Bulk changes in Folder & Sub-folder Displays (Margins, default tile size, etc.)

WinsomeWorks · October 30, 2015

I'd like to know if there's a bulk way to set some display settings on, say, all the sub-folder displays that are in one category. I have categories (Top folders) like http://www.winsomeworks.com/Travel with lots of sub-folders like this: http://www.winsomeworks.com/Travel/Tibet . I'd love to do at least a default setting of tile size and margins for their grid display, & possibly even ratio ( like 4:3), and have that default work on a whole Folder or Sub-folder.

Otherwise, I'd have to go into 20 different sub-folder display pages in just that one Top folder (multiplied byin order to do settings that could be defaults. If I had to do a few individually for some reason, like it needs a portrait style grid, that's not a big deal. But I haven't found a way to do that type of default action on one Top folder or sub-folder. Multiply that by 13 or so top folders...eeeek!

Allen · October 30, 2015

Folder pages. Those settings can only be set under the wrench of the box.
If "all folders" is highlighted, the boxes you see out on the page are on all folder pages.
If you have multiple boxes, each box can be set differently and apply on all folder pages.

For any Folder page you want different you'd have to make that folder "Just This Folder".

WinsomeWorks · October 30, 2015

Ok, here's what I'm not getting: if I'm on the "Animals" Top Folder http://www.winsomeworks.com/Animals & customizing it via the wrench w/ the blue box "On All Folders" right on its display... is that only affecting "All Folders" (and sub-folders' display) within the Top Folder "Animals", or "All Folders" on the entire site; i.e. folders in other Top folders like "Travel"?

Allen wrote: »

Folder pages. Those settings can only be set under the wrench of the box.
If "all folders" is highlighted, the boxes you see out on the page are on all folder pages.
If you have multiple boxes, each box can be set differently and apply on all folder pages.

For any Folder page you want different you'd have to make that folder "Just This Folder".

rnrjosh · October 30, 2015

If All Folders is highlighted, that means any change you make will apply to all the folders, site-wide. At the moment, there's not really an option built into the customizing interface that allows for customization of a folder to 'flow down' to any subfolders or galleries within that folder. You'd need to use 'make this folder/gallery custom' to have customization in that folder/gallery that deviates from the All folders or All galleries customization.

That said, there is a way to use CSS to 'flow down' customization to subfolders and galleries within a folder though. There's more info about that here. That may be an option you can explore.

Allen · October 30, 2015

The flow down that Josh mentions is only used in CSS. Using "all folders" add a widget to the folder
page how you want it for all those sub-folders.

Hide the new widget everywhere then use the parentnode to display new flowing down from the
parent folder. Also hide the default widget flowing down from parent.

/* hide special new widget everywhere */
.sm-page-widget-2xxxxxx {display:none}

/* hide default site wide from flowing down from parent */
.sm-page-parentnode-XXXXX .sm-page-widget-1xxxxxx {display:none}

/* show new flowing down from parent */
.sm-page-parentnode-XXXXX .sm-page-widget-2xxxxxx {display:block}

WinsomeWorks · October 30, 2015

Gosh, thank you for explaining all this, Al-- I'm saving this one for future reference indeed! By a "widget"... you meant one of those CSS blocks that's under "Content"? And thanks to Josh, too. I found that page and subscribed to it. Interesting stuff. Would that help me in my quest to have all of my Archives and Mobile Archives set back to SmugMug Style galleries, the way they were on Legacy? (Right now, they are all... all 1000s of them, set to "Collage Style" (site default), & that doesn't work well for Archives.

Allen wrote: »

The flow down that Josh mentions is only used in CSS. Using "all folders" add a widget to the folder
page how you want it for all those sub-folders.

Hide the new widget everywhere then use the parentnode to display new flowing down from the
parent folder. Also hide the default widget flowing down from parent.

/* hide special new widget everywhere */
.sm-page-widget-2xxxxxx {display:none}

/* hide default site wide from flowing down from parent */
.sm-page-parentnode-XXXXX .sm-page-widget-1xxxxxx {display:none}

/* show new flowing down from parent */
.sm-page-parentnode-XXXXX .sm-page-widget-2xxxxxx {display:block}

Allen · October 30, 2015

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

.... By a "widget"... you meant one of those CSS blocks that's under "Content"? ...

No. Every block/box between the header and footer on folder pages is a widget. Typically on a folder
page there are two widgets, one for sub-folders and other for galleries and pages or combinations.

Also maybe CSS and html widgets. Or any other widget you want to drag out there including a breadcrumb.

You could add another sub-folder widget. Which would be set to your special different style. You then
hide this 2nd sub-folder widget everywhere and show it only on the your parent Travel? folder with
CSS. That would give you that different style. Also hide the default folder widget on your parent Travel? folder page.

Bulk changes in Folder & Sub-folder Displays (Margins, default tile size, etc.)

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