Bulk Gallery Creation & Uploading

oceanthrsty

Hello All, I'm in desperate need here. In the past we used StarExplorer to great all of our galleries and do the bulk uploading. But it has not been updated yet to work with the new SM.

Can somebody recommend a new program to at least help us bulk create galleries and hopefully upload.

Thanks!

David Evertsen

oceanthrsty wrote: »

Hello All, I'm in desperate need here. In the past we used StarExplorer to great all of our galleries and do the bulk uploading. But it has not been updated yet to work with the new SM.

Can somebody recommend a new program to at least help us bulk create galleries and hopefully upload.

Thanks!

The closest thing I have found to quickly create galleries is the Lightroom Plugin for Smugmug.. It doesn't do bulk but you can create quickly.. Also you can upload using that a as well.. Smart Galleries is not for SM when creating in LR.. Those still have to be created online.

rainforest1155

Adding to what David said, with the SmugMug Lightroom publish service, you can add photos to different galleries across your site and the upload would only start once you click the publish button. Therefore, it works similarly to the queue feature in StarExplorer allowing you to set up your uploads across galleries, and then you can walk away while it's taking care of them.

David Evertsen

rainforest1155 wrote: »

Adding to what David said, with the SmugMug Lightroom publish service, you can add photos to different galleries across your site and the upload would only start once you click the publish button. Therefore, it works similarly to the queue feature in StarExplorer allowing you to set up your uploads across galleries, and then you can walk away while it's taking care of them.

There is one caveat to the LR plugin for Smugmug, the ability to Create Smart Galleries is not compatible with your smugmug site and is only for your Computer. The Plugin will create a Regular Gallery on your site not a smart one, this is not documented anywhere on Smugmugs site or help files. Found out the hard way after creating 110 Smart galleries that well weren't.