leiftv's thread

[leiftv]

:dunno I'm new to the pro ranks on smug mug. I'm trying to lay out a simple site to sell action sports photos. I really like the look of moonriverphotography.com
but hve been totally confused by the instructions on how to make a slide show on the home page, for that matter how to add other pages, and also how to create separate categories or groups for pictures shot of different teams and different days. Anyone who can help? Thanks. You can see what I've started at www.fleetingmomentsonline.com

[Andy]

:dunno I'm new to the pro ranks on smug mug. I'm trying to lay out a simple site to sell action sports photos. I really like the look of moonriverphotography.com
but hve been totally confused by the instructions on how to make a slide show on the home page, for that matter how to add other pages, and also how to create separate categories or groups for pictures shot of different teams and different days. Anyone who can help? Thanks. You can see what I've started at www.fleetingmomentsonline.com

Hi, and welcome to Dgrin :wave

Did you grab the instructions from the slideshow thread? It's very basic, and please do give it a try. If you mess up, or need help, I can have one of our staff do it for you.

The pdf instructions are here:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=28348

Check our FAQ
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=26043

For the navbar info - and there's a short tutorial that explains it fully

As to your other question, I sent you an email from our help desk:



Regarding organization, well, that's up to you :)

We have:

Homepage>Categories>Subcategories>Galleries

So, you could have,

Homepage>Basketball>Team A>individual game galleries
Homepage>Basketball>Team B>individual game galleries
Homepage>Parachuting>Skyteam>France jump
Homepage>Parachuting>High Fliers>Kansas City

Etc.

It's all explained here, have a read and ask any questions on organization, back here :)


http://www.smugmug.com/help/upload-photo


Ask any questions at all, we'll be here for you!

[leiftv]

still struggling with this. do i just copy and paste everything on that text file?

[Andy]

still struggling with this. do i just copy and paste everything on that text file?

Yes. All of that goes in your Javascript section.

The remaining instructions are here.
http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=251893&postcount=3
Ask any questions about the slideshow in the slideshow thread, please, you'll find LOTS of helpers there :)

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=28348

[Andy]

Stay tuned HERE in THIS thread, and our crack staff Barb and Ivar will help you with Slideshow, and also info pages.

OK ?

[leiftv]

Thanks. I'm very confused on how this works. Probably trying too hard.

[Barb]

still struggling with this. do i just copy and paste everything on that text file?

Hi :)

Let's get that slideshow working for you! Can you give me a link to the gallery that you want to use for your slideshow? I will then get it working for you.

[leiftv]

May be a silly question, but how do I do that?

[leiftv]

If you go to www.moonriverphography.com (http://www.moonriverphography.com), the waay it's layed out on the home page is what i want to do.

[Barb]

If you go to www.moonriverphography.com (http://www.moonriverphography.com), the waay it's layed out on the home page is what i want to do.

Yep, that's what we're going to try to do for you. What I mean by a link to the gallery you want to use for your slideshow is, go to your site, find the gallery of photos that you want to show in the slideshow on your home page and let us know which gallery it is. You can either cut and paste the URL (internet address - top bar of your browser, i.e., http://www.) or just give us the name of the gallery and we can find it.

[leiftv]

I would love to use a combination of the football and baseball galleries for now. Eventually I hope to make a select gallery.

[leiftv]

I would like to use the football gallery for now. When I understand how to do it I will make a selects gallery.

[leiftv]

http://fleetingmomentsonline.smugmug.com/gallery/1953530

[Barb]

http://fleetingmomentsonline.smugmug.com/gallery/1953530

Thank you for the link. That is what we are looking for!

[leiftv]

Will check back tomorrow, thanks for all your help. can't wait to get this thing working.

[leiftv]

Still can' figure it out. Can someone take a look.

[Andy]

Still can' figure it out. Can someone take a look.
OK leif, we can help with ANYthing, but you have to be specific as to exactly what...

Barb is captaining your help thread here, but there are MANY others who can and will help, but you must be very specific please with your questions, so we can dive and and help you :D

Links are our friend, too.

[leiftv]

I now have a slideshow on my homepage but want to have the galleries on a separate page that I can get to using the navigation bar. any help please.

