Auto Protected uploaded pics?

Boomerzworld.comBoomerzworld.com Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
edited June 14, 2011 in SmugMug Support
When I upload photos they are not automatically protected right now. How can I change that? I have found people taking my pics during upload. Any help would be great.
Thanks

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  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited June 12, 2011
    Boomerzworld.com wrote: »
    When I upload photos they are not automatically protected right now. How can I change that? I have found people taking my pics during upload. Any help would be great.
    Thanks
    Are you creating a new gallery for these uploads? You need to go to the
    new gallery settings BEFORE any photo upload so your privacy/password
    settings can be set.

    I've complained about this in the past. Upload to new gallery takes you to
    a create gallery page. You'll see in small text at the bottom "Lots more
    customization options available in Gallery Settings" but that's just a help
    page. There is nothing on the create gallery page warning that photos
    uploaded will be public. What is even worst is after hitting save an upload
    page comes up. Still no warning and you have to close that page to get to
    the gallery so you can go into gallery settings.
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  • Boomerzworld.comBoomerzworld.com Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited June 12, 2011
    Allen wrote: »
    Are you creating a new gallery for these uploads? You need to go to the
    new gallery settings BEFORE any photo upload so your privacy/password
    settings can be set.

    I've complained about this in the past. Upload to new gallery takes you to
    a create gallery page. You'll see in small text at the bottom "Lots more
    customization options available in Gallery Settings" but that's just a help
    page. There is nothing on the create gallery page warning that photos
    uploaded will be public. What is even worst is after hitting save an upload
    page comes up. Still no warning and you have to close that page to get to
    the gallery so you can go into gallery settings.

    SO there is no way to set auto protect as a default?
  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited June 12, 2011
    Boomerzworld.com wrote: »
    SO there is no way to set auto protect as a default?
    Originals are also exposed if a max size is not set in the new gallery settings
    before upload. This is bad because some uploads could take hours/all night.

    I have a quick setting for my family galleries which I select on the create
    gallery page. That insures the password is in effect before upload.

    For other galleries I use a different quick setting containing my public gallery settings.
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  • jfriendjfriend Registered Users Posts: 8,097 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2011
    Boomerzworld.com wrote: »
    SO there is no way to set auto protect as a default?
    It is a sorely lacking feature that you can't create gallery defaults that "just get used". In it's place, you can create a "quick setting" and just make sure to manually select the quick setting any time you create a new gallery. That will give you automatic protection during your upload (assuming you put the appropriate settings in the quick setting).
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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,403 moderator
    edited June 13, 2011
    I just looked at a couple of your recent galleries, and the original images are available for the taking - for free.

    Yes, you have right click protection turned on. That is a poorly named feature that doesn't protect anything. The originals can be grabbed easily from the browser cache (and no, this isn't a SmugMug shortcoming, it's the fact that you are showing the photo on the web). You should not allow access to the originals. See ORIGINALS = a gateway to free photos, & right click protection is NOT PROTECTION.

    Select any size other than Original as the largest display size to protect your photos.

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  • SamirDSamirD Registered Users Posts: 3,474 Major grins
    edited June 13, 2011
    jfriend wrote: »
    ...you can create a "quick setting" and just make sure to manually select the quick setting any time you create a new gallery.
    This is the solution that I've used for years now and it's pretty rock solid. thumb.gif
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  • Boomerzworld.comBoomerzworld.com Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited June 13, 2011
    jfriend wrote: »
    you can create a "quick setting" and just make sure to manually select the quick setting any time you create a new gallery.
    Is there a tutorial for this? I am having no luck finding how to do this.
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
    I just looked at a couple of your recent galleries, and the original images are available for the taking - for free.

    Yes, you have right click protection turned on. That is a poorly named feature that doesn't protect anything. The originals can be grabbed easily from the browser cache (and no, this isn't a SmugMug shortcoming, it's the fact that you are showing the photo on the web). You should not allow access to the originals. See ORIGINALS = a gateway to free photos, & right click protection is NOT PROTECTION.

    Select any size other than Original as the largest display size to protect your photos.

    --- Denise
    Denise Thanks for the information., I think I have addressed this.
  • SamirDSamirD Registered Users Posts: 3,474 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2011
    Boomerzworld.com wrote: »
    Is there a tutorial for this? I am having no luck finding how to do this.
    Go to a gallery that is set the way you want. There's an option at the top to make a quick setting out of the current gallery setting.
    Pictures and Videos of the Huntsville Car Scene: www.huntsvillecarscene.com
    Want faster uploading? Vote for FTP!
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