 13, 2012 8:29 AM

Having experienced a problem after trying to install the latest 10.7.3 on my MacBook Pro, I thought I would warn our users about the problem. Apparently MacBookPro users who perform a regular software update encounter various problems from this release. My update would simply not complete and upon rebooting failed to start up. I had to restore from Time Machine. The following article will explain the problem and also provide a solution for using the standalone combo update which you can down...

Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:19 PM

We are pleased to announce the following improvements and feature upgrades for V3 users: Galleries: Support for HTML 5 video allows your videos to play natively in modern browsers and mobile devices without a plug-in. The new player will automatically detect if the viewer's browser does not support HTML 5 and will swap in a similar Flash player. The New video player also scales videos to fit the available space allowing you to upload larger movies than previously possible. In order to take...

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:57 AM

Congratulations to Kristi Sutton Elias, our newest spokesperson! Kristi and her web site will be featured in a full page ad in February's Professional Photographer magazine as well as on our web site. Click here to see the ad and learn how you can become a spokesperson for BigBlackBag!

Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:00 PM

Our web server OS update has been completed. We appreciate your patience during this transition. Websites appear to be functioning well. If you experience any problems please email support@bigblackbag.com ASAP so we may respond to them. Happy Holidays from all of us!

Friday, December 23, 2011 6:57 PM

Congratulations to Arali Melendez, our newest spokesperson! We're incredibly excited to feature Arali and her web site in a full page ad in Professional Photographer magazine's January issue as well as on our web site. Click here to see the ad and learn how you can become a spokesperson for BigBlackBag!

Monday, November 21, 2011 3:19 PM

We are pleased to announce the addition of Live Chat! Live chat enables us to respond to your questions immediately via our website and admin. Live chat will be offered during our normal business hours which are from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM and now include Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM. Eastern Standard Time.

Friday, November 18, 2011 12:05 PM

We are delighted to announce that Photo Professional Magazine, the UK's premiere publication for photographers, reviewed thirteen photography web site template services and chose to give BigBlackBag the coveted first position in their Buyer's Guide. Click here to learn more about BigBlackBag Photographer Websites.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 4:38 PM

Content Window Opacity It is now possible to set the opacity of the Content Window or choose not to apply a background to it at all. This small but important change opens up a whole new realm of design possibilities as you will be able to see the Web Page Background or the Template Background behind your content. Please let us know if you encounter any issues and certainly let us see any cool new designs that you come up with! Set Title Captions Automatically with File Names It is now possible ...

Friday, October 14, 2011 3:49 PM

We've added another cool social marketing button in the V3 platform. Pinterest provides a very cool way to share image related info on virtual pinboards. This service seems very popular with design savvy clientelle and should proabably be something you get into sooner rather than later. Add the button here: Marketing Controls > Manage Social Networking > Show Pinterest We've also added a new Custom Icon field where you may copy and paste code provided from other providers such as AddThis.com. T...

Monday, October 10, 2011 10:17 PM