Love your new website. Just started to look at New smugmug and unfortunately found myself lost.
Can you recommend me what to start with?
Hi
don't worry, we all felt lost at the beginning!
A good thing would be taking some time to watch SmugMug introductory videos.
After that come back again here with all your questions!
Hi all, I have updated my site since i first posted on this thread when SmugMug 2.0 was initially released.
First of all, I switched themes to "Turbo" as it provided more space for the photos than the "Spartan" theme did. I also added a blog built entirely using smugmug (only one post so far). I have also changed my homepage bg photo. I'm still adding to the site so check back often. Thanks in advance for your comments and critiques.
Thanks in advance for your comments and critiques.
I don't understand why the montage view of your NYC gallery (and others maybe?) is constrained within a narrow width (+/-1,000px?). Why wouldn't you let it flow across the full browser window for visitors with wider screens?
Hi all, I have updated my site since i first posted on this thread when SmugMug 2.0 was initially released.
First of all, I switched themes to "Turbo" as it provided more space for the photos than the "Spartan" theme did. I also added a blog built entirely using smugmug (only one post so far). I have also changed my homepage bg photo. I'm still adding to the site so check back often. Thanks in advance for your comments and critiques.
I love your blog picture and layout. How did you set up the blog?
One suggestion: don't make the photos fade out when the mouse cursor hovers over them. As a user whose cursor wanders around without my thinking about it, I was intensely studying the photo and suddenly it "greyed out". Very distracting. So I had to figure out my mouse was the problem, and move it. But then in automatic pilot mode, the mouse wandered back over the photo, and it again flickered and 'disappeared'. Just a suggestion.
I don't understand why the montage view of your NYC gallery (and others maybe?) is constrained within a narrow width (+/-1,000px?). Why wouldn't you let it flow across the full browser window for visitors with wider screens?
Thanks, what dimensions do you suggest and will turning stretchy on make it compensate for smaller screens?
Thanks, what dimensions do you suggest and will turning stretchy on make it compensate for smaller screens?
Dimensions are problematic since you don't know what kind of device your viewers will be using.
Turning on stretchy should help.
I don't usually have the browser window stretched the width of the screen but I just looked at your site with the browser at about 75% of the width of the monitor. I don't think the large empty block of white space enhances the look of your site.
A couple of comments (in case you are looking for feedback)...
You're not showing the breadcrumb and you haven't added a description to your galleries. This means that your viewer does not know what gallery they are viewing.
Your Pricing page shows two broken images. Are the featured photos for those galleries in galleries that are accessible to viewers of your site? The photos would need to be in either public or unlisted galleries.
Your blog opens a new browser tab. I have a strong preference that new tabs only be opened if I request them. I know, I know, I may be a bit odd - but as soon as a site starts this behavior I usually close it.
If I click to your blog and then click "My Portfolio" I am taken back to your smug site but to a non-existent page (so I get the 404 page not found page). I'd recommend correcting the link. You might also want to customize your 404 page.
Dimensions are problematic since you don't know what kind of device your viewers will be using.
Turning on stretchy should help.
I don't usually have the browser window stretched the width of the screen but I just looked at your site with the browser at about 75% of the width of the monitor. I don't think the large empty block of white space enhances the look of your site.
--- Denise
I turned on stretchy and made a slight adjustment. can you please take a look at one of my galleries and let me know if it makes a difference? Thanks
It says 'Clink here …' near the top of this page - was that intended?
I like the telephone number right at the top (and I notice it's a UK number ) - picking up the handset and speaking in person is what one does when one is serious about it. And the nice full-window slideshow and very friendly and approachable bio photo.
OK, aside from adding some copy & images, better matching up my Blogger site, and possibly re-working the nav a bit... I'm DONE! For now, at least. You can check it out here: http://www.amfdigitalmedia.com/ Let me know what you think!
PS If anyone can offer some insight on how to get the Blog Titles in the bottom left hand corner of my homepage to link, it would be much appreciated.
