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= Introduction = | = Introduction = | ||
| − | I switched from my own installation of [http://gallery.menalto.com/ Gallery] to the [ | + | I switched from my own installation of [http://gallery.menalto.com/ Gallery] to the [https://secure.smugmug.com/signup?Coupon=DasIJpH86aE66 SmugMug] photo sharing service for a number of reasons including the following (referral link gives you 20% off, and gives me a discount on my renewal): |
* Due to hosting space limits I was only uploading reduced resolution images to gallery so did not have a full quality online backup. With SmugMug the full resolution images are stored online. | * Due to hosting space limits I was only uploading reduced resolution images to gallery so did not have a full quality online backup. With SmugMug the full resolution images are stored online. | ||
* Due to hosting space limits I was not storing my older photos online. With SmugMug I can store an unlimited number of full resolution photos online for a fixed yearly fee. | * Due to hosting space limits I was not storing my older photos online. With SmugMug I can store an unlimited number of full resolution photos online for a fixed yearly fee. | ||
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* SmugMug has a more user friendly photo display interface in my opinion. | * SmugMug has a more user friendly photo display interface in my opinion. | ||
* Arrow key image navigation is supported in the browser on SmugMug. | * Arrow key image navigation is supported in the browser on SmugMug. | ||
| + | * SmugMug handles video files more smoothly. With gallery I struggled with cross platform display/playback of different formats and had to convert things before uploading in most cases to save space and/or support flash playback. With SmugMug I can upload nearly any video file and they handle the conversion to H.264 .MP4 format server side. Playback using the SmugMug flash player just works. | ||
= Customization Tricks = | = Customization Tricks = | ||
| − | I've found the following tips to be very helpful in getting my galleries the way I want on SmugMug. | + | I've found the following tips to be very helpful in getting my galleries to display the way I want on SmugMug. |
== How to display a list of most recent galleries on your homepage == | == How to display a list of most recent galleries on your homepage == | ||
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== How to manually change gallery modified dates so that the most recent galleries hack works right == | == How to manually change gallery modified dates so that the most recent galleries hack works right == | ||
I'm still looking for a better solution, but for now I follow these steps: | I'm still looking for a better solution, but for now I follow these steps: | ||
| − | # Upload a new image to | + | |
| − | # Delete the newly uploaded image from the galleries | + | # Upload a new image to each of the most recent X galleries that I want to show up in the most recent list, starting with the oldest gallery. |
| + | # Delete the newly uploaded image from each of the galleries | ||
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This is a total hack but it worked to get things started after doing bulk uploads. In the future most recent dates should work correctly most of the time. I did find this thread asking for a better way to handle this problem but it's pretty old: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=21711 | This is a total hack but it worked to get things started after doing bulk uploads. In the future most recent dates should work correctly most of the time. I did find this thread asking for a better way to handle this problem but it's pretty old: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=21711 | ||
= Uploading to SmugMug = | = Uploading to SmugMug = | ||
| − | + | Back in 2010 when I first started with SmugMug I used some third party upload tools including Star*Explorer and Send to SmugMug to upload full folders at once, but since then the built in web based upload utility has added support for folder uploads, so I no longer need the third party tools. | |
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 6 December 2020
Contents
Introduction
I switched from my own installation of Gallery to the SmugMug photo sharing service for a number of reasons including the following (referral link gives you 20% off, and gives me a discount on my renewal):
- Due to hosting space limits I was only uploading reduced resolution images to gallery so did not have a full quality online backup. With SmugMug the full resolution images are stored online.
- Due to hosting space limits I was not storing my older photos online. With SmugMug I can store an unlimited number of full resolution photos online for a fixed yearly fee.
- I had a number of gallery hacks and customizations which would invariably take time to migrate with each gallery upgrade that I did.
- I had to keep gallery updated myself which takes time to keep up with.
- SmugMug has a more user friendly photo display interface in my opinion.
- Arrow key image navigation is supported in the browser on SmugMug.
- SmugMug handles video files more smoothly. With gallery I struggled with cross platform display/playback of different formats and had to convert things before uploading in most cases to save space and/or support flash playback. With SmugMug I can upload nearly any video file and they handle the conversion to H.264 .MP4 format server side. Playback using the SmugMug flash player just works.
Customization Tricks
I've found the following tips to be very helpful in getting my galleries to display the way I want on SmugMug.
How to display a list of most recent galleries on your homepage
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=688574#post688574
How to bulk change thumbnails for already uploaded photos
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=168848
How to manually change gallery modified dates so that the most recent galleries hack works right
I'm still looking for a better solution, but for now I follow these steps:
- Upload a new image to each of the most recent X galleries that I want to show up in the most recent list, starting with the oldest gallery.
- Delete the newly uploaded image from each of the galleries
This is a total hack but it worked to get things started after doing bulk uploads. In the future most recent dates should work correctly most of the time. I did find this thread asking for a better way to handle this problem but it's pretty old: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=21711
Uploading to SmugMug
Back in 2010 when I first started with SmugMug I used some third party upload tools including Star*Explorer and Send to SmugMug to upload full folders at once, but since then the built in web based upload utility has added support for folder uploads, so I no longer need the third party tools.
