I want two SmugMug accounts

AirRick2

I have the Power account for my business but I want to separate my personal photos in a password protected area. I know I can just password protect each gallery but that looks a little unprofessional. I would rather have a prompt that needs a password to view the site.

I think If I get a personal account and put a link on my main SmugMug page this will work.

Question is, do I really need to pay $40.00 a year for this? Or is there another way?

Thanks

Andy

Hi, you can give yourself the gift of SmugMug, which means you'll save money on the new account and also get a referral credit on your existing account.

http://www.smugmug.com/help/smugmug-affiliate-program

Allen

AirRick2 wrote:

I have the Power account for my business but I want to separate my personal photos in a password protected area. I know I can just password protect each gallery but that looks a little unprofessional. I would rather have a prompt that needs a password to view the site.

I think If I get a personal account and put a link on my main SmugMug page this will work.

Question is, do I really need to pay $40.00 a year for this? Or is there another way?

Thanks

You have your galleries/category box turned off and breadcrumbs hidden so
no one can browse to your, I assume Personal galleries, if they don't
have a link. The link can be removed from your navbar and a hidden link
can be added to your page to get to the Personal/Family galleries. The
following code will add it to the top left of the page.

header

<div id="my_banner">
<img src="/img/spacer.gif" border="0" height="110" width="750">
</div>

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/Portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="/Clients">Client Galleries</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/7526497_sQQo5">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/7660278_3v4np">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

     <!-- ******** hiddenMenu ******** -->
<div id="hiddenMenu">
 <ul>
     <li> <a href="/Gallery">Personal</a></li>
 </ul>
</div>

Add to CSS

#hiddenMenu {position:absolute; z-index:99; top: 5px; left: 10px;}
#hiddenMenu ul {margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; text-align: center;}
#hiddenMenu ul li {display: inline;}
#hiddenMenu ul li a {text-decoration: none; color: black; background: none;}
#hiddenMenu ul li a:hover {color: #222; background: none;}

AirRick2

Thanks Allen, this could be an idea, but what is a hidden link?

Allen

AirRick2 wrote:

Thanks Allen, this could be an idea, but what is a hidden link?

It is a link/menu that nobody will probably see unless they know it is there. You have
to mouse over it to show.
Try it, won't hurt anything.:D

AirRick2

Allen wrote:

It is a link/menu that nobody will probably see unless they know it is there. You have
to mouse over it to show.
Try it, won't hurt anything.:D

I gave it a whirl, but I don't think I want a hidden link, I like it in the nav bar so family and friends can easily find photos. I think I may have to go with the two account option.

I'm officially requesting SmugMug to enable Category password protection!!!

Thanks for trying though Allen. Your always a big help.

Andy

AirRick2 wrote:

I'm officially requesting SmugMug to enable Category password protection!!!

Easy to do now, just give all the galleries in a Category the very same password - do it with the bulk settings tool