Problem linking to photos in unlisted gallery

whatnamewhatname Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
I'm having a problem linking to photos in an unlisted gallery. When I go to a certain photo in the gallery and click the share button, I get a link such as this one: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-xxxxx/i-yyyyyyyy/A

But when someone uses that link, Smugmug strips off the end of the link, changing it to just https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-xxxxx, and the link ends up going to the default gallery view. I can't seem to find a way to get the link to an individual photo in the gallery to work.
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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,220 moderator

    I'm not sure, but I'm suspicious of one of your settings. Not sure if that is causing the problem but it's worth flipping the setting to see if the behavior changes.

    If you get a link with the URL starting with www.smugmug.com instead of your smug URL or custom domain name then you have set HIDE OWNER on that gallery to ON. Try changing the setting of HIDE OWNER to OFF.

    From the help page at http://help.smugmug.com/customer/portal/articles/93131-can-i-hide-the-account-owner-information-for-a-gallery-

    Hide Owner will remove the nickname from your URL and make it completely SmugMug.
    Your custom Banner will be replaced with the SmugMug banner. This will also remove all customization on the page.
    Links to your homepage won't appear, only the gallery name will.
    The watermarking feature won't be available while hide owner is active.

  • whatnamewhatname Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    Yes, the Hide Owner setting is on. If I turn it off, links to photos work. I need to have Hide Owner on, though. So I guess my question is: do direct links to photos in unlisted galleries that have owner hidden work? I would think that they should, because Smugmug provides a link. The link just doesn't work.
  • Cygnus StudiosCygnus Studios Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins

    I checked this out and found that if you hide owner, sure enough using the Photo Link, it does send you to the gallery instead of the image.

    However, if you use Embed Photo and choose your size, the link will open as the image.

    Steve

    Website
  • leftquarkleftquark Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,784 Many Grins

    This is a known issue with Hide Owner galleries, however we have no ETA on when the issue will be fixed. We'll do our best to keep you informed of any updates

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    Former SmugMug Product Team
    aaron AT aaronmphotography DOT com
    Website: http://www.aaronmphotography.com
    My SmugMug CSS Customizations website: http://www.aaronmphotography.com/Customizations
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