Is it possible to embed a gallery into our own website?

jesseasi

Here is what we are trying to do: We have a website that promotes several products. We want to create galleries for each product. We want customers that are just visiting our web site to only see images with watermarks. We want customers that are logged into our site to be able to see and download full original images?

Is this possible? I love the ease at which we can create galleries and upload images that smug mug provides. I am hoping there is a way.....

Barb

jesseasi wrote:

Here is what we are trying to do: We have a website that promotes several products. We want to create galleries for each product. We want customers that are just visiting our web site to only see images with watermarks. We want customers that are logged into our site to be able to see and download full original images?

Is this possible? I love the ease at which we can create galleries and upload images that smug mug provides. I am hoping there is a way.....

Hi

All of this can be done, no problem

You can create a gallery for each of your products and have the option of making that gallery public, unlisted, or password protected. Unlisted galleries are only viewable by the account owner when logged in or with a direct link to the gallery itself. Password protected galleries use a password that you assign that needs to be entered prior to viewing the images inside. Public, of course, is viewable by all

http://www.smugmug.com/help/private-albums

Your customers do not need to log in to your view your images. They would need to input a password if you chose to put one on a gallery.

You have the ability in each of your galleries to allow downloading the original resolution files. You also have the ability to turn that off, if you choose.

With our pro account, you can also place a custom watermark on your images.

http://www.smugmug.com/help/custom-watermark-protection

I hope this helps. Let us know if you have any further questions!

Barb

jesseasi wrote:

Here is what we are trying to do: We have a website that promotes several products. We want to create galleries for each product. We want customers that are just visiting our web site to only see images with watermarks. We want customers that are logged into our site to be able to see and download full original images?

Is this possible? I love the ease at which we can create galleries and upload images that smug mug provides. I am hoping there is a way.....

Wow, maybe I should have paid closer attention to your subject

As for embedding into your website, galleries cannot be embedded. Well, let me clarify that. You could possibly use an iFrame to embed a gallery, but beware that certain things may break by doing this, i.e., the shopping cart, cookie issues, etc. Check out some of these threads regarding frames, etc., for more information:

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=216609&postcount=8
http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=216627&postcount=10
http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=217000&postcount=20

However, you can certainly link to your SmugMug site or to a certain gallery from your website. There are some other things you could possibly do. You might check this thread:

http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=62089

Also, we have a flash slideshow that you can embed on your site:

http://wiki.smugmug.com/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow

jesseasi

Barb wrote:

However, you can certainly link to your SmugMug site or to a certain gallery from your website.

You say "certain gallery" - this might work.

Could I do this:

1. I create a gallery for XYZ product - (copy it creating two galleries.) - one is protected with watermarks the other is open.
2. I embed the protected gallery into our site for users that are not logged in.
3. I embed the unprotected gallery for users that are logged in.

Then for each product we have we would link to the appropriate gallery we have on smug mug......Possible?

Barb

jesseasi wrote:

You say "certain gallery" - this might work.

Could I do this:

1. I create a gallery for XYZ product - (copy it creating two galleries.) - one is protected with watermarks the other is open.
2. I embed the protected gallery into our site for users that are not logged in.
3. I embed the unprotected gallery for users that are logged in.

Then for each product we have we would link to the appropriate gallery we have on smug mug......Possible?

You can certainly try embedding a gallery into your web site. Please read through the links I gave above, however, as to certain problems that can occur.

If you embed a protected gallery, visitors have to input a password in order to view the images. There is no logging in, so to speak, only inputting a password. Once they have input the password, they can view the images in that gallery.