Suggestions for Improvements to SmugMug - 2016

wibubba

I really love my SmugMug site. And I think the big switch in 2014 (?) has been beneficial to me and others.

There is one thing that I find glaringly missing. While there are a lot of options for social links already, there are also some missing.

500px is not supported with its own icon. Neither is CaptureWisconsin. I'm sure there are a ton of other, but those two are the most important to me personally.

Is there a reason for this? And is there a way to change it? I realize we can use the ONE extra space for a custom link, however that results in a non-branded icon. Really, how many people are going to click that?

Or is there a way that I'm dumb to that we can use our own icons (made on the computer and stored on the SmugMug) to link socially?

Looking forward to your response. Have a GREAT day.

http://www.eaglecreekphoto.com

LPC

Not much call for CaptureWisconsin outisde of, Wisconsin!

Should be easy enough to add a link to any external site you want to .

Lille Ulven

I've never before heard of CaptureWisconsin...
But as long as you haven't used all the other social links you can "adapt one of them" with some CSS.
Here for example would be the css to turn the circular tumblr-icon into a 500px on (ok, I changed the color too something different, as the original 500px color doesn't work with my background) and use the RSS-symbol instead of the double chain for the custom URL symbol:

/* Symbol for 500px_ \E260 */
 /*content: '\E300' !important; */ /*Share sign*/
/* change to RSS-feed-symbol */
.sm-fonticon-LinkCircle:before {
  content: '\E330' !important; /* RSS sign */ 
  color:  rgba(250,150,50,1) !important;
}

/* 500px link*/
.sm-page-widget-social-links-tumblr .sm-fonticon-TumblrCircle:before {
  content: '\E260' !important;
  color:  rgba(50,250,250,1) !important;
}

And here you'll find other symbols you can use, that would replace my \E260 or \E300 with other codes. To replace the "right" one you would only have to figure out the class names of the fields you are using instead.
The CSS would have to be added to your entire site into a CSS-block of course

If I am not completely mistaken there is a feature request to add more social links or make the ones you can add a bit more flexible though. I suspect though purely local ones will never be added to any kind of drop down menu.

Good luck

Lille Ulven

leftquark

At some point in the future (I would have liked it to happen already, but our Engineer got pulled onto another project), we'll be removing LinkedIn from the list and replacing it with 500px. We're trying to keep the list of Social Icons manageable, so we're sticking to the most popular ones. You can always add CaptureWisconsin into the custom one, and change the icon using CSS. For the meantime, you can use the code I've provided here, http://www.aaronmphotography.com/Customizations/Sitewide/Add-500px-Icon, to change the "Custom Link" to 500px. Let me know if you need any help!

wibubba

Thanks Everyone!

Never heard of CW? http://www.capturewisconsin.com/users/wibubba

jerryr

Hi - some examples of customized social media icons :
http://www.jakigoodmiller.com/Seniors/Home
http://oni-studio.smugmug.com/
https://joeurbz.smugmug.com/

With the CSS you can customize the icons - any of them.... very cool ! jerryr