Right-Click Protection on Owner View

bukomedia · February 26, 2010

Hello,

site: http://bukomedia.smugmug.com

problem: when logged in as owner, I go to a gallery that has Right-Click Protection On, which is suppose to be only for my clients, but I(the owner) is prevented from right-clicking on the images. The owner should be allowed to right-click and save on the images even if RCP is turned on.

gallery: Rachel's 30th (found on our main page)

system: Windows 7, Firefox 3.6 or Safari 4

Thank you,

Marvin
BukoMedia.com

Andy · February 26, 2010

Hi Marvin - not a bug - it's designed this way. We'd be -flooded- with help emails from owners that would say 'Hey! My images aren't protected!'

I'm sorry we don't have it your way on this one, I really am.

RogersDA · February 26, 2010

Which is why the photoBar has an option to download original (Owner Save). No need to right-click.

jfriend · February 26, 2010

RogersDA wrote:

Which is why the photoBar has an option to download original (Owner Save). No need to right-click.

In addition to owner save, you can also configure the Share button to work only for the owner. In that way, you can get a direct link to any size image and then use that link to bypass right-click protection if you want.

To set up the Share button only for owner mode, then enable easy sharing and then add this CSS:

.notLoggedIn #shareButton {display:none;}

Then, you can get a non-protected link to any size of any image (when you are logged in).

RogersDA · February 26, 2010

jfriend wrote:

In addition to owner save, you can also configure the Share button to work only for the owner. In that way, you can get a direct link to any size image and then use that link to bypass right-click protection if you want.

To set up the Share button only for owner mode, then enable easy sharing and then add this CSS:

.notLoggedIn #shareButton {display:none;}

Then, you can get a non-protected link to any size of any image (when you are logged in).

Yup - indeed. The reason I do not like (or use) this for my public galleries is that it still opens up originals to anyone who can type "-O" in place of, say, "-XL" when they see an image on a forum/blog/etc.

jfriend · February 26, 2010

RogersDA wrote:

Yup - indeed. The reason I do not like (or use) this for my public galleries is that it still opens up originals to anyone who can type "-O" in place of, say, "-XL" when they see an image on a forum/blog/etc.

The Share button or URL typing is not how you protect large image sizes.

Use the max viewable image size in gallery settings. Set that to X2 and nobody can then get access to X3 or O sizes. That will prevent anyone from accessing your larger image sizes whether they know about manipulating URLs or not. This has nothing to do with using or not using the Share button.

bukomedia · February 26, 2010

Fair enough. Thanks all for your help and suggestions!

Right-Click Protection on Owner View

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