Your Backlight Image Search Page

Backlight has a built in search function along with a dedicated search page. There are two ways for your visitors to access the search function. One is by using the Quick Search icon in the Top Pallet. By default, this search icon is enabled in the Default page template. It can be disabled in the […]

Setting up a WordPress based Backlight site

Here’s how to set up a WordPress based site using Backlight to create the WordPress theme and manage your galleries. Assumption: The site is based on WordPress and you’re using Backlight for galleries and the site design. WordPress Install WordPress in the root of your site. After the installation completes, log in and go to […]

Using Font Awesome in your Backlight site

All those icons you see throughout your site: the little down arrows in navigation, the side arrows in breadcrumbs, the social media icons and the icons in the image menu of a standard album slide show, nearly all of them come from Font Awesome. And Matt has licensed Font Awesome so that we, the users […]

Updating from Backlight 1 to Backlight 3/4

Since there has occasionally been some confusion over this process, here’s a step-by-step on how to update your site from Backlight 1 to Backlight 3/4. (also applies to Backlight 1 to Backlight 2 updates) Download your Backlight 3/4 purchase and unzip it. Inside the Backlight-3-Installer-xxx folder you will find two folders and two files: In […]

Selling different sizes of digital downloads in the TTG Cart

Backlight update

This is an updated version of this post, which was specific to the CE3 and CE4 versions of the TTG Cart. Really not much of difference other than where you make some settings. The TTG Cart for Backlight, allows photographers to sell digital downloads. After a visitor purchases a digital download, they’re sent a link […]

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Current TTG versions

Backlight  4 & 5

See the Backlight Modules page on your site for latest Backlight and module versions and changelogs.

You’ll also find the latest version number and download link for the Lightroom Publisher plugin.
(BL 3 and later)

 

Backlight 1 Versions

Backlight 1.2.4
Pages module 1.2.4
Cart Add-on 4.1.7
Client Response Add-on 7.1.3
Theater Add-on 1.2.6
Galleria Add-on 1.0.0
WordPress Add-on 1.2.6
Publisher 3.2.3

Backlight 1 has seen its end of life. See this post.

CE4 Versions

note: CE4 is no longer being developed or sold. See this post.

TTG-BE: 2.0.5a
Autoindex: 7.0.8
Cart: 3.1.4a
CRG: 6.1.3a
Gallery: 6.1.10
Pages: 7.0.15
Publisher: 2.3.3
Stage: 6.1.6
Theme for WordPress: 3.1.2