result of search shows thumbnail style in tight grid, doesn't honor design default
denisegoldberg
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If I use the search box the results are returned on a page with a tightly packed grid of square thumbs - neither the gallery's thumb default nor the design default style is used.
Yes, I get it - the thumbs style uses square thumbs. But that style is not used anywhere on my site, except for the search results page.
The design default style should be used.
--- Denise
Yes, I get it - the thumbs style uses square thumbs. But that style is not used anywhere on my site, except for the search results page.
The design default style should be used.
--- Denise
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There should be the possibility to select a style you want, either "Designs default" or any other style that can be selected for galleries.
This is because i use SM gallery view as default but search results should just show the photos in original aspect ratio. Since neither grid or thumbnails can do that i would have to use collage landscape.
--- Denise
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Yes, but there should be (more like a feature request). Using the default might be better then these auto-cropped-square-thumbs.
Like mentioned here for the keyword-search i would like to have an option somewhere to specify which gallery style should be used.
While keyword is using the default style i would prefer to make both searches more customizable by selecting the style i find more useful.
I view this as a bug (although the smug heroes might not agree) since it is ignoring my site-wide default gallery style.
--- Denise
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I'm with you on this one.
--- Denise
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Here is a link to my keyword page: Click!
If you select the keyword stuttgartleuchtet2013 you will see the keyword results in a smugmug gallery (that is my default gallery style) using non-square thumbs (i set that to OFF in the gallery settings).
If you select the keyword steelhammertour2013 you will see the keyword results in a smugmug gallery using square thumbs (i set that to ON in the gallery settings).
This is a reason to keep the square-thumbs option in the gallery settings even if the selected layout does not support it (e.g. collage landscape). Of course it would be better if the keyword/search layout becomes independent with it's own settings.
BTW: If the keyword is included in photos from different galleries the thumbs in the smugmug gallery view will be shown in original aspect ratio or square thumbs depending on the individual gallery settings. A sample can be found here. Square thumbs and non-square-thumbs mixed in the keyword results...
Bump for comment from smugmug...
When will this be fixed?
--- Denise
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I don't consider this a bug. SM revamped search a while back, making it really awesome with the thumbnails and infini-scroll. When I search for "Maine" on your site and choose an image, I get to your gallery with your design - awesome
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Maybe if I used square thumbs on my site it wouldn't bother me so much. Square thumbs is something else I've never understood, and something I'm glad I can override.
If smug designed the search results page to look this way then maybe we should move this thread to the Feature Requests forum.
--- Denise
Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
+1
I reported a similar issue back in august and i also reported a "bug" like mentioned by beardedgit long time ago. That's why i stopped using a sidebar.
Andy thinks everything is awesome, while i think only the list of outstanding bugs is awesome. And the search page not using self defined crops or not using the sites default gallery style is a bug.
But SM handles just like yahoo/flickr... they do not listen to the users... they just "improve" things that ain't broken
:bigbs
For 10 years, SmugMug has been listening to, and implementing things that customers have requested. Have they done every single thing that customers have asked? No. But I dare you DARE YOU to back up your statement All I'd have to do is run through 10 years of release notes and Dgrin posts to prove you wrong. To make such a blanket statement is flaming, not helping.
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You made an unfair screenshot :nono that happens when you hover your mouse - and personally - I like it.
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Your text and grab make it seem like that's what it looks like - which it doesn't unless you HOVER over a thumb - and as said, I like the enlarged photo on-hover
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This could be avoided if the gallery-style could be changed, or at least be made to honour the design default style, as per the thrust of this thread.
What screen resolution and aspect ratio are you using on what sized monitor? Perhaps the zoom level needs looking at?
I like the search function and am happy with the square thumbnails but it would probably look better if there was a little spacing in between them as there is on my 'Latest' page -
Ah ok, so you had not set the margins wide enough before. That might explain it then. Hardly a bug though is it when the width of the margins are something only you have control over.
edit - Still a bit weird though as I still can't replicate this on mine no matter what I set the margins to
Like I said, if the row-end thumbs only expanded "inwards", there would be no need to reserve space for expansion. This is the bug - the expanded images should be constrained within the element that contains the thumbs.
But as per the OP, if there was an option for the results page to honour the design default, all that would be unnecessary.
Same here... i would like to, but with that "bug" a sidebar is a no-go...
I would much prefer for the search results to display in my design default (which is Smugmug style) because it lets me scroll through the search results one photo at a time. With the current design, if I click on the photo to see a larger version it sends me off to the original gallery and I've lost my search results.