hotlinks in gallery????

climber

Hi There
So is the following possible?? Any tips on how to accoomplish it if so
I had given a client a link to their photos, but the link needed to be changed due to organiztion issues.
Is there a way to have a clickable link placed inside the link that the client has that will direct them to the sharegroup where their photos are actually at??
thanks in advance for any help
Ed

PBolchover

A lot depends on the format of the URL that you gave the client.

Assuming that you have a power-user or pro account, in nearly all cases, you can create a redirect (via some modification "vanity URL" hack, probably the "gallery redirect" version).

Would you be willing to share the URL that you sent to the client? If so, then we could advise on the specifics...

climber

Hi
The link the client has is
http://photography.ekpem.com/gallery/5610247_Kj5fM/1/358933562_Q8BZK

When they get to that link--which is pw protected...I would like one of two things to happen...
1)there is a hotlink on that page that they can click on to take them directly to the pictures in the new sharegroup..
or
2)this redirect you are talking about...
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Ed

PBolchover wrote:

A lot depends on the format of the URL that you gave the client.

Assuming that you have a power-user or pro account, in nearly all cases, you can create a redirect (via some modification "vanity URL" hack, probably the "gallery redirect" version).

Would you be willing to share the URL that you sent to the client? If so, then we could advise on the specifics...

climber

So for know, I just put a hotlink in the about section...hopefully they will read it

climber wrote:

Hi
The link the client has is
http://photography.ekpem.com/gallery/5610247_Kj5fM/1/358933562_Q8BZK

When they get to that link--which is pw protected...I would like one of two things to happen...
1)there is a hotlink on that page that they can click on to take them directly to the pictures in the new sharegroup..
or
2)this redirect you are talking about...
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Ed

PBolchover

That link is a bit more complicated than need be, but it's still doable. (A normal link to that gallery would be
http://photography.ekpem.com/gallery/5610247_Kj5fM

A couple of further questions:
1) Do you want that gallery to still be viewable, or just to be a redirect to the Sharegroup?
2) Is the photo 358933562_Q8BZK still viewable in that gallery?
3) Do you want to do this again in the future, or is it just a one-off?

climber

hmm so why did I have such a large link...is there a way to edit that? I just copied the gallery link from share photos...??

The gallery does not need to be visible...I would just want it to be a straight redirect to the sharegroup.

How do I determine if the photo is still viewable? Is there a way to search? Sorry, pretty new to the in depth workings of smugmug...

I would need to do it one more time in the next two days. Going forward, I will be sure to set things up correctly

PBolchover wrote:

That link is a bit more complicated than need be, but it's still doable. (A normal link to that gallery would be
http://photography.ekpem.com/gallery/5610247_Kj5fM

A couple of further questions:
1) Do you want that gallery to still be viewable, or just to be a redirect to the Sharegroup?
2) Is the photo 358933562_Q8BZK still viewable in that gallery?
3) Do you want to do this again in the future, or is it just a one-off?

PBolchover

OK.

You should implement the gallery redirect hack.

For the redirect table, you should use

var galleryRedirectTable = 
 {
     "5610247_Kj5fM/1/358933562_Q8BZK" : "http://whatever.the.link.is/to/your/sharegroup"
 };