New About Me gallery text appearing over main homepage slidshow

digitalduck · December 28, 2013

How guys,

So im working on an "about me" journal style page for the main menu of my site to appear below "contact me" When i set up the new gallery, and include my "bio" text in the description it appears to overlap the pics I picked to be in the slideshow on my homepage.

Im trying to just have this new "gallery" only appear when "about me" is clicked on...any ideas what happened?

TY!

Allen · December 28, 2013

In the new gallery make the page independent by clicking "Just this gallery". Then make sure "Just this gallery" is highlighted in the flyout
before adding any boxes to the page. Otherwise you'd add the box to one of these if it was highlighted, "homepage", "entire site",
"all folders", or "all galleries".

digitalduck · December 28, 2013

Allen, than you but not to sound like a newb, but is this just specific to the old (legacy?) version or applies to the new SM as well? Are you seeing this in the gallery settings (privacy, appearance, security etc) or somewhere else? TY

Allen · December 28, 2013

digitalduck wrote: »

Allen, than you but not to sound like a newb, but is this just specific to the old (legacy?) version or applies to the new SM as well? Are you seeing this in the gallery settings (privacy, appearance, security etc) or somewhere else? TY

This is for NewSmug.
Click customize > customize site
On the right flyout (if a gallery) Under "All Galleries" you'll see "+ Make this gallery custom".
Click it then click "yes".
Now when highlighting "Just this gallery" any boxes added to the page will only be for this gallery.

It's important to make sure the right thing, area, is highlighted when editing a page.
"homepage", "entire site", "all folders", "all galleries", "Just this gallery"

BTW, CSS changes applied to "entire site" and "all galleries" also apply to "Just this gallery".
Any changes to "Just this gallery" CSS will override the above CSS.

ChancyRat · December 28, 2013

When you click to "make this gallery separate". Be sure to click Done/Publish (where Publish is private to you only before you Unveil; and after you unveil, you Publish to the public).

Then re-open to customize, and go to "all galleries", or "all folders" (wherever you inadvertently placed the blocks), and delete them one at a time. Done/Publish again.

Do these 2 in 2 parts to insure you don't loose your original separate gallery.

digitalduck · December 28, 2013

Guys thanks for the advice so far its been great. Im still getting the about me to show on the top and not have its own page location. Im sure im missing a small step.

So here is what I did in order:
1. Create a new gallery journal style and turn slideshow off in apperance
2. Go to customize site, choose all galleries and make this gallery custom. The select yes
3. Go to entire site, choose menu on the L and then thoose settings so i can link the new page to the about me page
4. Choose preview or publish and hope for the best

So what im trying for the final outcome to be is something like i found on the SmugMug help site:
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/Galleries/About/n-gwkpW

leftquark · December 29, 2013

Why are you creating a gallery for your about me page when you could just create a "Page" and plop an HTML/CSS block with your about-me content? Follow similar instructions but use a "page" instead of a "gallery".

digitalduck · December 29, 2013

Hmm I was wondering that myself lol guess I saw a lot of smugmug help replies which said to make a journal gallery... hmm so i like your idea better. Anything else i need to knwo before adding the CSS block? THanks!!

Allen · December 29, 2013

digitalduck wrote: »

Hmm I was wondering that myself lol guess I saw a lot of smugmug help replies which said to make a journal gallery... hmm so i like your idea better. Anything else i need to knwo before adding the CSS block? THanks!!

The "journal gallery" suggestion is a carry over from legacy where it was a convenient style to use. On
NewSmug you can now use pages to place your info, non-photo gallery.

digitalduck · December 29, 2013

And still add an image photo in the about section. correct? I must be missing something, I still see the "about me" text on top of my main page slideshow. I can add the about me page at the bottom of the menu but when i click on it it just takes me back to the slideshow.

ChancyRat · December 29, 2013

I personally would prefer galleries over pages because pages don't show up in the breadcrumb.

digitalduck · December 29, 2013

Im confused, why should i have to go this far to create an about me page with one photo lol

http://allen-steve.smugmug.com/gallery/3819841

UPDATE: I think i got it guys, problem was i wasnt on that exact page when making changes and didn't have the background set to non instead of the slideshow from entire site. Worked when i made a gallery then went to that url first.. now i need a photo ill post final soon..

Thank you!!

denisegoldberg · December 29, 2013

ChancyRat wrote: »

I personally would prefer galleries over pages because pages don't show up in the breadcrumb.

Keep in mind that something like an about page is not often shown in the context of folders and galleries. Pages make a lot of sense for things like this.

--- Denise

leftquark · December 29, 2013

ChancyRat wrote: »

I personally would prefer galleries over pages because pages don't show up in the breadcrumb.

Huh? Pages show up in the breadcrumb ... Look at my customization pages, they're all pages and they show up in the breadcrumb

ChancyRat · December 29, 2013

Ow, so sorry - I picked that up from someone else who posted it. Yikes. I don't have pages myself so have never tested it. So sorry!

New About Me gallery text appearing over main homepage slidshow

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