[leiftv]

Barb has gotten the slideshow to work on my homepage. I would like to know where in the java script or css do i specify which gallery to use so i can change it down the line, also i would really like to mimc the style of your homepage as far as it has no galleries only the slideshow, then navigate to the gallery page.

[leiftv]

i also have to say thanks agin for your prompt responses.

[Andy]

I would like to know where in the java script or css do i specify which gallery to use so i can change it down the line
Look in your footer - it's this line:

slideshowUrl = "http://fleetingmomentsonline.smugmug.com/gallery/1953530";

ONLY change the red :D

[Andy]

also i would really like to mimc the style of your homepage as far as it has no galleries only the slideshow, then navigate to the gallery page.

Done. I added this to your CSS:

.homepage #galleriesBox {display: none;}
.loggedIn .homepage #galleriesBox {display: block;}

YOU will see it logged in (convenient). Log out to see it as visitors would. BEST YET - get a 2nd browser, we love the excellent Firefox Browser, it's free from www.mozilla.com

[richW]

I now have a slideshow on my homepage but want to have the galleries on a separate page that I can get to using the navigation bar. any help please.
Try devbobo's categories sub-page hack.
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=355505#post355505
It's #95 on the FAQ list
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=26043

[Andy]

I now have a slideshow on my homepage but want to have the galleries on a separate page that I can get to using the navigation bar. any help please.
H i Leiftv, I already

did this for you, at your request, in your other thread.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=44827&page=2

I'm merging threads.

BTW, you can always find your threads by clicking on your Name :D

[leiftv]

that is perfect, now one more please how do i link the galleries page to the navigation bar? you guys are great by the way.

[Andy]

that is perfect, now one more please how do i link the galleries page to the navigation bar? you guys are great by the way.
Have a look now, click the link in your navbar

http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/Galleries is your custom category called "Galleries"

Now associate galleries with that category and you're off to the races.

[leiftv]

You make it seem so easy. What happened to the baseball gallery? It still shows in the slideshow which is good. I guess i'm confused between galleries and categories. Which is it when i upload new pictures?

[Andy]

You make it seem so easy. What happened to the baseball gallery? It still shows in the slideshow which is good. I guess i'm confused between galleries and categories. Which is it when i upload new pictures?
Category>Subcategory (if you wish) > Gallery

You can put all your baseball and football in Sports category, if you wish. Or you can have your galleries in the category called "Galleries" and link them from your navbar. Or you can have MORE or DIFFERENT links in your navbar. YOU decide.

Look here, please:
http://www.smugmug.com/help/upload-photo

and here:
http://ben.smugmug.com/Sports

Notice, the CATEGORY Sports, and the SUBcategory, also.

Read, and then think how you'll organize.

[leiftv]

I think i'm staring to get it. Could you direct me to directions for linking pages to the navigation bar? I want to creat an info page, maybe an abou me page to? Can't thank you enough.

[richW]

I think i'm staring to get it. Could you direct me to directions for linking pages to the navigation bar? I want to creat an info page, maybe an abou me page to? Can't thank you enough.
You can make yourself a couple new private galleries and link them to your navBar.
The layout of the galleries could be either html only or journal depending on what you want to do.
HTML only info here: http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=186127&postcount=19

To link to your navBar replace these lines of code:

<a href="http://fleetingmomentsonline">Information</a>
<a href="http://fleetingmomentsonline.com">About Me</a>

With these:
<a href="http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/xxxxxxx/">Information</a>
<a href="http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/xxxxxxx/">About Me</a>
Replace the red x's with your gallery id numbers.
Remember to backup all of your code in a text file prior to making changes.
Easier to recover from any mistakes..

[leiftv]

I'm not sure I follow what t o do here. What are private galleries? Also is it possible to move the navigation bar dow and add the webite name on the top

[Andy]

I'm not sure I follow what t o do here. What are private galleries? Also is it possible to move the navigation bar dow and add the webite name on the top
Our help section:
http://www.smugmug.com/help/

On the left, under "galleries" you can see "Privacy and Security"
http://www.smugmug.com/help/private-albums

Have a look and let us know if you have questions.

