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Best Practices for posting Smugmug images to Google+
I've been experimenting with posting images I put on Smugmug to my Google+ stream, and frankly, I'm not happy with the results in general. I figure I'd ask the general group: what do you consider as ...
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3answers
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How can I view the favorites from all event participants together in a single collection?
I just upgraded from Power User to Pro to be able and use Events. They seem nice but too simple. If I have 10 participants choosing their favorite photos, I'd like to be able and see all chosen ...
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1answer
61 views
Is there any way to add only certain photos to smugmug communities?
Is there any way to add only one photo from a gallery to a smugmug community instead of whole gallery? Without duplicating the file to a new gallery.
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1answer
77 views
Do I need Events to let family members choose photos for our family album?
I currently have a Power User account and want to allow some friends and family members to choose the photos that we'll use to print a family photo album this year. At first I thought I could just ...
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1answer
62 views
Social Networking metatag
Can the "social network" meta-tag be removed or deactivated for my pro-account site? It gets blocked by firewalls for the wrong reasons because of this tag.
(I have seen it blocked by firewalls setup ...
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2answers
484 views
How can I stop Pinterest use on my site?
Are my galleries protected from Pinterest use, or can I customize my SmugMug site to block out Pinterest use and abuse?
2
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1answer
166 views
Is there any way how to keep my favicon showing on my website instead of the smugmug one?
Everytime I go to my website I can see my favicon, but when I refresh, or even go to subpage I can see the smugmug favicon. Is there any way how I could make it so that my visitors see only my ...
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1answer
203 views
Is it possible to show the Share button in Lightbox mode?
I am finding myself using the Thumbnails gallery style more for some of my projects. However I would like that when in Lightbox mode, that there is a share button available easily.
Right now if I ...
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2answers
143 views
Is there a way to display the EXIF info by default in a Lightbox view?
I am looking for a way to have the EXIF info show up by default. I have setup a gallery to be thumbnail style. When the image is clicked on, it opens the Lightbox. It is then necessary to click on ...
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2answers
112 views
API way to determine when a new upload is still Processing?
I'm trying to use API methods and noticed that some return Ok, but if an image is still processing from a prior upload, it will just ignore the request.
For exmaple, upload an image and do a crop ...
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1answer
218 views
Any advice for me signing up from the UK?
Is there anything I need to be aware of signing up from the UK, perhaps re print labs, deliveries, shipping etc.
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1answer
100 views
How can I add buttons on the image preview screen?
Has anyone had any luck adding text or buttons to the image preview screen. When you click on the image and look at it, you have the option to change the size, and the little cart icon. I would like ...
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1answer
201 views
Why is the navigation bar not responding when using Chrome?
The navigation bar works fine for IE and FF, but does not always load a new album when using Chrome. For example, if you click on Portfolio and select Fine Art/Natura and then try to go through the ...
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1answer
222 views
What is the best size to upload to use/sell most products?
I am new to offering my photos for sale and using SmugMug. My flow is with mostly Lightroom and cropping at 8.5 x 11.
Now, for the question... what is the best size, pixels/inches, to upload to be ...
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2answers
213 views
What is SmugMug? [closed]
What is SmugMug?I've heard of it before, but don't know what it is. Should I feel bad?
Is SmugMug a CMS? I was recently asked to build a SmugMug template, not sure what that is.
Please help.
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3
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1answer
287 views
Is there a way to link SmugMug's contact form for Pros elsewhere on my site, like my navbar?
SmugMug has a built-in contact form for pros - which is linked in the footer - is there a way to have that in my navbar or elsewhere on my site?
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6answers
480 views
How can I add my email address to my SmugMug site in a way that spammers won't find it?
I'd like to be able to add my email address in various places on my site, but I don't want to be subject to spam-bots and such. What's the best way to put my email address on my SmugMug site to ...
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13answers
281 views
What services are available to hire to customize my smugmug site?
I really don't have the time to customize my SmugMug site, what all services/people are out there to customize my site for me? Ideally the service would have a list of sample sites
Please don't ...
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2answers
281 views
How is SmugMug using DynamoDB?
When Amazon's DynamoDB was announced, Don MacAskill mentioned that SmugMug was using DynamoDB. I would like to know what exactly DynamoDB is being used for, and any details that can be given about the ...
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1answer
348 views
Is there a video tutorial which will show me how to step-by-step customize a really nice, professional looking SmugMug site? [closed]
Not everyone has the skill, time, or desire to DIY their own deign and customization. The options seem endless (blessing and a curse)...and so are the tweaks.
Not everyone has the money to hire ...
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1answer
151 views
Can I sell handmade prints through SmugMug?
If I have printing set up at home, with exotic papers or packaging, is there a way to sell those prints through SmugMug?
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3answers
110 views
How to find an established gallery?
When uploading photos to an already established gallery, I sometimes struggle finding the gallery I’m looking for in the drop-down menu. What’s the best way to find an established gallery other than ...
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1answer
309 views
Will SmugMug continue to support Aperture?
It appears that SmugMug may be headed toward more support for interacting with Lightroom over Aperture. I'm an Aperture user but love SmugMug. Do I need to switch to Lightroom?
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1answer
193 views
What domain should we use for anonymous external direct image linking?
I often need to get a direct link URL to an image in one of my public galleries in a circumstance where I do not want the URL to lead back to my web site - so I want the image URL to be anonymous and ...
5
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1answer
322 views
How can I automatically tag my smugmug pictures with facial recognition?
There are increasingly more tools to identify people automatically in photos. There are even free APIs (http://face.com/). I would like to be able to use such a system to add tags to my growing photo ...
6
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1answer
94 views
Is there a way to track which virtual gallery an image sale came from?
