New To SmugMug? Start Here!

mbonocore

This video covers all the basis in setting up your new SmugMug website.

http://youtu.be/HcfMYap8Rjs

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http://help.smugmug.com/

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MacroMeister put together this great list of helpful sites:

Customisation related links

I thought these links might be useful for anyone setting up a new site, and/or using the new Smug. If you have others, please post them and I'll slot them here in post #1.

SMUG OFFICIAL


SmugMug School http://school.smugmug.com/

Smug Help Center http://help.smugmug.com/

Smug official blog http://news.smugmug.com/


OTHERS

Colour picker tool http://www.colorpicker.com/ Useful to get a specific color.

Colour Scheme Designer http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Great tool to give you complementary colours and much more. Smug thread http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=238439

Color Zilla for Firefox/Chrome http://www.colorzilla.com/ Great add-on for checking any color on any website - including yours.

Customisation code - Smugocity http://www.smugocity.com/ Excellent resource for CSS code mods.

Customisation code - Sherlock Photography http://www.sherlockphotography.org/Customisations Excellent resource for CSS code mods.

Design principles http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/9-essential-principles-for-good-web-design/ Things to consider when designing your site.

Fonts - Google fonts in Photoshop http://www.webink.com/webfontplugin Related Smug thread http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=238280

thenickdude

Here are some questions answered during the video (please click the links to jump into the video at the start of the question, I've shortened the answers considerably):

Q. How long can we keep using legacy SmugMug before we're forced to use the new version?
A. You have many many months, but we don't have an exact timeframe for it. We'll definitely give you warning when you will have to migrate to the new system.

Q. If you password protect a folder, will that also password protect the galleries contained within that folder?
A. Yes, those galleries will be locked down and you'll need to enter the folder password to get to that content.

Q. If you delete a gallery on your New SmugMug site that hasn't been unveiled yet, will it be deleted from your Legacy SmugMug site?
A. Yes, it will be deleted on your Legacy SmugMug site too.

Q. Can I have a slideshow similar to my old site on my homepage?
A. Yup, just drop a slideshow content block onto your homepage, there are plenty of options to tune it with.

(though you can't have the slideshow randomly order the photos yet)

Q. If I restructure my galleries on my site, will the old gallery URLs I've emailed around still work?
A. I'm going to assume that you haven't unveiled your New SmugMug site yet. In that case, moving galleries around in the organizer doesn't cause any changes to happen on your live site, so the old URLs to your Old SmugMug site will continue to work.

(I think this answer misses the point a bit. I think the question is if old-style links like this:

h​ttp://www.sherlockphotography.org/Other/Panoramas/19779698_wDKrnZ#1647058340_23B9Kpt-A-LB

[a Panoramas gallery inside the Other category] would continue to get to the right gallery if you were to move Panoramas into a different folder on your published New SmugMug site. The answer to that is yes, I've tried it out and the old gallery URLs contain enough detail that SmugMug can find the location of the gallery in its new position on your New SmugMug site. This is possible because the old URLs contain a gallery ID which can be used to locate the gallery on your new site.)

Q. I'm a Standard user, which I believe is no longer offered?
A. We used to have three account levels, Standard, Power and Pro. Standard is now a Basic account.

Q. Is there any difference in the customization between Basic and Power?
A. Yes, there is. There are basically two levels of customization available on the site. The Basic account does not have access to designs. So on your homepage, you can add a few content blocks (just the basics), and you have access to pre-built themes. You can adjust the colors and fonts on your site, and you can adjust the look of your homepage, but you will not be able to customize the look of the rest of your site.

The other levels have the same amount of customization.

Q. Where do I find Be Social or Show Off on the new SmugMug?
A. So "show off" was where you could get embed code for embedding slideshows and badges on other websites. We've actually removed that currently. We want to replace the existing embed codes that were Flash with HTML5 versions, but that's not currently ready yet. It should be available in the future.

Q. Does the Lightroom publish plugin for SmugMug still work?
A. Yes, but you must download an update for the plugin from our website. You can't use Lightroom's auto update feature to get the latest version of the plugin. (Also mentioned was that you can have 5 levels of folders on the New SmugMug, wow!)

Q. Once I unveil, can I go back to Legacy?
A. No, it's a one-way process.

There's a introduction to your new SmugMug page in 5 minutes or less here that will help you get started. A lot of the content covered in this presentation is available in that guide.

mbonocore

Thanks so much for writing this! You are indeed correct about the URLs

toddsipes

Q. Does the Lightroom publish plugin for SmugMug still work?
A. Yes, but you must download an update for the plugin from our website. You can't use Lightroom's auto update feature to get the latest version of the plugin. (Also mentioned was that you can have 5 levels of folders on the New SmugMug, wow!)



No, it doesn't. See here:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=236934

thenickdude

Well, it currently does work for me, although on one account I ended up having to delete all the galleries and reupload.

mbonocore

Customisation related links

MacroMeister thought these links might be useful for anyone setting up a new site, and/or using the new Smug. If you have others, please post them and I'll slot them here in post #1.

SMUG OFFICIAL


Smug Help Center http://help.smugmug.com/

Smug official blog http://news.smugmug.com/


OTHERS

Colour picker tool http://www.colorpicker.com/ Useful to get a specific color.

Colour Scheme Designer http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Great tool to give you complementary colours and much more. Smug thread http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=238439

Color Zilla for Firefox/Chrome http://www.colorzilla.com/ Great add-on for checking any color on any website - including yours.

Customisation code - Smugocity http://www.smugocity.com/ Excellent resource for CSS code mods.

Customisation code - Sherlock Photography http://www.sherlockphotography.org/Customisations Excellent resource for CSS code mods.

Design principles http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing-tutorials/9-essential-principles-for-good-web-design/ Things to consider when designing your site.

Fonts - Google fonts in Photoshop http://www.webink.com/webfontplugin Related Smug thread http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=238280

Mike55YU

http://www.smugocity.com/ does not seem to work.