Duplicate Images on Keyword Search

chipj

I've been meaning to mention this for a while, but a SmugMug search with specific keywords takes searchers to a search results page that shows the same image multiple times (if that image is in multiple galleries).

From a search user perspective I think this is confusing. I believe a search for a keyword should produce only one image per keyword search.

One example (on my site) is a search for the search term "bridge". A search on my site for the keyword "bridge" (http://www.chipjonesphotography.com/keyword/bridge) produces duplicate images.

From a site developer perspective I think the SQL query (for this search) should contain the word "distinct" or "distinctrow". I think these types of searches should not produce the same image multiple times per keyword search.

richW

chipj wrote: »

I've been meaning to mention this for a while, but a SmugMug search with specific keywords takes searchers to a search results page that shows the same image multiple times (if that image is in multiple galleries).

From a search user perspective I think this is confusing. I believe a search for a keyword should produce only one image per keyword search.

One example (on my site) is a search for the search term "bridge". A search on my site for the keyword "bridge" (http://www.chipjonesphotography.com/keyword/bridge) produces duplicate images.

From a site developer perspective I think the SQL query (for this search) should contain the word "distinct" or "distinctrow". I think these types of searches should not produce the same image multiple times per keyword search.

The search will find any images you tagged with 'bridge', even if it's the same file uploaded three times.

The three returns have unique SmugMug id's:

id # 1628956460
file # 2011-12-10_17-18-34.jpg
2011-12-12 12:44:16


id # 1629023136
file # 2011-12-10_17-18-34.jpg
2011-12-12 13:27:26


id # 1629029809
file # 2011-12-10_17-18-34.jpg
2011-12-12 13:31:52

If you want an image to exist in several different gallereis, give the 'collect' or 'smart rule' features a try.

http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93310
http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93308

chipj

richW, thank you, that's a good idea. Question... Not sure what the difference is between collections and smart galleries. Can you (or anyone) provide a layman's description of what the differences are? Thx. (I'm using Lightroom 3.6 btw)

richW wrote: »

If you want an image to exist in several different gallereis, give the 'collect' or 'smart rule' features a try.

http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93310
http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93308

chipj

richW, I've looked at your suggestions a bit more and I don't think either will solve the issue for me. The reason it won't work is because I'm using Lightroom to edit/upload/manage my photos and if I create two separate Smart Galleries in Lightroom, and then upload those to SmugMug, SmugMug ends up creating a different URL for the same image. In essence, the same image shows up more than once with a keyword search, if that image is in two different Smart Galleries created in Lightroom.

If I were using SmugMug to manage my images and galleries, then I'm sure it would work just fine, but this is one of those situations where Lightroom and SmugMug don't synchronize at all. It's a pain and you would think that they could do a better job at this. I'm not giving up on Lightroom... it's too much of a time saver.

If there's anyone on this group who is using LR and has found some way to prevent the same image from showing up more than once with a keyword search, let me know. Other than that, maybe SmugMug should create some code/option where "No Duplicate Images in Search" could be selected as an option.

richW wrote: »

If you want an image to exist in several different gallereis, give the 'collect' or 'smart rule' features a try.

http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93310
http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93308