I moved your navbar down a little and gave you a temporary header. You can change the text in the header section of your customization. You can have a banner, in lieu of text. How? Make one, and then follow the instructions in my FAQ:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=26043
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[leiftv]

Don't you ever get rest Andy? Thanks Again, will try that.

[leiftv]

when I click on galleries on the nav bar, why does the galleries page say galleries galleries above the 2 galleries that are there.

[leiftv]

when I click on galleries on the nav bar, why does the galleries page say galleries galleries above the 2 galleries that are there.http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/Galleries

[Andy]

http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/Galleries
Standby, leif, Ivar will be with you later today, OK?

[leiftv]

thanks

[ivar]

thanksHi there :wave

Have a look and see what you think!?

[leiftv]

That looks great. I apreciate everyone doing these customzations to my site, hopefully I'll be able to do it sometime. I'm still not clear on how to add pages to the other navigation bar places? Also, what I'm going to be doing is covering youth sports. I want to have people be able to find there teams game when they get to the site. What would you suggest as far as organization, etc.?

[leiftv]

Andy,
How did you add the estimated shipping charges to your homepage? could you add just the US shipping charges to my homepage?

[Andy]

Andy,
How did you add the estimated shipping charges to your homepage? could you add just the US shipping charges to my homepage?
No, but YOU can do it yourself :D

My FAQ:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=26043

HTML Only Page, #88. You simply copy and paste the HTML from the SmugMug shipping page to your gallery, being CAREFUL to follow the exact instructions in the FAQ. Holler if you need help, thanks.

OH and to see the HTML on the shipping page, you use your Browser's "view source" button. I also HIGHLY recommend you get Firefox, it's much much easier to do w/ firefox :D

[leiftv]

where is the gallery decription that i need to paste the html into?

[Andy]

where is the gallery decription that i need to paste the html into?
In the new empty gallery that you will make :thumb OK?

[leiftv]

created a ne gallery called html. Can't find smugmugs shipping page.

[leiftv]

followed those directions but it is not working. could you take a look when you get a chance?

[Andy]

created a ne gallery called html. Can't find smugmugs shipping page.

Our catalog:
http://www.smugmug.com/prints/catalog2.mg
shipping, upper right
http://www.smugmug.com/prints/shipping.mg

[Andy]

followed those directions but it is not working. could you take a look when you get a chance?
What is not working? Please be *very* specific so that we ALL can help you. Give us links to places on your site that you want us to look. Thank you.

[leiftv]

I'm finding this pretty difficult. The html & css thing is very confusing. I can cut and paste anything but to get the results I want i'm not having great success. This is what i really need: a site with homepage slideshow and nav bar. navigate to the gallery page and then i'm not sure how to handle this, i will be covering many different games each weekend and posting pictures for the parents. i want it to be easy for them to find and purchase the photos. do i make separate galleries for every game? what do you think is the best way to handle it?

[leiftv]

also getting the shipping page on the gallery page (html only page) has me baffled.

[Andy]

I'm finding this pretty difficult. The html & css thing is very confusing. I can cut and paste anything but to get the results I want i'm not having great success. This is what i really need: a site with homepage slideshow and nav bar.

We've done this for you:
http://fleetingmomentsonline.smugmug.com/



navigate to the gallery page and then i'm not sure how to handle this, i will be covering many different games each weekend and posting pictures for the parents. i want it to be easy for them to find and purchase the photos. do i make separate galleries for every game? what do you think is the best way to handle it?
What we think is NOT important. It's what YOU think.
You can have your games organized by SPORT, or individually. You have to decide. Why not poke around, view some really well done sites and see what others have done. Re-read the categories page I've given you a few times, so you can understand better. Make a few dummy galleries on your site, and practice with the organizing. It will only be good if YOU do it, so that YOU understand how things work.

Some sites: http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1801307
click the link under each photo to get to the site.

We all CAN AND WILL help you, but you've got to invest some time in understanding how organization works, and once you see how simple it is, you'll be able to decide how you want it.

Please also put your website name in your signature on Dgrin - see You! upper left corner. This is so people can easily and quickly find your site.

