It is now even easier to make image selections in admin.digitalphotogallery.com. By using a combination of mouse and keyboard modifiers you can speed up the process of managing your images. Holding down the alt key allows you to click anywhere on an image icon to select it, while the shift key allows for quick batch selections.

If you regularly upload large sets of images or if you’d like to upload without having to log in, this feature is for you.

The new FTP users panel on the upload screen allows you to create an unlimited amount of virtual FTP users, each of which can be mapped to a set within DPG. Images can then be uploaded using your favourite FTP client, preserving metadata and set structure.

There are numerous uses for this new feature, here are a just a few examples:

Upload from your desktop using cross-platform FTP software like Cyberduck.

Mount a virtual disk for drag-and-drop uploading using Transmit 4.

Publish directly from Adobe Lightroom using the FTP Publisher plugin.

Upload straight from your iPhone or iPad using Filterstorm 2.

Shoot live to the system using a wireless enabled camera system like the Canon EOS 5D Mark II + WFT-E4 II.

If you come up with your own uses for the virtual FTP let me know by commenting or emailing.

Every Digital Photo Gallery account has access to an ever growing library of HTML5-based website templates, all of which look amazing when viewed on anything from iPads through to huge desktop displays. The graphical admin interface means you don’t need to know any code to design and update a site, but if you already have the skills, you have full control of the style sheets and custom jQuery libraries that each site is built with.

Watch the video to see just how easy it is to create a new website and see below for samples of a few of the templates that are available to all users right now.

http://www.andrewwhitton.com/

http://www.andrewkendall.com/

http://www.ifshotscouldkill.com/

http://www.dianaramos.com/

http://www.fairytalevegas.com/

Digital Photo Gallery is now listed in the Chrome Web Store.

http://www.andywillsher.com/

http://www.stuartleech.com/

http://www.conormcdonnell.co.uk/

http://www.dayhowarth.com/

http://www.mattrichardsonphoto.co.uk/

If you regularly add images to a DPG powered blog, you’re sure to appreciate the improved image posting features. Click on the ‘Insert/edit image’ icon when editing a blog post to access the new options.

I’ve written a new URL shortener that ties in with many of DPG’s services. You can shorten your own URLs by visiting http://dpg.bz/shorten.

With the new export feature you can easily generate PDF contact sheets for printing and client approval. You can also produce text, CSV and MD5 files to cross-reference and verify file uploads.

In preparation for today’s iPad launch I’ve spent some time optimising the DPG admin interface for use on Apple mobile devices.