Help with Timeline or displaying galleries in multiple categories
sarahk
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Okay, here's what I'd like to do with my site. As far as I can tell, this isn't quite possible yet with Smugmug, but I'm wondering if I'm just missing something.
I currently organize my site by categories, such as Travel, Holidays, etc. I put my galleries into these categories and I sort them in reverse chronological order (so that recent galleries are at the top). But, I would also like to see a date-oriented view of my galleries - so, show me all the galleries from 2012. I have utilized the Timeline search function, however, it just shows all the photos (in reverse chronological order), but they are not separated by gallery. First of all, is there a way to change Timeline so that it shows the photos in chronological order? That would help a little bit.
But, ultimately, what I want is to have a single gallery be shown under two different categories or subcategories. The next best thing I could figure out with current functionality is to create a new gallery under a "year" subcategory, like "2012 Photos", and make it a smart gallery and pick photos from the original gallery. But, that's a lot of work.
Anyway, hopefully I've explained myself correctly. Feel free to ask me further questions if you are confused. Thanks!
I currently organize my site by categories, such as Travel, Holidays, etc. I put my galleries into these categories and I sort them in reverse chronological order (so that recent galleries are at the top). But, I would also like to see a date-oriented view of my galleries - so, show me all the galleries from 2012. I have utilized the Timeline search function, however, it just shows all the photos (in reverse chronological order), but they are not separated by gallery. First of all, is there a way to change Timeline so that it shows the photos in chronological order? That would help a little bit.
But, ultimately, what I want is to have a single gallery be shown under two different categories or subcategories. The next best thing I could figure out with current functionality is to create a new gallery under a "year" subcategory, like "2012 Photos", and make it a smart gallery and pick photos from the original gallery. But, that's a lot of work.
Anyway, hopefully I've explained myself correctly. Feel free to ask me further questions if you are confused. Thanks!
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Unfortunately, there is not a way to sort using the Timeline feature in this way. You can use the Smart gallery feature to accomplish the two gallery feature you are looking for.
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I did find a suggestion on the feedback site, so I added some votes to it:
http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/457535-let-us-also-have-virtual-gallery-collections-virt
In the meantime, I think I will look into using the smart gallery feature. It definitely accomplishes my goal, just takes a few more steps than what I'd like.