keyword based gallery?

CynthiaM

Is there a way to create a gallery based on a keyword (or multiple keywords?) or is the best that I can do is to create a gallery that opens to a slideshow with a keyword feed? Can you feed multiple keywords?

denisegoldberg

You can (as of last week) feed multiple keywords. See post # 4 in the thread RSS and multiple keywords.

You can access all photos with a specified keyword by using a URL like this (using one of mine as an example...):

http://www.denisegoldberg.com/keyword/parker river national wildlife refuge

Two keywords:

http://www.denisegoldberg.com/keyword/sand dunes-death valley national park

--- Denise

CynthiaM

denisegoldberg wrote:

You can (as of last week) feed multiple keywords. See post # 4 in the thread RSS and multiple keywords.

You can access all photos with a specified keyword by using a URL like this (using one of mine as an example...):

http://www.denisegoldberg.com/keyword/parker river national wildlife refuge

Two keywords:

http://www.denisegoldberg.com/keyword/sand dunes-death valley national park

--- Denise

Yes, we are on the right track, here. But I don't think a visitor to your site could actually navigate to what you've posted above? Doesn't someone need the url to get to what you've linked in your post? I would like to be able to create a clickable gallery; any way? Or am I missing something here?

denisegoldberg

CynthiaM wrote:

Yes, we are on the right track, here. But I don't think a visitor to your site could actually navigate to what you've posted above? Doesn't someone need the url to get to what you've linked in your post? I would like to be able to create a clickable gallery; any way? Or am I missing something here?

I have keywords exposed on my find page, so a user can just click there.

You could create a clickable keyword gallery using an html-only page that provides links to the keywords that you have selected.

--- Denise

CynthiaM

denisegoldberg wrote:

I have keywords exposed on my find page, so a user can just click there.

You could create a clickable keyword gallery using an html-only page that provides links to the keywords that you have selected.

--- Denise

How would you do that? What is the code? Would it open to what looks like a regular gallery?

denisegoldberg

CynthiaM wrote:

How would you do that? What is the code? Would it open to what looks like a regular gallery?

The code?

<a href="http://www.denisegoldberg.com/keyword/parker%20river%20national%20wildlife%20refuge">
<img src="your photo url here"/>
</a> 

I'm really not sure I understand what you are trying to do here. If you want your user to have access to any keyword that interests them, then use your find page or your keyword page.

http://www.cynthiamerzerphotography.com/keyword/
http://www.cynthiamerzerphotography.com/keyword/infrared%20photography-fairbanks

If you want to selectively make some keywords available, then you can build an html-only page to jump to those specific keywords.

It opens like a regular gallery - in the same way that clicking on a keyword on your find page opens.

--- Denise

CynthiaM

denisegoldberg wrote:

If you want to selectively make some keywords available, then you can build an html-only page to jump to those specific keywords.

It opens like a regular gallery - in the same way that clicking on a keyword on your find page opens.

--- Denise

Using the example that you did above with the infrared & Fairbanks, what would i put into the gallery description to make that into a gallery. Once I see how that works, then I think I can substitute whatever keywords I want, otherwise, I'm not quite following you.

denisegoldberg

CynthiaM wrote:

Using the example that you did above with the infrared & Fairbanks, what would i put into the gallery description to make that into a gallery. Once I see how that works, then I think I can substitute whatever keywords I want, otherwise, I'm not quite following you.

You can create a gallery that contains links to your keyword "galleries". Take a look at Allen's tutorial for one idea - http://allen-steve.smugmug.com/gallery/3539056. You will use URLs pointing to your keywords instead of the gallery URLs shown in the example.

--- Denise

klopus

denisegoldberg wrote:

You could create a clickable keyword gallery using an html-only page that provides links to the keywords that you have selected.

Would be cool if instead of going through all this html page and link hacks SmugMug introduced ability to create a permanent gallery based just on a keyword list. Should be trivial, they already generate such temp galleries on a fly when you click on a keyword.

jfriend

klopus wrote:

Would be cool if instead of going through all this html page and link hacks SmugMug introduced ability to create a permanent gallery based just on a keyword list. Should be trivial, they already generate such temp galleries on a fly when you click on a keyword.

The feature you speak of is known as "virtual galleries" and Smugmug has said they are working on it, but has not said when it will be available.

ChancyRat

denisegoldberg wrote:

You can (as of last week) feed multiple keywords. See post # 4 in the thread RSS and multiple keywords.


You can access all photos with a specified keyword by using a URL like this (using one of mine as an example...):

http://www.denisegoldberg.com/keyword/parker river national wildlife refuge

Two keywords:

http://www.denisegoldberg.com/keyword/sand dunes-death valley national park

--- Denise

Denise could you please say more about this? I can't make it work. How do you combine a keyword that is a phrase? Where do the 20%'s go? Your samples have gallery code numbers at the end, where are you getting them? I tried these and they result in nothing, and this was the simplest version I could come up with where both words are single keywords (I need to use phrases):

http://www.joinrats.com/keyword/grooming%20benny
http://www.joinrats.com/keyword/grooming%20benny#594640809_oZXg4
http://www.joinrats.com/keyword/grooming-benny
http://www.joinrats.com/keyword/grooming-benny#594640809_oZXg4

Thanks.

www.joinrats.com

PBolchover

The %20 is the encoding for a "space" character. A "-" or a "/" can be used to combine different keywords.

The code at the end of the URL is actually a photoID, not a galleryID. Unless you want the user to start midway through the list, I recommend omitting the photoID.

As Denise said, you can discover the correct URL by clicking on one of the keywords. Once you get to the keywords page, you will see a "combine with" list - clicking on one of these gives you the multiple-keyword URL

ChancyRat

PBolchover wrote:

The %20 is the encoding for a "space" character. A "-" or a "/" can be used to combine different keywords.

The code at the end of the URL is actually a photoID, not a galleryID. Unless you want the user to start midway through the list, I recommend omitting the photoID.

As Denise said, you can discover the correct URL by clicking on one of the keywords. Once you get to the keywords page, you will see a "combine with" list - clicking on one of these gives you the multiple-keyword URL

Thanks - is one supposed to be able to combine keywords that aren't automatic combinations when visited them in keyword pages? For instance, this one should be right because"grooming" and "benny" are both keywords, but it doesn't generate images when I combine them. Or am I still using the wrong codes?:

http://www.joinrats.com/keyword/grooming-benny

Allen

ChancyRat wrote:

Thanks - is one supposed to be able to combine keywords that aren't automatic combinations when visited them in keyword pages? For instance, this one should be right because"grooming" and "benny" are both keywords, but it doesn't generate images when I combine them. Or am I still using the wrong codes?:

http://www.joinrats.com/keyword/grooming-benny

You only have one grooming KW and the photo does not contain benny also.

ChancyRat

Allen wrote:

You only have one grooming KW and the photo does not contain benny also.

Thanks, I did not realize that the combinations you can put as stand-alone URLs, had to already be combinations in the keywords page. Got it.