Share button on gallery level

QBiC

Please provide a Share button on gallery pages (for example next to the Slideshow button) so users are able to share to facebook/twitter/email links to the entire gallery.

Especially for Thumbnail or Collage gallery styles this would be beneficial, because now the only way to get access to e.g. "Get a Link" is through the share button on a lightbox first.

David Ash

QBiC wrote: »

Please provide a Share button on gallery pages (for example next to the Slideshow button) so users are able to share to facebook/twitter/email links to the entire gallery.

Especially for Thumbnail or Collage gallery styles this would be beneficial, because now the only way to get access to e.g. "Get a Link" is through the share button on a lightbox first.

This has my vote too.

DantesDame

Another vote for this function!

ande8150

Yes, and provide a way to select "featured" photo(s) to show in the body of the email. The email would link to the beginning of the gallery but that may not be the photo I want to show in the email.

This is definitely my most wanted feature.

guy

qbic wrote: »

please provide a share button on gallery pages (for example next to the slideshow button) so users are able to share to facebook/twitter/email links to the entire gallery.

Especially for thumbnail or collage gallery styles this would be beneficial, because now the only way to get access to e.g. "get a link" is through the share button on a lightbox first.

+1

sarahk

Another vote here!

DesptachesGallery

Yes - didn't we have this in "legacy" anyway?

I'd like to choose which social media sites/methods as well.

ande8150

Share button on gallery level
No, this wasn't in legacy SM (at least for email).

Anyone interested in this should vote for the featre at http://feedback.smugmug.com.

That is where they monitor interest in new features.

bkrodgers

I've added this to the feedback site (stole OP's text and linked back here). Please go vote for it!
http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/4348979-share-button-on-gallery-level

vrvince

Is this a photo sharing site, or not? Hmmm, maybe not, since the term "share" only appears once on www.smugmug.com, 3/4 of the way down the page.
Gallery level sharing, at the Gallery level, duh, existed before, and leaving it out now is a glaring, usability oversight.

pbandj

NOTE: even if you get to the Share --> Get a Link --> Gallery Links, they are pretty broken. The links there, except for the Buy link, are not persistent and will break if you reorganize the site. Even more lovely, the "slideshow" version of the link goes to the old legacy slideshow format. There is a bug report here: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=240063&highlight=link

It hasn't seen an update from Smugmug in a couple weeks, and it hasn't made it onto the active bug list.

GrBlizz posted a workaround, so if you want a persistent gallery link, find the gallery key from the "buy" link and cobble a link together.

southeasternphotography

Still Broken 09-19-13

pbandj wrote: »

NOTE: even if you get to the Share --> Get a Link --> Gallery Links, they are pretty broken. The links there, except for the Buy link, are not persistent and will break if you reorganize the site. Even more lovely, the "slideshow" version of the link goes to the old legacy slideshow format. There is a bug report here: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=240063&highlight=link

It hasn't seen an update from Smugmug in a couple weeks, and it hasn't made it onto the active bug list.

GrBlizz posted a workaround, so if you want a persistent gallery link, find the gallery key from the "buy" link and cobble a link together.

Yep still broken. On the other hand, you can use this bug to get a legacy slideshow going!!

NY2LA

I desperately want to be able to add a Facebook Share button to galleries. Copying and pasting the URL into the Facebook status window works; it brings up the title, description, and feature image. But I don't want to have to tell people they can do it that way. It should be something people can do on an impulse, even if they don't know they could copy and paste the URL.

I think it should be provided through the Social > Share Buttons content block that can be added to galleries. Right now, unless I am missing something, the content block consists of a Facebook Like button, and not a Facebook Share button. While I wouldn't mind being able to add both, I think the Facebook Share button is more important.

To me, it seems the Facebook Like button is misrepresented as a Facebook Share button at: http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/1218610-how-can-owners-and-viewers-share-photos-from-smugmug-

But if SmugMug updates the Social > Share Buttons content block, how will they let us know?

leftquark

NY2LA wrote: »

But if SmugMug updates the Social > Share Buttons content block, how will they let us know?

Great question NY2LA! We have a number of ways of interacting with you guys to announce Product Releases, including:

• Posting in the DGrin Product News Forum
• Blog posts at http://news.smugmug.com/
• Email announcements
• Facebook posts

For items that aren't big enough to generate a blog post or email announcement I will post the changes in the Product News forum. I'm actually planning on doing a semi-regular "dump" or all the items released in the last <x> days/weeks/month.

NY2LA

leftquark, please show how to add a Facebook Share button to galleries on your CSS Customizations website. I still have to tell people to copy and paste the URL.

NY2LA

As far as I can tell, this requested feature, a Facebook Share button on galleries, is still not available. Can anyone suggest the best approach to encourage SmugMug to prioritize adding the feature, among these options:

1.) Pray for it every day

2.) Organize a protest with picket signs outside SmugMug headquarters

3.) Become rich and buy SmugMug