Most recent photos...

Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
edited April 28, 2005 in SmugMug Support
I'm trying to figure out a way to add a most recently posted photos feature to my site (and my blog). I'm finding that often times newly posted photos are not being seen because I don't always create and feature new galleries. My initial thought is that I would use RSSDigest or the RSS Javascript generator from blogharbor.com to easily do this. There were a couple of snags of course.

First, there is no all gallery inclusive feed of most recently posted pictures. The best I can get is most recently updated galleries. That feed has images associated with it so that would work for me. It's not exactly what I'm looking for, but it'll do.

Second, the rss feeds are set up so that the embedded images do not show up in any of the news aggregators that I've been able to find. The best I can get is a link to the gallery (or a link to the image depending on the feed) with the time, date, and title. I certainly don't know if this is a Smugmug issue (perhaps the image could be embedded in the title?) or an issue with the aggregators themselves being too limited.

I suppose the best possible solution from my perspective is for Smugmug to develop a way for the user to display the last x number of posted images. Anyone have any suggestions other than that?

Thanks
Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/

Comments

  • WhitefamilyonlineWhitefamilyonline Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    edited April 25, 2005
    Links in the Bio?
    I put links to the newly updated (or added) gallery in my bio.

    Alicia

    whitefamilyonline.smugmug.com
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2005
    Whitefamilyonline wrote:
    I put links to the newly updated (or added) gallery in my bio.

    Alicia

    whitefamilyonline.smugmug.com
    I'm too lazy to do it by hand:D besides I can already do that automatically with rssdigest. I'm mostly interested in having thumbnails show up.

    Anyhow, you shouldn't have to do it by hand. Smugmug's whole mantra is to make things as easy as possible.

    Mike
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited April 28, 2005
    Mike Lane wrote:
    I'm too lazy to do it by hand:D besides I can already do that automatically with rssdigest. I'm mostly interested in having thumbnails show up.

    Anyhow, you shouldn't have to do it by hand. Smugmug's whole mantra is to make things as easy as possible.

    Mike
    Trying once again to make this visible to the SM gods...
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
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