Allow Right-Click Downloads?

ccs

Hi,

I am hoping to allow right-click downloading in this gallery so that a client can download the images they want. I want the photos to include the watermark. I realize I can't include a watermark through the usual download album link, and I was hoping that this approach would work. however, when I disable "protected" under gallery settings, it's still right-click protected. Is there a site-wide setting Im missing?

the album is a private gallery here:

http://www.quarkview.com/Clients/Jazz-East/16779447_JLQc9b#929766872_ZJxzc


thanks!
Chris

ccs

hm. I think the reason this isn't working is that the gallery I want to allow right-clicking in is a smart-gallery, and the original has right-click protection....?

Andy

ccs wrote: »

hm. I think the reason this isn't working is that the gallery I want to allow right-clicking in is a smart-gallery, and the original has right-click protection....?

Collected photos always obey the permissions of the gallery from where they came. So yes, this is the reason.

ccs

Is there a work-around to allow right clicking in the smart gallery (which I have password protected) but not the original gallery (which is public)?

ccs

I didn't see your reply before posting mine. So I guess I should figure out an alternative. thanks

ccs

Is there, for example a way to batch copy photos from the original to a private, unprotected gallery? or would I have to do this 1 at a time?

pilotdave

ccs wrote: »

Is there, for example a way to batch copy photos from the original to a private, unprotected gallery? or would I have to do this 1 at a time?

Smugmug does not provide a useable "copy to another gallery" tool. The easiest way to do it is bulk download all the files from your smart gallery and upload them to a new gallery with the permissions you want. Not sure why smugmug continues to refuse to add a "copy to another gallery" tool when smart galleries have so many limitations.

Dave

Andy

pilotdave wrote: »

when smart galleries have so many limitations.

Dave

Imagine the support nightmare if we didn't honor the security of the original gallery - and also the difficulty of adding my stuff into the UI for all the permutations you're dreaming of VERY advanced users like you would certainly get it but it could easily thwart so many. Thanks for your passionate post!

ccs

Andy wrote: »

Imagine the support nightmare if we didn't honor the security of the original gallery - and also the difficulty of adding my stuff into the UI for all the permutations you're dreaming of VERY advanced users like you would certainly get it but it could easily thwart so many. Thanks for your passionate post!

As it is, you can create a copy of images one by one and then move multiple images to different galleries that have different security settings. Why couldn't the copy function simply be updated to allow copying of multiple rather than just single images (which would be copied within their original gallery), and which could then be moved on mass to a new gallery?

Alternatively, what if a new function was added that is entirely separate from the smart galleries. This function would:

"create a new gallery with selected copies" or something. The user would click a button that acknowledges they are creating a new gallery and be prompted to set their gallery settings. You could even put a little warning that says "warning: copied photos will not retain the security or other settings from their original gallery"

pilotdave

Andy wrote: »

Imagine the support nightmare if we didn't honor the security of the original gallery - and also the difficulty of adding my stuff into the UI for all the permutations you're dreaming of VERY advanced users like you would certainly get it but it could easily thwart so many. Thanks for your passionate post!

I think it makes the most sense for that gallery's settings to be honored. That's how normal galleries work. I don't see why smart galleries should be any different. Sure, some people will forget to change default settings when creating smart galleries. You could help by letting us choose a default preset that always gets used when a new gallery is created. But that's beside the point.

Because of smart gallery limitations, for better or worse, they can't be used in all cases where we need the same image in two galleries. We have to have two "physical" copies of the image. So it would make sense that a very basic smugmug feature would be a tool that allows us to copy images to a second gallery. We CAN do it now by using the "make a 2nd copy" tool and the "move to another gallery" tool, but that process is a complete nightmare (i've posted about it many times). A simple copy tool would be a great benefit.

I know you don't want a tool like that abused... people mistakenly creating many extra copies of images. To me there are two solutions... improve the smart galleries to allow different settings, or carefully implement the copy tool so that it recommends creating smart copies unless the user specifically chooses to create a real copy. Or better yet, both!

If you're worried about people making the same mistakes over and over, it really comes down to smugmug's interface. I don't know how you stay sane with the job you have, answering the same questions over and over. At some point you have to realize it's not the users, its the tool. Why isn't it 100% clear in the pricing tool how to prevent products from being sold? Don't you think that would be an easy fix to a common problem? Like a "don't make this product available for sale" button?

Dave