October 29th's new features include bulk gallery settings

Baldy

Here are the release notes:

http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/2009/10/30/bulk-settings-bulk-replace-for-pros-badge-love-feed-and-iphone-opt-outs-october-29-2009/

Malte

Baldy wrote:

Here are the release notes:

http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/2009/10/30/bulk-settings-bulk-replace-for-pros-badge-love-feed-and-iphone-opt-outs-october-29-2009/

lust

Malte

Malte

Baldy wrote:

Here are the release notes:

http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/2009/10/30/bulk-settings-bulk-replace-for-pros-badge-love-feed-and-iphone-opt-outs-october-29-2009/

Amazing Baldy!

When I click the button "Multiple Galleries" on the new feature the old "Quick Settings" go away. Do you think you'll eventually be integrating the two entirely?

Malte

ChancyRat

Is the new feature turned off currently?

Baldy wrote:

Here are the release notes:

http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/2009/10/30/bulk-settings-bulk-replace-for-pros-badge-love-feed-and-iphone-opt-outs-october-29-2009/

I did see this feature at one point but currently it is not showing. The old format shows. I've tried lots of galleries, both FF and IE, and cleared cookies multiple times.

Andy

ChancyRat wrote:

I did see this feature at one point but currently it is not showing. The old format shows. I've tried lots of galleries, both FF and IE, and cleared cookies multiple times.

We turned it off for a short while due to a bug - stay tuned.

Cindy

Baldy wrote:

Here are the release notes:

http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/2009/10/30/bulk-settings-bulk-replace-for-pros-badge-love-feed-and-iphone-opt-outs-october-29-2009/

After updating the new very awesome and easy Meta description , should we then remove our old added meta content from the slideshow... or does it even matter?

Andy

Cindy wrote:

After updating the new very awesome and easy Meta description , should we then remove our old added meta content from the slideshow... or does it even matter?

From the bio you mean - it doesn't matter - leave it, nuke it, up to you The meta box in CP trumps.

Andy

ChancyRat wrote:

I did see this feature at one point but currently it is not showing. The old format shows. I've tried lots of galleries, both FF and IE, and cleared cookies multiple times.

Turned it back on ....

ChancyRat

Should I be able to change photo size?

Andy wrote:

Turned it back on ....

Thanks for bringing it back. I was hoping to set the photo size to a new one on all galleries, but that button is greyed out. Should it be available? Or are the white fields the only ones? I had selected all galleries and hoped it was just going to take awhile before allowing me to make the change. Or, will you be adding additional fields to change as time goes by? Thanks.

Andy

ChancyRat wrote:

Thanks for bringing it back. I was hoping to set the photo size to a new one on all galleries, but that button is greyed out. Should it be available? Or are the white fields the only ones? I had selected all galleries and hoped it was just going to take awhile before allowing me to make the change. Or, will you be adding additional fields to change as time goes by? Thanks.

ChancyRat

Andy wrote:

Where's that {smacks self in the forehead} emoticon when you need it? THANKS. GREAT WORK SMUGMUG! thumb

Sunnyvalejohn

Another great release! Thanks for the update. This feel like Christmas in October!

Cheers,
John

Cindy

Andy wrote:

From the bio you mean - it doesn't matter - leave it, nuke it, up to you The meta box in CP trumps.

Thanks much Andy!

WinsomeWorks

Great new stuff for gallery settings & meta box

Cindy wrote:

Thanks much Andy!

This is wonderfully good stuff, for sure. Thank you all!! :sweet Two thoughts/clarifications:

1. It would be great if the Meta Box in control panel would show you somehow where you are on the character limit. I carried on for quite sometime & am sure I must have been over the character limit, but nothing stopped me or showed me when I was getting close. "Character" means one letter or number, basically, right? I didn't have time right then to actually count. I'll do that now to be sure.

2. On the bulk gallery settings.... I saw that button the other day. But I was/am very afraid to click on it, fearing all my galleries would, with that one click, have all those same settings. The button needs some kind of clarification on it to tell us if that's indeed the case, or not! What would I find if I clicked on it? A list of galleries (in a logical order such as alphabetical or something) or a list of categories-galleries would be incredibly helpful for those with gazillions of galleries!!

darryl

WinsomeWorks wrote:

This is wonderfully good stuff, for sure. Thank you all!! :sweet Two thoughts/clarifications:
2. On the bulk gallery settings.... I saw that button the other day. But I was/am very afraid to click on it, fearing all my galleries would, with that one click, have all those same settings. The button needs some kind of clarification on it to tell us if that's indeed the case, or not! What would I find if I clicked on it? A list of galleries (in a logical order such as alphabetical or something) or a list of categories-galleries would be incredibly helpful for those with gazillions of galleries!!

It looks like this:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/picture-storage

The "Got any bulk options?" section.

You *don't* get to see a list of all your galleries or categories-galleries. You have to (annoyingly) pick them from a cascading menu: Category -> Subcategory -> Gallery

That's fine if you wanted to copy your current settings to maybe *one* other gallery, but for any more than that it's a real hassle, especially if you have gazillions of galleries.

Quick settings has a slightly better gallery picker (thumbnails of all galleries, listed by ... most recent last, I think), so if you want to bulk change settings for a bunch of galleries, you might want to look into using Quick settings instead. (Instructions on the same link.)