Where is Smugmug on the web?

jfriend

It seems like there are more and more Smugmug places to keep track of these days. I'm sure I'm missing some, but I know of at least these:

• http://www.dgrin.com
• http://smugmug.wordpress.com/
• http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Home
• http://blogs.smugmug.com/api/
• http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/
• http://twitter.com/SmugMug
• http://smugmug.uservoice.com/pages/17723-smugmug
• http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials
• http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Hacks+and+Apps
• http://www.smugmug.com/ClubSmug/
• http://www.smugmug.com/smugs/info/
• http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=52812
• http://allen-steve.smugmug.com/

Is there one easy to remember place off the Smugmug homepage that all these are linked to from and perhaps described so everyone could know what they are? I know some of them are on the homepage, but many are not and it isn't clear how one would discover they exist except by accident in dgrin.

If not, it would be nice if there could be. While I have bookmarks to some of them in my main computer, I am often on other computers that don't have the bookmarks so it would be nice if Smugmug could make it simpler to see all these.

It might also help many more customers know about them too, particularly if there was one easy to get to page that described what they all are.

caroline

Excellent idea John, its very frustrating to be searching for these places and keep up to date with them - Yes Please

jfriend wrote:

It seems like there are more and more Smugmug places to keep track of these days. I'm sure I'm missing some, but I know of at least these:

• http://www.dgrin.com
• http://smugmug.wordpress.com/
• http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Home
• http://blogs.smugmug.com/api/
• http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/
• http://twitter.com/SmugMug
• http://smugmug.uservoice.com/pages/17723-smugmug
• http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials
• http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Hacks+and+Apps
• http://www.smugmug.com/ClubSmug/
• http://www.smugmug.com/smugs/info/
• http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=52812

Is there one easy to remember place off the Smugmug homepage that all these are linked to from and perhaps described so everyone could know what they are? I know some of them are on the homepage, but many are not and it isn't clear how one would discover they exist except by accident in dgrin.

If not, it would be nice if there could be. While I have bookmarks to some of them in my main computer, I am often on other computers that don't have the bookmarks so it would be nice if Smugmug could make it simpler to see all these.

It might also help many more customers know about them too, particularly if there was one easy to get to page that described what they all are.

AFBlue

jfriend wrote:

It seems like there are more and more Smugmug places to keep track of these days. I'm sure I'm missing some, but I know of at least these . . . Is there one easy to remember place off the Smugmug homepage that all these are linked to from and perhaps described so everyone could know what they are? I know some of them are on the homepage, but many are not and it isn't clear how one would discover they exist except by accident in dgrin.

Excellent suggestion! There are several on your list that I hadn't yet tripped over and most likely never would have found.

Andy

Hi John!



11 of 12 of your items are either directly in the footer or one click away from a link in the footer of every public SmugMug page: SmugMug's Homepage, our Help Pages, our Search & Browse Pages, and the like. As well as of course, when logged in for all customers, tools and control panel pages. To directly answer your question, most of the links you mention are here right now. Again, we'll see if we can improve upon this!

This is not to say that we can't look to ways to make this stuff all more cohesive and more easily found, and you bringing this up will no doubt cause us to come up with better ideas (I hope!) .. and perhaps we'll even get more from you and the community on it as well.

It's also timely because we do hope to be redesigning SmugMug's homepage at somepoint soon, too.

Thanks for posting and for being so passionate, we're grateful!

jfriend

Andy wrote:

Hi John!



11 of 12 of your items are either directly in the footer or one click away from a link in the footer of every public SmugMug page: SmugMug's Homepage, our Help Pages, our Search & Browse Pages, and the like. As well as of course, when logged in for all customers, tools and control panel pages. To directly answer your question, most of the links you mention are here right now. Again, we'll see if we can improve upon this!

This is not to say that we can't look to ways to make this stuff all more cohesive and more easily found, and you bringing this up will no doubt cause us to come up with better ideas (I hope!) .. and perhaps we'll even get more from you and the community on it as well.

It's also timely because we do hope to be redesigning SmugMug's homepage at somepoint soon, too.

Thanks for posting and for being so passionate, we're grateful!

