Randomize gallery image

Richard

In legacy, if you don't specify a featured image, the pic shown for the gallery in a category display of galleries is taken at random from the gallery. I have not published yet, but in the preview it always seems to show the same pic, even though no feature was specified. I would like it to be random, but I haven't found a setting that supports the old behavior. Am I missing something or is random selection no longer offered?

denisegoldberg

Unfortunately that's not supported in new smug, although a number of us have requested it.

It was requested soon after new smug became available in the thread Random Thumbnails. Also requested on the official feedback site at http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/5006961-randomize-the-feature-photo-image.

--- Denise

Richard

Thanks for answering, Denise. Sorry to waste everyone's time with a known problem--Dgrin search didn't give me a hit on "randomize." I'm just getting around to migrating and this one caught me by surprise. Personally, I'd sacrifice a tiny bit of performance for freshness, but oh well, :deadhorse

David Evertsen

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Unfortunately that's not supported in new smug, although a number of us have requested it.

It was requested soon after new smug became available in the thread Random Thumbnails. Also requested on the official feedback site at http://feedback.smugmug.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/5006961-randomize-the-feature-photo-image.

--- Denise

Actually getting a random image chosen from your gallery as the cover does work, however if you have a large number of galleries and folders in one set it does not work on everyone. There is a design issue with the randomizer and the many lower level on galleries that may not have it work everytime..

Richard

How do you invoke it on the new SM?

David Evertsen

Richard wrote: »

How do you invoke it on the new SM?

There is no invoke they just appear, I have been on new SM since a few weeks after launch. I do have galleries from time to time that don't populate the cover but most do.. I have a large amount of galleries in folders using Smart Galleries and 99% of the time they grab a cover photo.. I don't have to choose.. Am I correct about why folks are asking for?? BTW the scale comments came from the principles of the company..

Richard

I think we must be talking about different things. I looked at your site (nice work, BTW) and didn't see the behavior I'm after. I chose browse from your homepage menu then reloaded that page repeatedly. The image shown for each gallery did not change, and that's the problem. In legacy, unless you specified a feature image for the gallery, a different pic came up on each reload, which is what I want. Perhaps the image does change when you change the contents of the gallery, but with the exception of my New Pics gallery, mine don't have new content very often.