I want two SmugMug accounts

AirRick2 · November 6, 2009

I have the Power account for my business but I want to separate my personal photos in a password protected area. I know I can just password protect each gallery but that looks a little unprofessional. I would rather have a prompt that needs a password to view the site.

I think If I get a personal account and put a link on my main SmugMug page this will work.

Question is, do I really need to pay $40.00 a year for this? Or is there another way?

Thanks

Andy · November 6, 2009

Hi, you can give yourself the gift of SmugMug, which means you'll save money on the new account and also get a referral credit on your existing account.

http://www.smugmug.com/help/smugmug-affiliate-program

Allen · November 6, 2009

AirRick2 wrote:

I have the Power account for my business but I want to separate my personal photos in a password protected area. I know I can just password protect each gallery but that looks a little unprofessional. I would rather have a prompt that needs a password to view the site.

I think If I get a personal account and put a link on my main SmugMug page this will work.

Question is, do I really need to pay $40.00 a year for this? Or is there another way?

Thanks

You have your galleries/category box turned off and breadcrumbs hidden so
no one can browse to your, I assume Personal galleries, if they don't
have a link. The link can be removed from your navbar and a hidden link
can be added to your page to get to the Personal/Family galleries. The
following code will add it to the top left of the page.

header

<div id="my_banner">
<img src="/img/spacer.gif" border="0" height="110" width="750">
</div>

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/Portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="/Clients">Client Galleries</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/7526497_sQQo5">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/gallery/7660278_3v4np">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

     <!-- ******** hiddenMenu ******** -->
<div id="hiddenMenu">
 <ul>
     <li> <a href="/Gallery">Personal</a></li>
 </ul>
</div>

Add to CSS

#hiddenMenu {position:absolute; z-index:99; top: 5px; left: 10px;}
#hiddenMenu ul {margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; text-align: center;}
#hiddenMenu ul li {display: inline;}
#hiddenMenu ul li a {text-decoration: none; color: black; background: none;}
#hiddenMenu ul li a:hover {color: #222; background: none;}

AirRick2 · November 6, 2009

Thanks Allen, this could be an idea, but what is a hidden link?

Allen · November 6, 2009

AirRick2 wrote:

Thanks Allen, this could be an idea, but what is a hidden link?

It is a link/menu that nobody will probably see unless they know it is there. You have
to mouse over it to show.
Try it, won't hurt anything.:D

AirRick2 · November 6, 2009

Allen wrote:

It is a link/menu that nobody will probably see unless they know it is there. You have
to mouse over it to show.
Try it, won't hurt anything.:D

I gave it a whirl, but I don't think I want a hidden link, I like it in the nav bar so family and friends can easily find photos. I think I may have to go with the two account option.

I'm officially requesting SmugMug to enable Category password protection!!!

Thanks for trying though Allen. Your always a big help.

Andy · November 6, 2009

AirRick2 wrote:

I'm officially requesting SmugMug to enable Category password protection!!!

Easy to do now, just give all the galleries in a Category the very same password - do it with the bulk settings tool

I want two SmugMug accounts

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