How can I share new site prior to unveiling?

SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
edited May 16, 2014 in SmugMug Customization
As the title indicates is it possible to share the SmugMug site I am working on with others prior to unveiling?

Sam
www.samlinvillephotography.com

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  • Hikin' MikeHikin' Mike Registered Users Posts: 5,490 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2014
    The only way I know is to give them your username and password.
    - Mike
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  • pilotdavepilotdave Registered Users Posts: 785 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2014
    Hikin' Mike wrote: »
    The only way I know is to give them your username and password.

    Assistant password works as well, but for most cases it's still not a reasonable thing to do. Otherwise it's a live preview (in person) or screenshots.

    Dave
  • ChancyRatChancyRat Registered Users Posts: 2,141 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2014
    I know screenshots are painful ... recommendation: Hypersnap, turn on keyboard shortcut for "region" = Ctrl-Shift-R, drag the region you want; then Ctrl-c with cursor inside the Hypersnap window will copy the image so that you can paste it into an email message (though check email program restrictions on paste). Or, Ctrl-s to save the image so that you can upload it to a gallery.

    Laughing.gif, been there done that, yup.
  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2014
    Update
    After consulting with the Smug wizards I found that you can share an assistant password and they can see your new unveiled site you are working on.

    They will not be able to change the site or unveil. Good for final input prior to unveiling. :ivar:ivar:ivar

    Sam
    www.samlinvillephotography.com
  • pilotdavepilotdave Registered Users Posts: 785 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2014
    Sam wrote: »
    After consulting with the Smug wizards I found that you can share an assistant password and they can see your new unveiled site you are working on.

    They will not be able to change the site or unveil. Good for final input prior to unveiling. :ivar:ivar:ivar

    Sam

    Just be sure you really trust them. Assistants can see your unlisted galleries, edit captions and keywords, change folder/gallery settings, crop photos, and make many other changes to your site. Assistant login is not "read only" and should be treated with extreme care. Hopefully smugmug support explained all that.

    Dave
  • ChancyRatChancyRat Registered Users Posts: 2,141 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2014
    Good cautions from Dave. One more: If you use SmugManager on Firefox, and set your assistant up that way too - that add-on lets you put in the assistant's password for automatic log-on. Later if you remove your assistant - either by changing the person to a new person, or changing your SM account down one where the assistant isn't an option - Smugmanager will continue to function for the former administrator. Only by removing the add-on in Firefox can you be sure access is removed.
  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2014
    Good clarification. I don't plan to hand out the assistant password willy-nilly, my major concern was to make sure they couldn't unveil the site by accident.

    If I don't have trust in the person I was giving it to I wouldn't be giving it to them.

    Also, ( for the NSA ), there isn't anything in my hidden galleries that couldn't be shared with kindergarten kids. :D

    Sam
    www.samlinvillephotography.com
  • ChancyRatChancyRat Registered Users Posts: 2,141 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2014
    ChancyRat wrote: »
    Good cautions from Dave. One more: If you use SmugManager on Firefox, and set your assistant up that way too - that add-on lets you put in the assistant's password for automatic log-on. Later if you remove your assistant - either by changing the person to a new person, or changing your SM account down one where the assistant isn't an option - Smugmanager will continue to function for the former administrator. Only by removing the add-on in Firefox can you be sure access is removed.

    My former assistant (still a friend - I had just downgraded to the SM version that doesn't include an assistant) - kept asking me why was she seeing things like hidden photos in galleries, and what was this "organizer mode" all about. So we Skyped together and she aimed her camera at her FF window to show me she was indeed logged in. This even though her assistant position was supposedly deleted/removed. I walked her through the steps to uninstall the Smugmanager add-on, she restarted FF, and her visit to my site no longer logged her on.
  • ChancyRatChancyRat Registered Users Posts: 2,141 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2014
    ChancyRat wrote: »
    My former assistant (still a friend - I had just downgraded to the SM version that doesn't include an assistant) - kept asking me why was she seeing things like hidden photos in galleries, and what was this "organizer mode" all about. So we Skyped together and she aimed her camera at her FF window to show me she was indeed logged in. This even though her assistant position was supposedly deleted/removed. I walked her through the steps to uninstall the Smugmanager add-on, she restarted FF, and her visit to my site no longer logged her on.

    I forgot to add that before we removed the add-on, she tried logging out through the Smugmug log out.
    Restarted FF, went to the home page, and she was automatically logged in.

    This told me that even though SM had removed my right to have an assistant, nothing was done on the SM end to remove her or her access. She could have continued to be my assistant, presumably forever, as long as she did not have to re-install the Smugmanager add-on.
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