trying to understand how to use search properly
BarryC
Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
hi all,
am new to smugmug, and may be way off base
but at this point search seems both essential and potentially very frustrating to use
perhaps i am using it incorrectly?
Scenario
1. customer visits my home page
2. customer executes a search
3. it seems that smugmug staff strongly recommend that i use image keywords, so assume i do, and assume that the search finds 100 images
4. customer clicks on the first image, is taken to the corresponding gallery
at this point, all is still well, but i anticipate either of two problems arising for this customer
problem 1 - the customer ends up browsing the entire gallery, in which case they can't easily get back to their search results...meaning they have to reexecute the search...if they reexecute it from the wrong page, they may get different results...even if they reexecute it from my home page, will they remember which images they have clicked on and which they haven't?
problem 2 - the customer clicks the back key in their browser, returning to the search results, and then clicks on the 2nd image...this gets to be a problem after a few dozen images, again because the customer must remember which images they have clicked on and which they haven't
so, am i missing something here? if so, i apologize for wasting everyone's time and humbly request that someone enlighten me, preferably using small words
and if i am not missing something, i'd like to propose either of two fixes, one a major software project and the other very minor
minor fix - when the customer clicks on an image in the search results, change the color of the box around that image, so that when they return to that screen vis their browser's back button, they can see which images they have clicked and which they haven't
major fix - same as above, but also keep the search results open in a separate window after the customer clicks on an image, so the results are retained until the customer closes the search results window
thanks,
barry
am new to smugmug, and may be way off base
but at this point search seems both essential and potentially very frustrating to use
perhaps i am using it incorrectly?
Scenario
1. customer visits my home page
2. customer executes a search
3. it seems that smugmug staff strongly recommend that i use image keywords, so assume i do, and assume that the search finds 100 images
4. customer clicks on the first image, is taken to the corresponding gallery
at this point, all is still well, but i anticipate either of two problems arising for this customer
problem 1 - the customer ends up browsing the entire gallery, in which case they can't easily get back to their search results...meaning they have to reexecute the search...if they reexecute it from the wrong page, they may get different results...even if they reexecute it from my home page, will they remember which images they have clicked on and which they haven't?
problem 2 - the customer clicks the back key in their browser, returning to the search results, and then clicks on the 2nd image...this gets to be a problem after a few dozen images, again because the customer must remember which images they have clicked on and which they haven't
so, am i missing something here? if so, i apologize for wasting everyone's time and humbly request that someone enlighten me, preferably using small words
and if i am not missing something, i'd like to propose either of two fixes, one a major software project and the other very minor
minor fix - when the customer clicks on an image in the search results, change the color of the box around that image, so that when they return to that screen vis their browser's back button, they can see which images they have clicked and which they haven't
major fix - same as above, but also keep the search results open in a separate window after the customer clicks on an image, so the results are retained until the customer closes the search results window
thanks,
barry
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General Search
Firefox-> Tabbed Browsing -> Middle Click
Works great in these situations.
IE7 does the same thing but I prefer Firefox....
One more thought related to the search. Is it just a Keyword search or the global search?
Keyword Search
Keyword searches take you to a Smugmug Style Layout where each photo can be viewed.