Copying between galleries?

Sventekoz

While it's very easy to move an image between galleries now with the new Organise section, is it possible to copy images between galleries? Without making a copy of the image and moving the copy, of course.

HeroOfCanton

Hi John,

At this time, you'll still need to make a copy in the galley and them move the copy or the original.

With best regards,

jefff100

Well the Legacy Smugmug was simpler than that. Just sayin'.

So many things about this rollout are just a major step backwards.
If they would only let us keep an interface like the old one on top of the new infrastrucutre; life would be simple.

WinsomeWorks

jefff100 wrote: »

Well the Legacy Smugmug was simpler than that. Just sayin'.

So many things about this rollout are just a major step backwards.
If they would only let us keep an interface like the old one on top of the new infrastrucutre; life would be simple.

Amen. More clicks to do stuff that took one click. Working harder to find (or aim at) little tiny buttons. More confusion about what an icon is for, with no hover info. Lots of functionality gone POOF. How many times do you think a bunch of us who've been around awhile said, "Please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!" ??? I don't know why sites get their jollies out of doing precisely that... I just don't get it.

Andy

Sventekoz wrote: »

While it's very easy to move an image between galleries now with the new Organise section, is it possible to copy images between galleries? Without making a copy of the image and moving the copy, of course.

Why on earth would you need to copy a photo when you can collect a photo into any number of galleries?

Andy

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

I just don't get it.

Then you're not trying enough. Sure, there are some bugs, always are (and SM always fixes them).

Stop hand-wringing and take control and enjoy, do it. Take the opportunity to bring your site into 2013. Oh and houseclean while you're at it - I did - and it was cathartic!

GaryBakker

Andy wrote: »

Why on earth would you need to copy a photo when you can collect a photo into any number of galleries?

Can you describe how to do that? I probably should know this but I'm not sure what you mean.

My desire for a single step copy is that I have Favorites galleries, with photos from various other galleries. Also, I sometime create a Highlights gallery consisting of a subset of photos from the original gallery.

Gary

WinsomeWorks

Andy wrote: »

Why on earth would you need to copy a photo when you can collect a photo into any number of galleries?

Because there are multiple issues with collected photos right now (of course!) and amongst them, which is a real PITA, is that it's even harder now to tell which ones are collected. But actually, I don't even know which is the worst issue...

WinsomeWorks

Andy wrote: »

Then you're not trying enough. Sure, there are some bugs, always are (and SM always fixes them).

Stop hand-wringing and take control and enjoy, do it. Take the opportunity to bring your site into 2013. Oh and houseclean while you're at it - I did - and it was cathartic!

Well, obviously they don't always fix them. We've got so many bugs in bug-reporting and elsewhere that never even got fixed in the old site. (I wonder, for instance, how many years now I've asked if we could please at least have keywords fixed so that you can see them when you add them... without refreshing a buncha times) And it looks like there are not "some bugs" but so many crazy bugs and things that weren't even nearly ready for roll-out, that it even boggles the minds of the already-cautious! I am taking control,.. by not hitting any buttons until a LOT Of stuff is worked out. We were promised the ability to go back after hitting migrate, and clearly for a lot of people this hasn't been possible at all!

Hitting migrate (not even hitting unveil) is breaking stuff on a lot of people's legacy sites. And very basic stuff isn't working or is breaking or disappearing in both places these days. Gallery descriptions, keywords, titles, breadcrumbs, subcategories, basic navigation, Javascript... the list goes on. All because they "went out to play". And some who didn't! My kids are on their way home, we're about to travel... I'm not gonna be messing around with a bunch of broken parts in the near future. I'll wait til it gets fixed... err.r.r.r wait to see if it gets fixed. Btw, no semi-colons? Dealbreaker. I won't even be waiting if that's the case. Anyone who uses PhotoShop...well, there go all their keywords!

Andy

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

Btw, no semi-colons? Dealbreaker. I won't even be waiting if that's the case. Anyone who uses PhotoShop...well, there go all their keywords!

You sound like you are complaining about nothing. I don't think you've even tried it. Look:



Please, stop spreading falsehoods, Anna Lisa.

Sventekoz

Andy wrote: »

Why on earth would you need to copy a photo when you can collect a photo into any number of galleries?

Because I don't want people being able to get to the original gallery, as they can now. Is that good enough for you Andy?

While we're on it, who the hell do you think you are? I asked a legitimate question, and it's no concern of yours. I'd say that there are as many people who are as sick to death of your bad, aggressive attitude as you are of people who have the audacity to voice concerns or ask questions. FWIW, I'm happy with the changes, but how about not making it worse for people who aren't. Sheesh.

Andy

Sventekoz wrote: »

Because I don't want people being able to get to the original gallery, as they can now. Is that good enough for you Andy?

While we're on it, who the hell do you think you are? I asked a legitimate question, and it's no concern of yours. I'd say that there are as many people who are as sick to death of your bad, aggressive attitude as you are of people who have the audacity to voice concerns or ask questions. FWIW, I'm happy with the changes, but how about not making it worse for people who aren't. Sheesh.

Hey, didn't mean to offend, promise!
But you know that SmugMug doesn't want double storage costs, right? That's been a topic of discussion. Sorry I upset you, didn't mean to!

WinsomeWorks

Andy wrote: »

You sound like you are complaining about nothing. I don't think you've even tried it....
Please, stop spreading falsehoods, Anna Lisa.

In case you did not see my answer under your screen grab here: http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=237045 , then please see that. It seems you jumped in here without seeing a lot of posts from earlier today. So--- Please stop making assumptions, Andy-- I did not and am not spreading falsehoods. People are going to be quoting Help and Heroes all over the place here, because there aren't enough of either one to get through all of this. So it's rather mean to say and assume such stuff if you aren't aware of what's gone before. I still haven't confirmed for sure that they've made a new decision now, but your screen grab gives me hope that they have. Yay! But please realize that this morning, when I posted, this was not the case. Keywords were a big mess... semi-colons were not allowed according to SmugMug Help! (so this did not come from me!) If it changed, I don't know when it changed. Let's stop maligning people. Also, you keep telling me to try it. I cannot try it until I have confirmation that trying it won't screw up my Legacy site. Not happening.