Can revert back to old smug?

david-low

After I publish to the new smugmug and if some point of time later if I prefer the old, can I revert back? Is there a one-click button back to the old?

Tks

denisegoldberg

Once you make your new smug site available to the public you can't go back to legacy smug.

I'm curious, why are you considering this? In my opinion new smug does a better job of showcasing your photos.
I just took a quick look at your site and it looks like you don't have any customizations applied. That means that your transition to new smug should be quite straightforward.

--- Denise

david-low

Tks Denise,

I'm just playing safe in case I don't like the new look. I don't have the luxury time to try to understand it. But I'm not doubting the new smug. Must be better.

denisegoldberg

david-low wrote: »

Tks Denise,

I'm just playing safe in case I don't like the new look. I don't have the luxury time to try to understand it. But I'm not doubting the new smug. Must be better.

You can start working with new smug without publishing it for public viewing. At that point the public sees your legacy site and you can see and work with both legacy and new smug.

Once you click to expose your new site to the public you can't go back to legacy - but you don't need to make your new site available until you are happy with it.

--- Denise

david-low

Ok, I understand. Tks for clarification.

If i remember, the new smug took effect something like 6 mths ago? See, I still dont hv time the tweak it, but I will do it someday.

denisegoldberg

david-low wrote: »

If i remember, the new smug took effect something like 6 mths ago? See, I still dont hv time the tweak it, but I will do it someday.

New smug was made available on July 30, 2013. The only reason I know the date is that I wrote a review of it after publishing my updated site - http://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-new-smugmug.html.

Your site is pretty simple from a customization standpoint. I recommend you at least look at your site in new smug - I don't think you will need to do much to have a decent looking new smug site.

--- Denise

david-low

Tks Denise. Since you are so helpful, may I ask you something else which until now I'm still confused. My present front page consist of Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri lanka, Israel, Japan etc which is basically travel shots. I like to group all these under a single Icon "Travel". (I call it Icon for now as I do not know whether is known as Title, Gallery or Categories). Sorry, I'm quite confused with the naming. And when people click on this Icon, than they will able to view diff countries as described, ie like a family tree. That will make my front page much neater.

If I understand correctly, the old smug are not able to do that (i'm just an ordinary a/c). I could be wrong.

Is it possible in new smug and how do I start? Sorry, really stupid question because I tried it last time and wasn't successful and I don't really bother for so many yrs. I like to revamp it with the new smug.

Tks much

denisegoldberg

david-low wrote: »

Tks Denise. Since you are so helpful, may I ask you something else which until now I'm still confused. My present front page consist of Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri lanka, Israel, Japan etc which is basically travel shots. I like to group all these under a single Icon "Travel". (I call it Icon for now as I do not know whether is known as Title, Gallery or Categories). Sorry, I'm quite confused with the naming. And when people click on this Icon, than they will able to view diff countries as described, ie like a family tree. That will make my front page much neater.

If I understand correctly, the old smug are not able to do that (i'm just an ordinary a/c). I could be wrong.

Is it possible in new smug and how do I start?

It was possible to do this in legacy smug as well - you just need to change to display categories instead of folders.

In new smug you can specify a folder called Travel and assign those galleries to the Travel folder. You can then define a menu entry called "Travel" that points to the Travel folder.

As an example you can look at my Travel folder - http://www.denisegoldberg.com/Travel.

There are many tips about new smug at http://school.smugmug.com/SmugMug-Tips.
Start with http://school.smugmug.com/SmugMug-Tips/SmugMug-In-5-Minutes-or-Less.

--- Denise

david-low

Tks so very much Denise.

I taken a tour of the above 2 links and indeed there are so much to learn. Indeed mind bogging.

I'm keeping these links and pretty sure I need it when its time for me to tweak.

Tks again. You have some pretty aweful pics !!

AceCo55

david-low wrote: »

Tks so very much Denise.

Tks again. You have some pretty aweful pics !!

roflI'm pretty sure he meant awesome ... got lost in translation/typing rofl

denisegoldberg

AceCo55 wrote: »

roflI'm pretty sure he meant awesome ... got lost in translation/typing rofl

I was hoping that's what he meant, although I have to admit I was pretty much taken aback by the comment! The spelling was wrong so I chose to believe the "awe" as opposed to "aw".

--- Denise

david-low

Denise,

Thousand apologies. Grhhhhhh. I meant awesome.

Hv a nice weekend.

david-low

AceCo55 wrote: »

roflI'm pretty sure he meant awesome ... got lost in translation/typing rofl

Tks Ace for picking up the error. So embarassing !!

denisegoldberg

david-low wrote: »

Thousand apologies. Grhhhhhh. I meant awesome.

no worries, and thanks!

--- Denise