If you're trying to sell your services I'd recommend either fixing the menu entries so they go somewhere reasonable or removing them. When your Service side menu is shown, clicking on any of the entries takes me to an empty page. Likewise, if I manage to get a "services" image to show clicking on the image takes me to the same empty page.
I realize you said you need to add some copy - for now I'd recommend removing the "blah, blah, blah" copy that is spread through your "about" page. If someone happens to see the site now I suspect that you won't win their business.
You have Originals enabled in your Prints for Sale... Landscapes gallery. With Originals enabled why would someone choose to pay for something they can grab for free? I know, you have right click protection turned on. That doesn't provide any protection - if the image is viewed in a browser it can easily be grabbed from the browser cache.
FYI: Right-click protection is a deterrent for image theft but it should not be considered fool-proof. To truly protect your images, lock galleries with a password or apply a watermark and disable your originals.
If you're trying to sell your services I'd recommend either fixing the menu entries so they go somewhere reasonable or removing them. When your Service side menu is shown, clicking on any of the entries takes me to an empty page. Likewise, if I manage to get a "services" image to show clicking on the image takes me to the same empty page.
I realize you said you need to add some copy - for now I'd recommend removing the "blah, blah, blah" copy that is spread through your "about" page. If someone happens to see the site now I suspect that you won't win their business.
You have Originals enabled in your Prints for Sale... Landscapes gallery. With Originals enabled why would someone choose to pay for something they can grab for free? I know, you have right click protection turned on. That doesn't provide any protection - if the image is viewed in a browser it can easily be grabbed from the browser cache.
This forum is the only place I've posted the link to my site on... So while its technically in circulation, I really haven't gotten any traffic aside from my own clicks and a few robots spidering the site despite having it quarantined from search engines at the moment.
Good catch with the Gallery settings... I kind of glossed over that part. I set everything set to X2Large and disabled External Embedding, although I'm still on the fence regarding watermarks (I personally think they're kind of tacky).
Hello from Down Under
Hi all, I have been using SmugMug as a photo hosting site for several years now and whilst I was aware of the new changes that occurred earlier in the year, I have only just made the move.
I have customised a fairly simple design and welcome comments and suggestions.
After much gnashing of teeth, pulling of hair (what's left to pull) and a constant stream of purple air, I have finally unveiled my site.
Special shout out to Allen and Denise fro their help. And to the many CSS code gurus who have shared their tweaks and modifications.
The link to my site is in my signature. Appreciate any comments, criticisms, and suggestions.
Think the design is clean and nice. Not sure what you could change but I would try to put the bottom margin to 0xp so that the picture at the home page is fixed and dont scroll down and maybe remove the photosharing by smugmug text for a cleaner look.
Here is my webpage. After migrating to the new smugmug I did a lot of customizing (still a work in progress) until I created an almost finished product. The content and galleries may change a little as I do a better job uploading from lightroom.
Very nice images. Could you move the Autumn gallery up on your links page to site with the other seasonal galleries? I saw Summer, Winter and Spring but then had to look for Autumn.
Lauren
"But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)
Newbie - With a lot of help from this forum
Here is my site. As far as content goes, it is about 30% filled. The two galleries that have the most "finishing touch" are the San Diego and Hawaii ones. http://www.arrowphotos2.smugmug.com/
Thanks Lamah & Leftquark for some of their CSS tweaks.
Let me know what you think :-)
Nice clean layout, and easy to navigate!
I guess you might just be sharing photos with family & friends, but if not it might be nice to have a page about who you are on there. Having a page with some useful text on it about you makes it easier to find your site in Google, too.
Lookin' good, ghealy! The only thing I noticed, is that you have a broken image reference (to RedBubble) on your About page.
Thanks for checking it out. Not sure about the broken kink. - When I click the link (either logged in or logged out) it works as expected by openning a new tab to my RedBubble site. Could it be that your browser does not do new tabs?
Hi all, I have been using SmugMug as a photo hosting site for several years now and whilst I was aware of the new changes that occurred earlier in the year, I have only just made the move.
