private galleries thread direction

Consiglieri

Hi

I'm slowly getting my site the way I want it.
One thing I want is for my private galleries to not be visible until one logs in as a viewer. What I mean is if one clicks on any of my nav tabs (except portfolio) one should come to a login page or pop-up prompt where one has to log in. If one does not log in then one cannot see the contents of that particular tab. However once one has entered a login there will be no need to enter the login again.

I seem to recall that I have seen this in a thread on the forum but I cant for the life of me find it again. Could anyone please help me locate it or otherwise instruct me.

My site can be viewed on http://fotoalbum.smugmug.com

Thanks
Thomas

Allen

Consiglieri wrote: »

Hi

I'm slowly getting my site the way I want it.
One thing I want is for my private galleries to not be visible until one logs in as a viewer. What I mean is if one clicks on any of my nav tabs (except portfolio) one should come to a login page or pop-up prompt where one has to log in. If one does not log in then one cannot see the contents of that particular tab. However once one has entered a login there will be no need to enter the login again.

I seem to recall that I have seen this in a thread on the forum but I cant for the life of me find it again. Could anyone please help me locate it or otherwise instruct me.

My site can be viewed on http://fotoalbum.smugmug.com

Thanks
Thomas

One of the ways I can think of is create a passworded landing page for
each group and link to the page from the navbar. Here's an example using a
new gallery in journal (old) style with a password. Then using html in the
gallery description and CSS it can be configured any way you want.
http://allen-steve.smugmug.com/gallery/3539056
What ever shows from your current link in the navbar is duplicated on these pages.

Assign the same password to all galleries linked to on this page. Each
group landing page could have it's own password, different from the others.
This method preserves the default cat/sub-cat/gallery browsing and does not
expose your current thumb pages until a password is entered.

Here's an example of using a password for a landing page.
http://allen-steve.smugmug.com/Other/Examples-of-more-levels/4776685_46R9o

If you need any help holler back here.

Consiglieri

Thanks, I think it works, however I would like a different navbar on entrancepage and the subsequent private pages that they link to. If its possible.

Thanks a lot for your help

Consiglieri

Almost forgot.. I use the gradient white theme (under elegant), i noted that the "entrance gallery" gets a different look, I'm assuming this is the css stuff that I added. If i just remove everything that is connected to to "looks", i.e fonts etc from the css will I get the gradient white theme?
Adding an explanation
I just realized the reason that the page displays an elongated ovan circle is that its the box where smugmug normally displays that this gallery has no pictures. The text has been removed but the outlines of the box are still there (after you log in), and I would really like to get rid of that.
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Discovered the solution to empty boxes in an other thread. You put this in your css

.notLoggedIn .nophotos {display:none;}

Consiglieri

Consiglieri wrote: »

Thanks, I think it works, however I would like a different navbar on entrancepage and the subsequent private pages that they link to. If its possible.

Thanks a lot for your help

I worked this out another way.