Trickling down gallery keywords

[mcgil]

Hi,
I'm a newbie, been here a week and did not cancel the free trial, so I'm in :))

I have a question regarding the photo keywords (tags), I love them and how they're being surfaced on the homepage... however I would like to know if the gallery keywords are being surfaced anywhere the same way ?

From this help page [http://www.smugmug.com/help/keywords-tags], it says that gallery titles and photo captions are not used as keywords ... but what about gallery keywords ???

For example I have a gallery called Europe, and I'd like to have each photo tagged with Europe without having to bulk add it to the photos ?

The bulk add tool is very convenient to add keywords, however I add my gallery keywords in "Send to Smugmug" and would love to see them assigned to each photo of the uploaded gallery.

Thanks,

McGil

[ivar]

Hi,
I'm a newbie, been here a week and did not cancel the free trial, so I'm in :))

I have a question regarding the photo keywords (tags), I love them and how they're being surfaced on the homepage... however I would like to know if the gallery keywords are being surfaced anywhere the same way ?

From this help page [http://www.smugmug.com/help/keywords-tags] (http://www.smugmug.com/help/keywords-tags%5D), it says that gallery titles and photo captions are not used as keywords ... but what about gallery keywords ???

For example I have a gallery called Europe, and I'd like to have each photo tagged with Europe without having to bulk add it to the photos ?

The bulk add tool is very convenient to add keywords, however I add my gallery keywords in "Send to Smugmug" and would love to see them assigned to each photo of the uploaded gallery.

Thanks,

McGilHi McGil, and welcome to Dgrin :wave

You cannot add keywords to a photo, without adding keywords to a photo (this sounds a little.....ah... dumb, but bare with me) The gallery keywords, titles and photocaptions are just that, and no keywords, however they are being used when a search is being done. If you want to have each photo specifically tagged with a keyword, there are a few options.
(1) Smugmug auto-creates keywords from certain filenames (http://www.smugmug.com/help/keywords-tags),
(2) you can add the keywords prior to uploading on your own computer (any photo software that supports IPTC tags),
(3) or you can bulk-add keywords (takes about 5 seconds, you can do all photos at once)

I hope this helps, if you have any questions, let us know :thumb

[mcgil]

Thanks for the welcome :)

I've been thinking about my request and I realised what you guys must know by now : the strength of the photo keywords lies in their relevancy..

If I had categorised all my Europe photos with Europe or with a more specific keyword then it would have diluted my keywords relevancy ... as some photos just show a loaf of bread or the view from the plane ... which is only related to the keyword.

Thanks,

McGil


Hi McGil, and welcome to Dgrin :wave

You cannot add keywords to a photo, without adding keywords to a photo (this sounds a little.....ah... dumb, but bare with me) The gallery keywords, titles and photocaptions are just that, and no keywords, however they are being used when a search is being done. If you want to have each photo specifically tagged with a keyword, there are a few options.
(1) Smugmug auto-creates keywords from certain filenames (http://www.smugmug.com/help/keywords-tags),
(2) you can add the keywords prior to uploading on your own computer (any photo software that supports IPTC tags),
(3) or you can bulk-add keywords (takes about 5 seconds, you can do all photos at once)

I hope this helps, if you have any questions, let us know :thumb