I have customised a fairly simple design and welcome comments and suggestions.
Think the design is clean and nice. Not sure what you could change but I would try to put the bottom margin to 0xp so that the picture at the home page is fixed and dont scroll down and maybe remove the photosharing by smugmug text for a cleaner look.
Thanks Daniel. Did both your suggestions (remove 'Photosharing by Smugmug' and set botomm margin to zero), but I still have that scrollbar. Will be looking for a full screen slidehow for teh home page. That may help.
Thanks Daniel. Did both your suggestions (remove 'Photosharing by Smugmug' and set botomm margin to zero), but I still have that scrollbar. Will be looking for a full screen slidehow for teh home page. That may help.
Hmm.. It should work then. Did you change the bottom margin on the Layout/margins and on the photo content dimension to 0xp?. I know I had to put all bottom margin to 0xp or it will always scroll even if I had a pictures that was super small
I am still doing some minor tweaks but here is my site. I'm an event Photographer who mainly does weddings. I'm still tweaking it but would love to get any feedback or suggestions.
Hmm.. It should work then. Did you change the bottom margin on the Layout/margins and on the photo content dimension to 0xp?. I know I had to put all bottom margin to 0xp or it will always scroll even if I had a pictures that was super small
Verified all margins (top & bottom ) on slideshow and CSS box set to zero. Still has scrollbar. Appreciate the help.
Comments
don't worry, we all felt lost at the beginning!
A good thing would be taking some time to watch SmugMug introductory videos.
After that come back again here with all your questions!
Venice PhotoBlog
http://www.incidentalcomics.com/2013/11/a-year-of-parenting.html?m=1
Venice PhotoBlog
I am feeling really good about the look and feel of the new site!
www.heatherryanphotography.com
First of all, I switched themes to "Turbo" as it provided more space for the photos than the "Spartan" theme did. I also added a blog built entirely using smugmug (only one post so far). I have also changed my homepage bg photo. I'm still adding to the site so check back often. Thanks in advance for your comments and critiques.
My Website
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I love your blog picture and layout. How did you set up the blog?
One suggestion: don't make the photos fade out when the mouse cursor hovers over them. As a user whose cursor wanders around without my thinking about it, I was intensely studying the photo and suddenly it "greyed out". Very distracting. So I had to figure out my mouse was the problem, and move it. But then in automatic pilot mode, the mouse wandered back over the photo, and it again flickered and 'disappeared'. Just a suggestion.
Thanks, what dimensions do you suggest and will turning stretchy on make it compensate for smaller screens?
My Website
Facebook | Twitter | | VSCOgrid | Instagram |
Turning on stretchy should help.
I don't usually have the browser window stretched the width of the screen but I just looked at your site with the browser at about 75% of the width of the monitor. I don't think the large empty block of white space enhances the look of your site.
--- Denise
Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
A couple of comments (in case you are looking for feedback)...
You're not showing the breadcrumb and you haven't added a description to your galleries. This means that your viewer does not know what gallery they are viewing.
Your Pricing page shows two broken images. Are the featured photos for those galleries in galleries that are accessible to viewers of your site? The photos would need to be in either public or unlisted galleries.
Your blog opens a new browser tab. I have a strong preference that new tabs only be opened if I request them. I know, I know, I may be a bit odd - but as soon as a site starts this behavior I usually close it.
If I click to your blog and then click "My Portfolio" I am taken back to your smug site but to a non-existent page (so I get the 404 page not found page). I'd recommend correcting the link. You might also want to customize your 404 page.
--- Denise
Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
I turned on stretchy and made a slight adjustment. can you please take a look at one of my galleries and let me know if it makes a difference? Thanks
My Website
Facebook | Twitter | | VSCOgrid | Instagram |
--- Denise
Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
I like the telephone number right at the top (and I notice it's a UK number
Yangchen
www.linyangchen.com
I realize you said you need to add some copy - for now I'd recommend removing the "blah, blah, blah" copy that is spread through your "about" page. If someone happens to see the site now I suspect that you won't win their business.
