Feature Picture for Passworded Events

Ed Lloyd Owen

I use the event function for all the events that I photograph but find it frustrating that those events that are passworded to protect client's privacy appear simply as plain black squares on my new homepage which is otherwise a tapestry of colour....

Can you add an option to allow a single featured picture from one of the galleries within the event so that black boring squares don't ruin the otherwise loveliness of my new Smugmug...

Also, whilst I'm here, is it possible to customise the automatic email that gets sent out to anyone registering for any particular event...?

URL is www.photography.elloydowen.com

Cheers

Ed

botpix

Alan figured out a patch solution... here

Turning on the "External embedding" for each gallery brings back the thumbnail. But that can't be the real solution... Do you think?

Ed Lloyd Owen

That's not quite the question I asked, although interesting to know that's what effect the external embedding has...

No, rather than being interested in individual galleries which apparently do carry feature images, (and I'm quite content to choose an anodyne picture to be the feature picture in order to safeguard my client's privacy), I'm more interested in the 'events' feature.

When you create an event, you can then group galleries into that event (so for instance I break down a wedding day into ten different galleries in order to not overwhelm any viewer with too many photograpsh and then group them all into an event). I then keep the galleries unpassworded, but also unlisted, and simply password the single event which the viewers then have to register to view.

This works well as it shows potential clients that I'm doing work, can add the event to the homepage to make it obvious for anyone looking for it, I'm harvesting email addresses for further e-marketing, and it all remains secure. So far, so good.

My problem is how the event actually is displayed on my homepage. If the event is NOT passworded, the tile on my homepage is the feature page of the first gallery in the event, and that looks great. If the event IS passworded, it simply shows up as a black square.

It is to that black square that I want to affix a feature picture, and yet when you click on it, still have the same pop up registration box asking for a password.

It is simply a question of aesthetics - I don't want my homepage filled with black holes, rather I want a large tapestry of different styles and types of pictures which is why I chose that theme.

If you go to the page and have a look, you'll see what I mean - www.photography.elloydowen.com

If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions....

markderry

I have the same problem! Interested to hear if anyone has suggestions. Here is my featured events page with the problem. http://www.markderry.com/Pages/ClientGalleries

Ed Lloyd Owen

No answers coming out here... So I have a further question...

Not only do I not know how to fill the black holes for the passworded events, but I've actually realised I have no method of determining which pictures is the featured picture for the events aren't passworded.....

So if someone can shed any light on either matter, I'd be super grateful.

Thanks. Ed

Teach

I am very sorry but if an event is passworded and you show it on your homepage you end up with a black square and not an image. Your idea of having a featured image show on the event for passworded events would be a great idea to add on our feedback forum. We really appreciate getting suggestions and comments from our users. We have a great tracking system that allows users to suggest features and other users can vote on them. Here is a link to the feedback site where you can make suggestions.

http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug

Thank you for your input.

WinsomeWorks

Teach wrote: »

I am very sorry but if an event is passworded and you show it on your homepage you end up with a black square and not an image. Your idea of having a featured image show on the event for passworded events would be a great idea to add on our feedback forum. We really appreciate getting suggestions and comments from our users. We have a great tracking system that allows users to suggest features and other users can vote on them. Here is a link to the feedback site where you can make suggestions.

http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug

Thank you for your input.

Ok, well... this was not the case in Legacy, so I think a lot of folks are seeing it as a bug. And also, I believe a Bug Report and/or Feature Request has already been logged for this. I'll try to find it, but tha'ts not really my job. Furthermore, the most recent person's concern hasn't been addressed. [ETA: Here's the thread where I found this same discussion going on: [URL="http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1907437#post1907437"]http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1907437#post1907437[/URL] It's listed as "Fixed" but I don't understand why... Anyone care to shed more light on the subject?]

Ed LO

Just picking up on a few threads/posts about the events feature generally... Whilst I love the concept, I do believe it is one of the weakest areas of SM, which is unfortunate because as a pro event photographer, I really need it to be one of the strongest!!!

Suffice to say, I was hoping that we might be able to get a handle on what progress has been made on all the issues in this thread: the black hole for public events, the feature image for events, and/or whether or not it is a bug that is fixable/going to be fixed.

What news?