Unable to Arrange photos in "collected" galleries

Traces of Texas

Hello,

I have one main gallery that contains all of my photos.

"Collecting" photos from that gallery, I made quite a few sub-galleries of like-themed photos.

However, when I go to those subgalleries and try to arrange them, I got a note saying "Sorry, that gallery contains no photos that can be arranged."


If you create a new gallery and then fill it with photographs that you've collected from another gallery, is it not possible to then go and arrange them in the gallery that you created?

Ann McRae

Hi

Collections can be sorted with the gallery sort function, found in the gallery settings. You can sort by file name, caption, date taken, etc. Collected photos cannot be arranged, however.

ann

Traces of Texas wrote:

Hello,

I have one main gallery that contains all of my photos.

"Collecting" photos from that gallery, I made quite a few sub-galleries of like-themed photos.

However, when I go to those subgalleries and try to arrange them, I got a note saying "Sorry, that gallery contains no photos that can be arranged."


If you create a new gallery and then fill it with photographs that you've collected from another gallery, is it not possible to then go and arrange them in the gallery that you created?

Traces of Texas

Ann McRae wrote:

Hi

Collections can be sorted with the gallery sort function, found in the gallery settings. You can sort by file name, caption, date taken, etc. Collected photos cannot be arranged, however.

ann

The "Sort" function doesn't seem to work on any of my collected galleries. I get the same message: This gallery contains no photos that can be arranged (even though I've selected "sort.")

Also, are there any plans to make it so that we can arrange collected photographs in their individual galleries?

Is there any way to contol the order in which photos in collected galleries are displayed?

Betz

Collected photos are virtual copies and therefore can't be arranged/sorted. You can only arrange/sort actual image files.

Ann McRae

You need to be using the sort tool in the gallery settings, rather than the sort/arrange tool in the gallery tools menu. The Auto sort function does work for collections.

ann

Traces of Texas wrote:

The "Sort" function doesn't seem to work on any of my collected galleries. I get the same message: This gallery contains no photos that can be arranged (even though I've selected "sort.")

Also, are there any plans to make it so that we can arrange collected photographs in their individual galleries?

Is there any way to contol the order in which photos in collected galleries are displayed?

Betz

Ann McRae wrote:

You need to be using the sort tool in the gallery settings, rather than the sort/arrange tool in the gallery tools menu. The Auto sort function does work for collections.

ann

This is great to know if I want to sort by date/time modified etc. Thanks for that but for galleries used for portfolios I tend to mix up the photos so that it's not a stream of one event then the next.. if that makes sense. In this instance being able to "drag" the collected" images would rock. Not sure if that's a possibility for the coding heroes or not.

jpc

Betz is right. This really needs to get fixed. I have a gallery of "favorites" that is comprised entirely of collected photos, as it should be. I used to have to make actual copies of each photo. It's certainly much faster to "collect" the photos, but if I'm not able to move the thumbs around within the gallery, then that's just stupid. They're thumbnails, and we should have the ability to arrange them however we like. Now I have to go back to making copies to get back this functionality?

"Auto sort" is not enough. Please tell me there are plans to fix this.

unklhugh

Need arrange tool for collected images

jpc wrote:

Betz is right. This really needs to get fixed. I have a gallery of "favorites" that is comprised entirely of collected photos, as it should be. I used to have to make actual copies of each photo. It's certainly much faster to "collect" the photos, but if I'm not able to move the thumbs around within the gallery, then that's just stupid. They're thumbnails, and we should have the ability to arrange them however we like. Now I have to go back to making copies to get back this functionality?

"Auto sort" is not enough. Please tell me there are plans to fix this.

I just joined this forum to make this request; I am glad the thread is going. I would really like to use the arrange tool to re-order the images. I am using a gallery of collected images to direct people to the complete gallery.

raebrown

I'm also waiting for this to be updated. Soon as I can 'Arrange' collected photos I can start using them and dump the duplicates.

colindiver

I upgraded to Pro recently and have spent a lot of time customizing my site, a lot still to do, but this feature would take me to the next level.
Thanks to all the Smugmug Pros and enthusiasts for all the features and tips on customizing in Help and Dgrin which I have been using extensively recently, you are a great community.

smilenj

Arrrg - this is crazy
Can't believe this is an actual problem. I want to use a collection to show my best work and have it displayed on my website. How can I do that if I have no control over the order?

Andy

smilenj wrote:

Can't believe this is an actual problem. I want to use a collection to show my best work and have it displayed on my website. How can I do that if I have no control over the order?

Hang in there because we're working on this as we speak Hopefully not too much longer.

Digital101

Andy wrote: »

Hang in there because we're working on this as we speak Hopefully not too much longer.

Hi guys and gals - anyone heard any new updates on this?

