embedding images into photography forums

kmunroe

how do i embed images into photography forums without having them linked back to my smugmug gallery?

TheOnlooker

kmunroe wrote: »

how do i embed images into photography forums without having them linked back to my smugmug gallery?

For something like this, I would suggest setting the gallery that you are sharing from to Hide Owner. What this will do is change the URL you are sharing to a www.smugmug.com URL and not allow any linking back to your site. You can find some additional information about your gallery settings here:

http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93307-gallery-settings

-KevinW
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SamirD

You can also just use the direct photo link and use[php][img][/img][/php] tags around the link. Someone can still find your homepage from the link, but not if you also use a non-branded link like in the previous post.

forestlitter

Other discussions
Here's a couple other discussions about this:

http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=199090

http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=212979

You will see that this is not super-easy and requires manually constructing a url each time. In these discussions the folks from smugmug are helpful and provide suggestions, but don't seem to fully grasp the importance of this to some of their customers. I understand we are in the minority and they are focused on other things.

There was a user who indicated they were considering writing a script to anonymize urls, but I don't think anything became of it.

A simple addition to the "get a link" options would (in my opinion) be the ideal solution, and can't be that difficult to implement. If you agree, please add your vote to my Feature Request:

http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/2511855-add-an-anonymous-option-to-the-shared-links-gene

SamirD

forestlitter wrote: »

There was a user who indicated they were considering writing a script to anonymize urls, but I don't think anything became of it.

That was me! What exactly is/was the issue and solution? If you can show me some examples of what the original link is and what you want it to be, I can probably make a quick javascript for it.

kmunroe

i personally want to be able to embed images in forums without having them linked back to my smugmug gallery .. i tried what you had suggested in your first reply.. and it worked perfectly

SamirD

kmunroe wrote: »

i personally want to be able to embed images in forums without having them linked back to my smugmug gallery .. i tried what you had suggested in your first reply.. and it worked perfectly

Yep, that works quite well. I think some want it to be completely untraceable, so a generic domain vs custom, which does require hand-building each link.