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Changelog

What's new

Short notes on what shipped. No fluff — if it's listed here, it's live in your dashboard.

August 11, 2026Latest

Upload photos directly — no Drive needed

  • New galleries now offer a choice: link a Google Drive folder as always, or upload photos and videos straight to GalleryLink. Drag whole folders in — subfolders become sections, uploads resume if your connection drops, and the live preview fills in as they land.
  • Every plan includes hosted storage: 2 GB free, 10 GB on Pro, and 250 GB on the new Studio plan.
  • Studio also adds one-click ZIP downloads — clients grab the whole gallery (or just their submitted selection) as a single archive, full resolution, exact originals.
  • Studio can stamp your watermark on previews and thumbnails; downloaded originals are always clean. Set it once, switch it per gallery.
  • A new Photos page for uploaded galleries: drag to reorder, move photos between sections, set the cover, delete — the gallery updates instantly.
  • Optional lead capture: ask visitors for their email once before their first download. Every address lands next to the client picks.
  • Send quotes from your inquiries: the client gets an email with your price and terms and approves or declines on one page — you're notified the moment they answer, and approvals move the inquiry to Booked.

August 10, 2026

Try it with your own photos, before signing up

  • Paste a Google Drive folder link on the homepage and see your own photos as a client gallery in a few seconds. No account, no upload, and nothing is saved.
  • Like what you see? Signing up creates that gallery on your new account, so you start with real work in it instead of an empty dashboard.

August 9, 2026

A portfolio that shows your work straight away

  • Your studio page portfolio now shows every photo in the folder you point it at, not just the first twelve, and each one opens fullscreen with arrow keys and swipe, the same as a client gallery.
  • Paste a Google Drive link into Portfolio and the photos appear on your page itself. Nothing for a visitor to click through first.
  • The Portfolio and Slideshow fields now show the Drive link you pasted instead of a raw folder id, so it's clear what belongs there.
  • If your studio page has no work on it yet, your dashboard now tells you, and points at the two settings that fill it.
  • Choose which part of your hero photo stays in frame. A wide hero band can't show a whole photo on a desktop screen, so a nine-point focus picker in Studio → Hero lets you keep the face, or the sky, or whatever matters, instead of the centre.

August 7, 2026

Clients can share photos with their guests

  • Your client taps Select (or holds a photo), picks the ones they want, and gets a link holding only those, ready for WhatsApp or email. Guests see the shared photos and nothing else, with no password and no route into the full gallery.
  • One link per audience: a set for the bride's family, a different set for colleagues, each with its own view count. Their album favourites are never touched.
  • Every share page credits your studio and links to your studio page, so the people most likely to book you next know whose work they're looking at.
  • On by default, and switchable per gallery in Edit gallery for private work.

August 6, 2026

One gallery, many folders

  • Add up to five extra Drive folders to any gallery — second shooter's drive, the reception folder, drone footage — and they merge into one gallery, each folder appearing as its own named section with the scene navigation.
  • You choose how they join: keep each folder as a named section, or merge everything (subfolders included) into one continuous stream with no headings.

August 5, 2026

Galleries install like an app

  • Sign in with Google — one click, no password. Works for new accounts and links automatically to your existing account by email.
  • Your account, in your hands: change your name, email and password, download everything we hold about you as JSON, and delete your account entirely — all from Dashboard → Account.
  • Album view (Pro): turn any gallery into a page-turn flipbook at /album — cover, chapters and a page curl, like a preview of the printed album. Configure whether pages come from the client's selection or the whole gallery in Edit gallery.
  • Clients can save any gallery to their phone's home screen — its own icon made from the cover photo, opens fullscreen like an app. No app store, no account; the button appears automatically on phones.
  • Password-protected galleries keep their privacy: the icon stays a neutral mark and the password gate still applies.
  • Leads on your studio page now have statuses (new, replied, booked, lost) and private notes — a little pipeline right in your dashboard.

August 4, 2026

The Event Suite & studio pages, reimagined

  • Guest uploads (Pro): switch on a guest wall and anyone at the event can add their phone photos and videos from the gallery link — stored by GalleryLink, never touching your Drive.
  • Live view (Pro): /live on any gallery is a fullscreen slideshow for the venue screen that picks up new photos — yours from Drive, guests' from the wall — as they arrive.
  • Studio pages, rebuilt (Pro): new About, Portfolio and FAQ sections, a slideshow or video hero, heading fonts, three gallery layouts — and you choose the order everything appears in.
  • Inquiries (Pro): an optional contact form on your studio page. Leads land in your dashboard and your inbox, and you reply straight to the client.
  • Gallery cards on your studio page now show real cover photos, and a QR code for your studio page is one click away in the dashboard.
  • Multi-day events: galleries with several scenes get a jump bar, so day two never buries day one.
  • Studio page views now show on your studio dashboard.

July 31, 2026

Your links, your way

  • Add custom links to any gallery cover — booking page, print shop, the venue, TikTok — any label, any URL, up to six.
  • The delivery email header is now your studio name (editable, or hide it entirely).

July 30, 2026

Deliver galleries beautifully

  • One Share button on every gallery — link, email, and print in a single place.
  • Email your gallery to clients: your studio name as the sender, a personal note, a live preview of exactly what they'll receive, and replies that land in your inbox (Pro).
  • QR codes, print cards, and A4 posters for every gallery — put one of the gallery's own photos in the centre of the code, download as print-ready PNG.
  • Attach a designed card or poster to the delivery email.
  • Gallery links shared in WhatsApp, iMessage, or Slack now show a photo preview card. Password-protected galleries stay private and show no photo.
  • A ready-to-send delivery message you can copy straight into chat.

July 30, 2026

Know how your galleries are doing

  • Gallery stats (Pro): views, unique visitors, downloads, password unlocks, a 30-day chart, and your most-downloaded photos — your own visits are never counted.
  • View counts on your dashboard cards.
  • Client data is kept private: activity is anonymous and auto-deleted after 180 days.

July 30, 2026

Account & trust

  • Password reset — request a link from the login page, valid 30 minutes.
  • Email from our own domain: write to us at hello@gallerylink.live.
  • New legal pages: cookies, sub-processors, accessibility, and content reporting, plus a clearer privacy policy.

July 29, 2026

A faster, clearer site

  • New guides for wedding, real-estate, event, portrait, and video work, plus five new Journal articles.
  • Sharper gallery sharing links and better search visibility across the site.

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