Search using Keywords

Mattsahib

I am new to SmugMug. I just subscribed to the Pro level and am finding that some of the things I wanted to do are either not available or need to be coded into the pages. As I am not a web designer or coding kinda guy I am at a loss. Maybe someone can help me.

I have a gallery that I want visitors and guest to be able to search for images via keywords. I would have though this was a given for any gallery. But not matter what I do I can't seem to get a search to find any photos that I know are keyworded. Is there a setting I am missing? Do I have to write some code to get my galleries to be able to be searched with keywords?

I need some direction.

Thanks

Matt

denisegoldberg

Mattsahib wrote:

I am new to SmugMug. I just subscribed to the Pro level and am finding that some of the things I wanted to do are either not available or need to be coded into the pages. As I am not a web designer or coding kinda guy I am at a loss. Maybe someone can help me.

I have a gallery that I want visitors and guest to be able to search for images via keywords. I would have though this was a given for any gallery. But not matter what I do I can't seem to get a search to find any photos that I know are keyworded. Is there a setting I am missing? Do I have to write some code to get my galleries to be able to be searched with keywords?

I need some direction.

Thanks

Matt

I believe that search will only work on galleries that are not password protected.

Simple search box (that I believe does not search your entire site but searches a specific gallery based on the thread I linked below), see # 7 in the customization FAQ at http://www.smugmug.com/help/customize-faq.mg.

See this thread, post #5 from richW for the code to change the search to, as rich said, "search your whole site on matter where you are at" - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=75233.

--- Denise

Mattsahib

denisegoldberg wrote:

I believe that search will only work on galleries that are not password protected.

Simple search box (that I believe does not search your entire site but searches a specific gallery based on the thread I linked below), see # 7 in the customization FAQ at http://www.smugmug.com/help/customize-faq.mg.

See this thread, post #5 from richW for the code to change the search to, as rich said, "search your whole site on matter where you are at" - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=75233.

--- Denise

Thanks Denise,

This was helpful but it doesn't quite seem to be working for me. Please go to this gallery You will find if you keyword search for "feet" you will see the one image of the India child's feet. But if you search for "gujjar" or "child" nothing is returned. When the picture right next to it is keyworded with those words. It is crazy. I know I am doing something wrong.

Id it because that images was once apart of a password protected gallery? But now they are in the same unprotected gallery. Strange.

Matt

By the way this might be a clue: when I type in the URL http://cscreative.smugmug.com/keyword I only get the key words for the one picture of the girl's feet. Strange.

SPK64

Mattsahib wrote:

Thanks Denise,

This was helpful but it doesn't quite seem to be working for me. Please go to this gallery You will find if you keyword search for "feet" you will see the one image of the India child's feet. But if you search for "gujjar" or "child" nothing is returned. When the picture right next to it is keyworded with those words. It is crazy. I know I am doing something wrong.

Id it because that images was once apart of a password protected gallery? But now they are in the same unprotected gallery. Strange.

Matt

By the way this might be a clue: when I type in the URL http://cscreative.smugmug.com/keyword I only get the key words for the one picture of the girl's feet. Strange.

When I check your keyword page and search for girl. Both turned up 4 images including the image in the gallery above.
Somethimes it takes a little bit to get the keywords to become available in searches.