Control Panel Access?

gman33

Hi All

When I initially log into my site via the home page, is there a different way of getting to the Control Panel other than through the 5 tabs that are shown?

The reason why I ask is because I am presently working on putting a PNG border around my slideshow and with the image in place, if it falls into place above these 5 buttons, I can't click on them to access the Control Panel or any of the other buttons

So for future use, can the Control Panel and the other function access be placed in the footer?

Just a thought

Thanks
Ed

Allen

gman33 wrote:

Hi All

When I initially log into my site via the home page, is there a different way of getting to the Control Panel other than through the 5 tabs that are shown?

The reason why I ask is because I am presently working on putting a PNG border around my slideshow and with the image in place, if it falls into place above these 5 buttons, I can't click on them to access the Control Panel or any of the other buttons

So for future use, can the Control Panel and the other function access be placed in the footer?

Just a thought

Thanks
Ed

Open the control panel in another browser tab and make changes there.
Also open a different browser to see changes logged out.

Open three browsers for this.
Use Firefox logged in with the two tabs.
Use Flock for other Mozilla browser to check logged out view.
Use IE for other browser to check logged out view.

gman33

Thanks Allen....I guess my issue or question was...if I made the changes and I didn't have the two browsers open already...when I position the frame, it actually covers the buttons making them inaccessible...so I can't get to the Control Panel....I appreciate your advice....so is there another "backdoor" or link I could use?

I wonder if I add it to my already existing toolbar and have it only show when I am logged in?

Thanks
Ed

jfriend

gman33 wrote:

Thanks Allen....I guess my issue or question was...if I made the changes and I didn't have the two browsers open already...when I position the frame, it actually covers the buttons making them inaccessible...so I can't get to the Control Panel....I appreciate your advice....so is there another "backdoor" or link I could use?

I wonder if I add it to my already existing toolbar and have it only show when I am logged in?

Thanks
Ed

You can just bookmark the control panel directly. The URL (which you can find for yourself if you remove your PNG temporarily and click on the control panel button) is http://www.smugmug.com/homepage/controlpanel.mg or [url]http://[/url]/url][usernmae.smugmug.com/homepage/controlpanel.mg. Just bookmark that in your browser and then you can go to it anytime you're logged in.

gman33

jfriend wrote:

You can just bookmark the control panel directly. The URL (which you can find for yourself if you remove your PNG temporarily and click on the control panel button) is http://www.smugmug.com/homepage/controlpanel.mg or [url]http://[/url]/url][usernmae.smugmug.com/homepage/controlpanel.mg. Just bookmark that in your browser and then you can go to it anytime you're logged in.

Thanks John...that is what I was thinking with adding it to the menu....I appreciate the help

Andy

Also, get the cool ff addon, SmugManager.

http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Hacks+and+Apps