I have vacation pics in my unique directories by topic and have "collected" them into an unlisted gallery for my "vacation pics". Since i can't sort them, they are all out of order - kind of wanted to organize them before sending the link to people thanks for any info !!! Dave

Andy

Digital101 wrote: »

Hi guys and gals - anyone heard any new updates on this?

I have vacation pics in my unique directories by topic and have "collected" them into an unlisted gallery for my "vacation pics". Since i can't sort them, they are all out of order - kind of wanted to organize them before sending the link to people thanks for any info !!! Dave

We will post when the feature is complete. There's A LOT to it and we appreciate your patience.

krodholm

When will we get virtual sorting?

Andy wrote: »

We will post when the feature is complete. There's A LOT to it and we appreciate your patience.

I was happy to see that SmugMug had added a method for being able to use one photo in multiple galleries. I have (had) two important uses for this feature.
1) To be able to display selected "Favorite" photos from other galleries in a prominent "Favorites" Gallery.
2) To allow me to dump photos in a date ordered hidden gallery (examp "2010") and then parse them out to visible galleries for display.

Both items eliminate the need (and confusion) of duplicate photos on the site.

To not be able to arrange photos makes the feature unusable for either purpose.

I guess it begs the question of what it could be used for?

jfriend

krodholm wrote: »

I guess it begs the question of what it could be used for?

It works when you can live with an auto sort (date, filename, etc...). As soon as the auto-sort isn't what you want, I'm back to uploading dups.

krodholm

Manual Sort

jfriend wrote: »

It works when you can live with an auto sort (date, filename, etc...). As soon as the auto-sort isn't what you want, I'm back to uploading dups.

Most of my galleries do not lend themselves to a chronological sort (the same as file name for me). For example, I am trying to compile a series of photos describing my hike of the Thames Path. I want to put the photos in order from the Barrier to the Source not in the order that I completed the various legs (over two different years).

My need to control the order to present my story is present in most of my galleries.

In my Favorites gallery I want to control the order to give emphasis to particular photos.

I truly can't imagine many cases when the order that I took the pictures should control their placement in a gallery.

As you, I will have to rely on dupes to accomplish my goal. Not a big deal but annoying given the present state of web development.

R.Leonardo

Ann McRae wrote: »

You need to be using the sort tool in the gallery settings, rather than the sort/arrange tool in the gallery tools menu. The Auto sort function does work for collections.

ann

Thank you!

Nicci

Not able to arrange photos in a collected gallery??
Is that the way it is supposed to be?

I would like to arrange the viewing order in a gallery that consists of collected photos?

However, when I click on "Tools" "Many Photos" "Arrange", I receive a message that states "Sorry, that gallery contains no photos that can be arranged."

Andy

It's something we're working on - and a hugely requested feature. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of under-the-covers work that will take some time. Stay tuned, and follow our release notes. We'll announce it there when ready. Thanks!

http://news.smugmug.com

WinsomeWorks

Tecnicole wrote: »

Is that the way it is supposed to be?

I would like to arrange the viewing order in a gallery that consists of collected photos?

However, when I click on "Tools" "Many Photos" "Arrange", I receive a message that states "Sorry, that gallery contains no photos that can be arranged."

One option you do have in the meantime though: Go to "Gallery Settings" -- "Look and Feel" section. > Sort.... there are a few options there that will make the gallery sort by date, filenames, etc. I haven't tried it, but if any of those options are helpful, you could try that.

JillLang

I really hope you guys are still working on the arranging collected photos issue.

Thanks!!

Andy

Andy wrote: »

We will post when the feature is complete. There's A LOT to it and we appreciate your patience.

Happy to say this is done! Thanks all for your loyalty and patience

http://smu.gs/eKS619

jpc

You're a man of your word, Andy! Now go tell Microsoft how you did it so they can fix Win 7.

digilizard

Andy wrote: »

Happy to say this is done! Thanks all for your loyalty and patience

http://smu.gs/eKS619

You rock, Andy and all the Smug heroes! Much appreciated

CWSkopec

Andy wrote: »

Happy to say this is done! Thanks all for your loyalty and patience

http://smu.gs/eKS619

WinsomeWorks

Wow! Was not expecting that today-- great news! I figured that one was going to be a complete nightmare to figure out... wild! Off to try...

WinsomeWorks

Why isn't everyone jumping up & down with excitement over this new fun that we can have? Maybe it needs its own thread with a better title?? So many people were begging & begging for this capability. Now we've got it & I'm just not hearin' the joy! C'mon, people! Jump for joy!

Andy

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

Why isn't everyone jumping up & down with excitement over this new fun that we can have? Maybe it needs its own thread with a better title?? So many people were begging & begging for this capability. Now we've got it & I'm just not hearin' the joy! C'mon, people! Jump for joy!

Join the lovefest here
http://news.smugmug.com/2011/03/03/arranging-collected-photos-and-smart-galleries/