Getting site organization straight

takeflightphoto

On my first SmugMug site, I just had a few galleries to deal with and got it all figured out.

Now I've been tasked to set up a site for a large annual event that has thousands of archived photos from past years and will be adding hundreds on a daily basis at each future event.

To organize all these on my local drive, I've made folders for each year (2008, then back through 2003). In each year's folder, there are four sub-folders dealing with common subjects that regularly occur. In each of those sub-folders are the .jpg files that will be uploaded.

In my mind, those sub-folders are the "Galleries," with the Yearly folders being "categories" or am I missing something here?

Also the various SmugMug category designations (in the pulldown) do not cover the naming conventions that I'd like to use. "Other" doesn't really work, and I don't see a way to make my own category names.

I guess this all flies back to how the NavBar might look and how to get things organized for the easiest search by viewers. Should I have a Nav button for each year that leads to a page with the four sub-categories' galleries? That seems to me to be the most logical, but not having enough geek-gene, I'm not quite sure how to get there.

Once I get clear on how to organize all this, I'm sure I'll be asking more questions on how to clean the whole thing up, but for now, any help I can get before I upload 8 years worth of photos would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

jon

takeflightphoto.com
and now
usdgcphotos.com (just a shell for experimenting with the look for now)

denisegoldberg

takeflightphoto wrote:

Also the various SmugMug category designations (in the pulldown) do not cover the naming conventions that I'd like to use. "Other" doesn't really work, and I don't see a way to make my own category names.

You can create your own categories and subcategories. See http://www.smugmug.com/help/upload-photo and click on Tell me how to create categories and subcategories.

--- Denise

Erick L

Unless things have changed, I suggest not using pre-made categories and make your own. When I used them, I couldn't rename or delete them.

takeflightphoto

denisegoldberg wrote:

You can create your own categories and subcategories. See http://www.smugmug.com/help/upload-photo and click on Tell me how to create categories and subcategories.

--- Denise

Thanks, Denise.

I'm on it now. New Categories made and galleries under them, empty for now, but massive uploads about to begin.

jon

takeflightphoto

Erick L wrote:

Unless things have changed, I suggest not using pre-made categories and make your own. When I used them, I couldn't rename or delete them.

Thanks, Erick.
Yes, having my own categories will make this much simpler.

jon

denisegoldberg

takeflightphoto wrote:

...empty for now, but massive uploads about to begin.

If you're planning to do large uploads - and if you have access to a Windows machine - I highly recommend (buying and) using Star*Explorer - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=4126. I've been very happy with it.

--- Denise