You have Originals enabled in your Prints for Sale... Landscapes gallery. With Originals enabled why would someone choose to pay for something they can grab for free? I know, you have right click protection turned on. That doesn't provide any protection - if the image is viewed in a browser it can easily be grabbed from the browser cache.
From the SmugMug help page at http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93274#protection: --- Denise
Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
Thanks Lamah & Leftquark for some of their CSS tweaks.
Let me know what you think :-)
Vote for: SmugMug Two factor authentication
http://carosu.smugmug.com/
Pls some feedback would be nice if I should change or fix something as I am getting blind staring on my site all day long.
www.carosu.com
This forum is the only place I've posted the link to my site on... So while its technically in circulation, I really haven't gotten any traffic aside from my own clicks and a few robots spidering the site despite having it quarantined from search engines at the moment.
Good catch with the Gallery settings... I kind of glossed over that part. I set everything set to X2Large and disabled External Embedding, although I'm still on the fence regarding watermarks (I personally think they're kind of tacky).
Special shout out to Allen and Denise fro their help. And to the many CSS code gurus who have shared their tweaks and modifications.
The link to my site is in my signature. Appreciate any comments, criticisms, and suggestions.
My galleries: http://ghealy.smugmug.com
My Blog: http://photosbyhealy.blogspot.com
Lookin' good, ghealy! The only thing I noticed, is that you have a broken image reference (to RedBubble) on your About page.
Hi all, I have been using SmugMug as a photo hosting site for several years now and whilst I was aware of the new changes that occurred earlier in the year, I have only just made the move.
I have customised a fairly simple design and welcome comments and suggestions.
Thanks
http://www.stephenhainesphotography.com
Think the design is clean and nice. Not sure what you could change but I would try to put the bottom margin to 0xp so that the picture at the home page is fixed and dont scroll down and maybe remove the photosharing by smugmug text for a cleaner look.
www.carosu.com
Very nice images. Could you move the Autumn gallery up on your links page to site with the other seasonal galleries? I saw Summer, Winter and Spring but then had to look for Autumn.
Lauren
Lauren Blackwell
www.redleashphoto.com
Here is my site. As far as content goes, it is about 30% filled. The two galleries that have the most "finishing touch" are the San Diego and Hawaii ones.
http://www.arrowphotos2.smugmug.com/
Charles
Nice clean layout, and easy to navigate!
I guess you might just be sharing photos with family & friends, but if not it might be nice to have a page about who you are on there. Having a page with some useful text on it about you makes it easier to find your site in Google, too.
Please check out my gallery of customisations for the New SmugMug, more to come!
Thanks for checking it out. Not sure about the broken kink. - When I click the link (either logged in or logged out) it works as expected by openning a new tab to my RedBubble site. Could it be that your browser does not do new tabs?
My galleries: http://ghealy.smugmug.com
My Blog: http://photosbyhealy.blogspot.com
Great looking site, Stephan. You have some really wonderful photography on your site!
LOVE the full screen slide show. Can I ask where you foudn teh code for that?
My galleries: http://ghealy.smugmug.com
My Blog: http://photosbyhealy.blogspot.com
Thanks Daniel. Did both your suggestions (remove 'Photosharing by Smugmug' and set botomm margin to zero), but I still have that scrollbar. Will be looking for a full screen slidehow for teh home page. That may help.
My galleries: http://ghealy.smugmug.com
My Blog: http://photosbyhealy.blogspot.com
Hmm.. It should work then. Did you change the bottom margin on the Layout/margins and on the photo content dimension to 0xp?. I know I had to put all bottom margin to 0xp or it will always scroll even if I had a pictures that was super small
www.carosu.com
http://www.FernandoGonzalez.net
http://www.fernandogonzalez.net
Verified all margins (top & bottom ) on slideshow and CSS box set to zero. Still has scrollbar. Appreciate the help.
My galleries: http://ghealy.smugmug.com
My Blog: http://photosbyhealy.blogspot.com
It seems to work now with the slideshow no scrolling
www.carosu.com