hiding unlisted folders in menu

bgates

I am getting there with the new SmugMug. But I want my nested folders in my Portfolio menu to be hidden from others but visible to me when logged in.

I have four public folders and one unlisted folder named "private." Beneath the "private" folder I have a number of other nested folders, all of which are unlisted (at all levels, I checked every one). As the attached screen shot shows, when logged in these folders show up with "unlisted" but when not logged in they still show up. Is this just not possible or have I missed a setting somewhere?

Thanks for any help,

Bob

loggedn.jpg

http://www.bobgatesphoto.com/

denisegoldberg

Unlisted folders or galleries do not show unless you give the viewer an explicit URL. Referencing the URLs in your navbar will cause them to show. If you don't want them to show, don't include the unlisted items in your navbar.

Private galleries will not show to anyone except you. If I click on something in your private folder I get a page that is empty except for your header. I would recommend not placing private galleries in your navbar as the only person who can see those is you, and you must be logged in.

--- Denise

bgates

Thanks Denise, I understand now why it happens that way. I was trying to be able to see all my folders easily when logged in and get a quick sense of how they look. I also wanted a way to give my wife quick access the family folders from the menu by having her be logged in on her computer. That worked in the old version but I guess it doesn't work in the new one. Without this, to see an unlisted folder, I need to go into the Organize menu, drill down to the gallery, right click to open it in a new tab.... That's a lot of extra work when having it on the menu bar would be so easy if unlisted folders just didn't show up when not logged in.


EDIT: I think what I will do is leave just the main "private" sub-folder in the menu. Then when logged in, I can click that and see all the others below. Other people will still see the private folder, and get a blank folder when they click on it, but I think I can live with that.

Thanks for your help.

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Unlisted folders or galleries do not show unless you give the viewer an explicit URL. Referencing the URLs in your navbar will cause them to show. If you don't want them to show, don't include the unlisted items in your navbar.

Private galleries will not show to anyone except you. If I click on something in your private folder I get a page that is empty except for your header. I would recommend not placing private galleries in your navbar as the only person who can see those is you, and you must be logged in.

--- Denise

Allen

bgates wrote: »

Thanks Denise, I understand now why it happens that way. I was trying to be able to see all my folders easily when logged in and get a quick sense of how they look. I also wanted a way to give my wife quick access the family folders from the menu by having her be logged in on her computer. That worked in the old version but I guess it doesn't work in the new one. Without this, to see an unlisted folder, I need to go into the Organize menu, drill down to the gallery, right click to open it in a new tab.... That's a lot of extra work when having it on the menu bar would be so easy if unlisted folders just didn't show up when not logged in.


EDIT: I think what I will do is leave just the main "private" sub-folder in the menu. Then when logged in, I can click that and see all the others below. Other people will still see the private folder, and get a blank folder when they click on it, but I think I can live with that.

Thanks for your help.

See if this works for any link NOT for public viewing.
Probably works best only in drops as the main might have separators that won't hide.

Put this in the "Name" for the unlisted gallery link.

<span class="hideme">whatever page</span>

Add this to your "entire site" CSS.

.hideme {display:none;}
.sm-user-loggedin .hideme {display:block;}

You might also leave the main button button blank, no link.

bgates

Thanks Allen, I may try that. However, I'm not very good with CSS and one thing I have been enjoying about the new smug is how easy it is to do most of the customization without resorting the css and html.

Allen wrote: »

See if this works for any link NOT for public viewing.
Probably works best only in drops as the main might have separators that won't hide.

Put this in the "Name" for the unlisted gallery link.

<span class="hideme">whatever page</span>

Add this to your "entire site" CSS.

.hideme {display:none;}
.sm-user-loggedin .hideme {display:block;}

You might also leave the main button button blank, no link.