picu Dev Log

Category: Miscellaneous

  • Email required setting update

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    Florian
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    We had another discussion about the email required setting, see my last update about this issue. We decided to simply describe what the setting does – as it should be. But we opted to also include a help link to our docs page, where we provide more information about the whole registration process. I think…

  • Email required or optional?

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    Florian

    With our last release we added a registration form, so that clients could identify themselves before making a selection. This enables the photographer to share the same link with multiple clients – or even allow the client to share the link with colleagues, etc. We also added a setting whether entering an email address was…

  • Pro banner

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    Florian
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    We still use this static banner in a couple of places and from the feedback we got, we should definitely make it more concise and to the point. So… Previous: I updated the wording, and also made two versions, one with a light background color, so it might fit in better with our other, new…

  • Goals for our new website

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    Claudio Rimann
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    As requested by Florian, let’s also share some of the progress we’re making on the marketing & design side of things, first and foremost towards our new website. The original site was launched 8+ years ago and only got some minor changes since, so by the end of last year I decided it’s time to…

  • Banners on the collection edit screen

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    Florian
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    Continuing with improving the in-plugin banners, I am today looking at the ones we display on our collection edit screen. So far they look like this (red highlight added to make the position obvious): We randomly display different Pro features here: I quite like those, they are very unobtrusive and also kind of playful with…

  • How picu settings work

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    Florian
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    I was asked by Marc about how our settings work. Well, his original question was if we use React, but since we don’t and since I have this new blog here, I thought I just might try to give a very basic overview of how we implemented it. Maybe this is helpful to someone. We…

  • Shimmer effect

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    Florian
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    Not sure this will stay in, but I think this is a fun little effect, which adds a tiny eye-catcher to the Pro icon: It has more pause in between the effect in the actual implementation, than the gif above. Created entirely with CSS:

  • Today’s banner drafts

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    Florian
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    And these are all the different settings banners, I came up with today. Final wording and images tbd, of course. General: Design: Email: Security:

  • Improving in-plugin banners

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    Florian
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    Today I am working on our static, in-plugin banner, we are currently displaying at the side of the settings page. I am in the process of changing it to an inline, “context aware” banner, which will contain much more relevant (and helpful) information. Previously: New: The goal is to raise the awareness of how Pro…

  • Hello world!

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    Florian

    Welcome to the picu Dev Log.