Album/Image Management
Reorder images
Activate/Deactivate album
Activate/Deactivate image(s)
Upload images
Drag & drop upload
FTP upload
Form upload
Image Protection
JavaScript protect
Automatic watermarking
Set image watermark
Set text watermark
Re-watermarking
Removing watermarks
RSS Photo Feeds
What is RSS?
Enabling RSS?
Photo Captions
Edit IPTC meta-data
Automatic IPTC extraction
Advanced IPTC support
Search IPTC meta-data
Lightboxes
Add to lightbox
Remove from lightbox
Create lightbox
Edit lightbox
User Access Control
Create new user
Create new group
Assign users to group
Customizing Homepage
Set homepage image
Set featured thumbnails
Set homepage text
Branding/Identity
Set website logo
Change header color
Customize About page
Customize Contact page
Customize Footer/Copyright
E-commerce
Enable shopping cart
Create digital products
Create custom products
Create price templates
Assign album prices
Set default prices
Define shipping options
Fulfilling orders
Track orders
Usage Tracking
Track image downloads
Track image views
View website statistics

Spitfire photo offers several convenient methods to upload your photos. Use FTP to upload large amounts of photos, form based for a just a few at a time and drag & drop the most convenient way. Which ever method you use your images will automatically be resized, watermarked, IPTC information parsed and loaded into your database.
  • Once logged in as an administrator, navigate to 'Albums & Images' > 'Upload images'.
  • Select album to upload images to.
  • Click the 'Select Album' button.
  • Click the 'Drag and Drop' tab.
  • Drag your images into the uploader.
  • Click the 'Upload' button.
  • An upload progress bar will appear.
  • You can wait until all images are uploaded or chancel midway.
  • Once logged in as an administrator, navigate to 'Albums & Images' > 'Upload images'.
  • Select album to upload images to.
  • Click the 'Select Album' button.
  • Click the 'Form Upload' tab.
  • Click 'Browse..' in the form for up to 5 images.
  • Click the 'Upload' button.
  • An FTP account is provided with your subscription to Spitfire Photo so that you may efficiently batch upload images into your Spitfire Photo website. Your FTP account details (server/username/password) are provided AFTER upgrading to a full member. If you would like an FTP account during the trial period, you can request one by emailing support@spitfirephoto.com.
  • Use any FTP program to connect to your Spitfire Photo FTP account.
  • Upload your photos onto the ftp server. You can upload images directly or whole folders as well as nested folders.
  • Log in as an administrator, navigate to 'Albums & Images' > 'Upload images'.
  • If you transferred folders using your FTP tool, click the large button that says 'FTP Import Directory Tree'. You will see a list of the folders and you can select the import button to begin processing the folders and images. Your albums will be automatically created to correspond with the transferred folders.
  • If you transferred images directly (no folders) using your FTP tool, then do the following:
  • Select album to upload images to.
  • Click the 'Select Album' button.
  • Click the 'FTP Upload' tab.
  • You will be presented with all the images in your ftp account.
  • Select the images you want to upload into the selected album.
  • Click the 'Upload' button.
  • Spitfire Photo now offers a plug-in for Apple© Aperture™ so that you can efficiently export images from Aperture™ directly into your Spitfire Photo website. Please see our Aperture download page for more information.

Still have questions?  Our support team is here to help!

Drop us a line at support@spitfirephoto.com or through our online form here and one of our friendly support staff will respond to your inquiry with 24 hours.

Phone support is also available M-F 9-5 PST at 415.341.8099.