Indirectly linked via the homepage doesn't really count so saying 11 or 12 are accessible via the homepage is more than a little bit of a stretch. Your users don't know they exist. Things that users don't know exist are way, way under utilized. You're using all these tools on the web to help your users (twitter, uservoice, dgrin, wiki, etc...) and they are smattered all over the place - there's nothing pulling them together in one place so people can know they exist and find them.

Quite honestly, you have to be a power user on dgrin to now about them.

I would suggest a single page, with an easy to remember URL (e.g. http://www.smugmug.com/resources or whatever you like better) that explains what all these things are and links to them.

Andy

jfriend wrote:

I would suggest a single page,

Got one, now, that can be improved upon:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/emailreal

Your suggestions and passion are awesome!

ChancyRat

jfriend wrote:

It seems like there are more and more Smugmug places to keep track of these days. I'm sure I'm missing some, but I know of at least these:

• http://www.dgrin.com
• http://smugmug.wordpress.com/
• http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Home
• http://blogs.smugmug.com/api/
• http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/
• http://twitter.com/SmugMug
• http://smugmug.uservoice.com/pages/17723-smugmug
• http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials
• http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Hacks+and+Apps
• http://www.smugmug.com/ClubSmug/
• http://www.smugmug.com/smugs/info/
• http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=52812

Is there one easy to remember place off the Smugmug homepage that all these are linked to from and perhaps described so everyone could know what they are? I know some of them are on the homepage, but many are not and it isn't clear how one would discover they exist except by accident in dgrin.

If not, it would be nice if there could be. While I have bookmarks to some of them in my main computer, I am often on other computers that don't have the bookmarks so it would be nice if Smugmug could make it simpler to see all these.

It might also help many more customers know about them too, particularly if there was one easy to get to page that described what they all are.

Yes! YES YES YES YES! You read my mind!
Please add this site to the list:
http://allen-steve.smugmug.com/
I can never find it when I need it.

And this one?
http://smugshowbuilder.appspot.com/

jfriend

Andy wrote:

Got one, now, that can be improved upon:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/emailreal

Your suggestions and passion are awesome!

Were you asking me a question about that page?

Andy

jfriend wrote:

Were you asking me a question about that page?

Nope, was saying that we have a page, with some of this stuff already. And hopefully we can improve upon it.

Joser

Home Page

Andy wrote:

Nope, was saying that we have a page, with some of this stuff already. And hopefully we can improve upon it.

Home page improvement equals sales, perhaps listing some shooters or a search area to find favorite shooters. I like the way stock images websites present their shooters by name or by subject, topic. can a potential customer
find my website by going to the Smugmug Homepage?

Joserojasphoto.com

Andy

Joser wrote:

Home page improvement equals sales, perhaps listing some shooters or a search area to find favorite shooters. I like the way stock images websites present their shooters by name or by subject, topic. can a potential customer
find my website by going to the Smugmug Homepage?

Joserojasphoto.com

They can right now if you use keywords, and they search. If you get photos in popular photos, also.

Joser

Andy wrote:

They can right now if you use keywords, and they search. If you get photos in popular photos, also.

Andy, Greetings from Westchester, NY I used keywords and did not manage to find myself quickly on Smugmug. Perhaps, having a member section will increase visibility. Dgrin has a shooters section.
http://www.joserojasphoto.com

Andy

Joser wrote:

Andy, Greetings from Westchester, NY I used keywords and did not manage to find myself quickly on Smugmug. Perhaps, having a member section will increase visibility. Dgrin has a shooters section.
http://www.joserojasphoto.com

Follow ALL my tips here: http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Maximize+Search+Engine+Findability

You don't have many keywords, at all. Thanks for the suggestion too!

Joser

Keywords

Andy wrote:

Follow ALL my tips here: http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Maximize+Search+Engine+Findability

You don't have many keywords, at all. Thanks for the suggestion too!

I just realize that when I upload my photos chosen from lightroom2 the keywords are not attach. Thanks to you I was able to find this loop hole.
Now I use the the tools drop down to add them for now.

http://www.joserojasphoto.com D