What changed in PicShots.

Finished the next two evergreen SEO guides and migrated the homepage phone carousel to Next's Image component for cleaner above-the-fold loading.

• Published /blog/what-to-do-with-wedding-guest-photos-after-the-wedding for post-wedding archive, curation, and sharing intent.
• Published /blog/photo-booth-alternatives-compared for event photo alternative searches.
• Added both posts to the /explore guide hub; sitemap and llms.txt pick them up from the shared blog data automatically.
• Replaced raw hero phone <img> tags with next/image using SVG-safe unoptimized rendering and first-slide preload.

Added a dedicated landing page for the head term so PicShots competes for noun-phrase searches like 'guest photo upload app', 'wedding guest camera app', and 'QR code wedding gallery' — not only event-specific use-case pages.

• Published /guest-photo-upload-app with hero, benefits grid, four-step HowTo, comparison table, related use cases, and FAQ.
• Added WebPage, BreadcrumbList, SoftwareApplication, HowTo, and FAQPage JSON-LD.
• Wired the new page into the sitemap, AI-bot allow-list, marketing footer, /explore Get-started group, and llms.txt.
• Added 'guest photo upload app', 'wedding guest camera app', 'wedding QR photo sharing', 'QR code wedding gallery', and 'disposable camera wedding alternative' to SITE_KEYWORDS so every page picks them up by default.

Added standalone tools for event QR codes, wedding hashtags, and guest-count planning so hosts can prepare shareable event materials before creating an event.

• Generate a printable QR code for any event link.
• Create wedding hashtag ideas from couple names and an optional year.
• Estimate expected attendance and see the matching PicShots tier in local currency.

The marketing footer now appears consistently across public content pages while staying out of signed-in app, event, auth, and focused creation flows.

• Added public footer links for use cases, comparisons, tools, blog, help, trust, and legal pages.
• Kept app dashboards and event galleries focused by hiding the marketing footer there.
• Improved crawl paths for newly published SEO pages.

Published the first PicShots blog surface with three cornerstone guides for wedding photo collection, QR code ideas, and digital disposable camera workflows.

• Added a typed, data-driven blog index and static post pages.
• Included article metadata, FAQs, related links, and structured data.
• Linked guides from the Explore page and footer.

Expanded the public site with dedicated landing pages for key event types, comparison intent, and buyer trust questions.

• Added use-case pages for weddings, birthdays, corporate events, photographers, baby showers, reunions, and festivals or retreats.
• Added comparison pages against disposable cameras, photo booths, and Google Photos shared albums.
• Added About, Security, and Help Center pages for trust and E-E-A-T signals.

Added the paid short-video add-on path so paid event tiers can unlock richer guest uploads when hosts need more than still photos.

• Added a smoother checkout flow for event upgrades and the video add-on.
• Improved how paid event states are confirmed after a successful purchase.
• Surfaced video add-on pricing in event creation and host management flows.