Navigation Error Folder to Galleries

Darter02Darter02 Registered Users Posts: 947 Major grins
edited August 1, 2013 in SmugMug Support
When I go into preview mode I'll navigate via the menu I set up to go to "Folders." The page changes, my breadcrumb says, "browse," and I can see my various categories. I then click on a folder and the breadcrumb changes to that category, but the folder content page is still at the Folders level. No galleries in any of the Folders appear. For the life of me I can't figure out why. My brain is starting to hurt...

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  • Darter02Darter02 Registered Users Posts: 947 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2013
    I just sorted it out. When I highlighted ALL FOLDERS and configured it, I assumed I needed a Folders Block in the main body. I needed a Galleries Block!

    DOH!
  • Darter02Darter02 Registered Users Posts: 947 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2013
    Ah crap. Now when I open Folders on my menu the Browsr is blank and I can sort out how to add folders to that...
  • Darter02Darter02 Registered Users Posts: 947 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2013
    OK, I am in an endless cycle of futility. I just can't seem to get my site to navigate the way I want it to. For now I am using the names of things as given on the new site for the sake of clarity. I want people to be able to hit the "Folders" link in the Menu. I want a page with just the "Folders" I chose to be be displayed. When someone clicks on a folder, I want a page with all the "Galleries" in THAT folder to open. I mean JUST the galleries.

    What has me confused is how do I create just a landing "Browse" page? I can see that if I include JUST a "Folders" block on ALL FOLDERS I end up with folders in every single folder. Clicking on any FOLDER just takes me to anther page of FOLDERS.

    Here's my "Folders" page.

    Folders-03-M.jpg

    Now, if I remove the FOLDERS BLOCK, and put in just a GALLERY BLOCK I end up with a blank page when I navigate to FOLDERS from the Menu. Naturally.

    When I place both FOLDERS & GALLERIES on the page, the landing page from the FOLDERS MENU has only FOLDERS. When I click on a FOLDER there, a page opens that naturally has BOTH, ALL of my FOLDERS, and ALL of the Galleries in the specific FOLDER I clicked.

    Here I chose my Dance FOLDER. As you can see, the galleries appear in the block, which I placed under the FOLDERS BLOCK.

    Folders-07-M.jpg

    Clicking any gallery opens the gallery just fine.

    Untitled-1-M.jpg

    What I really can't seem to figure out is how to create a landing page from the MENU with just the FOLDERS, and when I choose one FOLDER it opens to JUST the GALLERIES in that specific folder, without ALL of my FOLDERS appearing as well.

    Any help would be most appreciated.
  • Darter02Darter02 Registered Users Posts: 947 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2013
    Solved! When I am in the ALL FOLDERS I add both FOLDER & GALLERY blocks. In the Folder Block I can't select "Folders I Choose." I have to select "Current Location."
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