I have all the images in my fine art site loaded in a small number of galleries, largely defined by what types/sizes I want to sell the images in. Every image is strategically keyworded and I have a ...
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1answer
35 views
Is there a way to add Advanced Customizer button to the Tool menu
Does anyone have a way to add a button to the Tools Menu drop down or any menu for that matter. I would use it for a quicker way to the Advanced Customizer
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1answer
1k views
Differences between Smugmug and Zenfolio for power and pro?
At the Smugmug power and pro levels, what are the main feature differences between Smugmug and Zenfolio?
For context here, I'm currently a Smugmug customer. I'm not anticipating a change to ...
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2answers
401 views
Besides selling - what are differences between pro and power accounts?
Besides the ability to set prices and sell prints for profit, what are the meaningful differences between the Smugmug power and pro accounts? Do pro accounts get more customization capabilities? ...
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1answer
168 views
When does Smugmug pay profits for a pro account?
If you have a pro Smugmug account, how often does Smugmug pay your profits? If you get a giant order and want the cash from that order sooner, can one request that it be paid sooner?
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2answers
515 views
Is there a way to access a password protected gallery using the provided RSS feeds or API?
Say you have a gallery that is password protected, and you are wanting to access it programatically (could be a phone app, or digital picture frame, etc.). Is this currently possible?
The only ...
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2answers
301 views
How to update the image on SmugMug when the file is edited in PS and uploaded using LR?
This scenario is one that I hit during an event edit for my wife's company. Allow me to explain what I am trying to do and see if there is a solution.
I shot about 250 images for a product shoot. I ...
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1answer
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Which domain should I load users' content (photos/videos) from?
When making API requests depending on what the user has setup or how you make the request you can get different results back for the URL to fetch photos from:
http://username.smugmug.com/...
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5answers
850 views
As a non-professional user, why would one pay for smugmug instead of use a free site?
As a non-professional user why would one sign up for a SmugMug account? I can share my photos and videos to friends and family a lot of places for free and we can purchase prints there as well. This ...
3
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1answer
170 views
I have SmugVault and uploaded an image format SmugMug supports but the image was vaulted, why?
I understand that if I upload a .psd, .raw file or some other unsupported 'display' format that smugvault will vault the original file and create a .jpg display copy. However, I uploaded a .jpg file ...
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1answer
360 views
What image sizes are available from SmugMug natively and can I request specific sizes?
In my application I want to display thumbnail sized images, preview sized images and 'full sized' images, what sizes are available natively from SmugMug and is it possible to request specific image ...
3
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2answers
104 views
What is the best practice for getting a local data model of a users SmugMug and keeping it up to date?
I'm creating an application that has a component that lets the user browse through their SmugMug account from the top level down to a single photo. Looking at the API I have some ideas but have a ...
5
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1answer
74 views
Which domains can flash make requests to on SmugMug - contain crossdomain.xml file?
I'm building a Flash application that accesses SmugMug and while api.smugmug.com contains a crossdomain.xml file that lets Flash make requests there, other domains don't, namely www.smugmug.com. ...
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2answers
348 views
I am currently doing self fulfillment, what are the main advantages of handing this off to SmugMug?
I currently do self fulfillment of my print sales, what are the main advantages of handing this part of my business off to SmugMug? The main reason I've been doing it this way is so I know exactly ...
2
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1answer
230 views
How do I password protect a sub-category?
I have a bunch of galleries in one Smugmug sub-category that I want to share with a particular set of folks (multiple galleries from a kid's sports season that I want to share with the kid's parents). ...
3
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1answer
63 views
Is there a way to leave comments using the API?
I would like to make a program which can view images, leave comments, etc. The program is for Android. I can't seem to figure out how to put comments using the API, at least for anonymous comments. Is ...
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2answers
157 views
Is there any social aspect to SmugMug?
Is there any built in social aspect to SmugMug like 'friending' people or 'groups' on Flickr? I have friends who use SmugMug but I'd like an easy way to know when they post new photographs and I'd ...
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1answer
250 views
How can I figure out what the errors mean that are returned from uploading?
When I upload files and an error is returned they're often enigmatic results like "wrong bytes received", is there any way to get more information on why an upload failed or what these error results ...
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1answer
152 views
I want more information back from an API call but the heavy argument is too much data, options?
There are several API requests that have loads of data available in the response (smugmug.albums.get for instance) but by default the info returned is minimal and the heavy=true option returns too ...
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1answer
739 views
How can I keep SmugMug in sync with photos on my computer?
I have all my photos organized into folders on my computer (Macintosh) and I'd like to sync all these folders to SmugMug and as I add or delete more folders and photographs to my computer SmugMug ...
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2answers
224 views
Is there a good way to divide my site up?
So, I do several different kinds of photography, that aren't really related. I've heard it recommended that mixing sites isn't a good idea. Is there a way short of getting a second account that I ...
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1answer
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Does the Daily Photo community corrspond to increased sales?
I've long noticed that the most popular pictures on Smugmug tend to come from the Daily Photo community. Do the photos which show up on the top actually result in sales, or is it more of just method ...
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1answer
40 views
Is it possible to allow for the selection of just certain styles in a gallery view?
I have been doing some more customization and have noticed that not all Gallery styles are available to the viewer. For example in my control panel for Gallery Settings I can pick from
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4answers
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Is Google Analytics widely used by SmugMuggers?
Just wondering if Google Analytics is used much for activity tracking on SmugMug. I signed up for it, but I think it's overkill for my particular (non-commercial) purposes.
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2answers
226 views
Creating a share link easily on an iPad
I have been using my iPad almost exclusively when traveling and it works fairly well. I use PhotoSync and the SmugMug app. The one thing that forces me to go back to the web interface is the sharing ...