[leiftv]

Somehow I have the wrong language for my navigation bar and 2 selections have disappeared, how can i get them back?www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/

[Andy]

Somehow I have the wrong language for my navigation bar and 2 selections have disappeared, how can i get them back?www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/
I fixed it for you.

NOW SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT :D

STOP what you are doing, and make a full copy of your customization. Copy and paste each section, to a text file on your computer. Useful if you ever accidentally delete something. OK? :ear

[leiftv]

will do

[leiftv]

somehow i now have a gallery on my home page. if i set up a gallery how do i separate individual games?

[Andy]

somehow i now have a gallery on my home page. if i set up a gallery how do i separate individual games?
Jeff,

As we said in prior emails and in this thread :D you will see your galleries when LOGGED IN it's quite convenient. To see your site as a customer would, you must LOG OUT. Best, is to have two browsers going. We love the excellent Firefox Browser, free from www.mozilla.com - get it, and install it. You'll love it. Be logged in on one browser, logged out on the other :D

[Andy]

somehow i now have a gallery on my home page. if i set up a gallery how do i separate individual games?
Well, how about one gallery per game? Just a thought.

[leiftv]

I guess one gallery per game would work but as the gallery list grows week to week it may be harder for people to find their games. Also, the gallery is showing up on the home page when i'm logged off.

[leiftv]

Is that a menu function or is that a code change?

[Andy]

I guess one gallery per game would work but as the gallery list grows week to week it may be harder for people to find their games. Also, the gallery is showing up on the home page when i'm logged off.
I fixed that for you. REmember, they will show up logged in, not logged out.

Also, Keywords to the rescue!
http://www.smugmug.com/help/keywords-tags

And see how others have done it. Look at the sites I sent you the link to. The examples.

Also, look at what your peer pros are doing, here:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=20236

[Andy]

Is that a menu function or is that a code change?
I have no idea what you are asking, you are not being specific for us. Please, please, help us to help you. Thank you.

[leiftv]

Ok, so i created a blank gallery to put the shipping info into. I copied the html code from the smugmug mug shipping page (i copied all the code that was visible when i did view source). Take a look what it has don to the blank gallery. Am I missing a step.
http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/Galleries

http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/2008361

[Andy]

http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/2008361

You only need the parts that are in between
<-start content->
and
<-end content->

I fixed it for you.

Now, put the
.gallery_XXXXX .nophotos {display: none;} part in your CSS :thumb

Also, make a new custom category. Call it "Site Stuff" and then associate that gallery with your "Site Stuff" category.

:thumb

[leiftv]

Could you check behind me and see if i did this correctly? i now want to link that page to the navigation bar (shipping info)

[Andy]

Could you check behind me and see if i did this correctly? i now want to link that page to the navigation bar (shipping info)
I fixed that for you, too:

<div id="navcontainer">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://fleetingmomentsonline.smugmug.com">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fleetingmomentsonline.com/Galleries">Galleries</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fleetingmomentsonline.com">About Me</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/2008361">Shipping Info</a></li>

</ul>
</div>


notice the link differences? :ear

[leiftv]

I was just changing it at the same time as you. now can i remove parts of the html on the shipping gallery to only include US shipping without damaging the rest of the code?

[leiftv]

this is going to be it for today. thank you for all your help. i feel like i have a basic site that will work. hopefully as the time passes i'll start to really understand the coding.

[leiftv]

can i remove parts of the html on the shipping gallery to only include US shipping without damaging the rest of the code? If so which part do i remove?
http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/2008361

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[leiftv]

i removed code to get only US shipping but now bottom of that page is white instead of black. could someone take a look and let me know what i need to add?
http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/2008361

[ivar]

i removed code to get only US shipping but now bottom of that page is white instead of black. could someone take a look and let me know what i need to add?
http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/2008361I'm not sure what you did, but you have some errors in the code, and they b0rk the gallery. I can't even edit the code anymore.....

Make a new empty gallery, and let us know exactly what you would like, we'll help you from there, k? :thumb

[leiftv]

i replaced the code with the htmle from smugmugs shipping prices page and now it doesn't show the correct info. I just need th US shipping info.

[richW]

i removed code to get only US shipping but now bottom of that page is white instead of black. could someone take a look and let me know what i need to add?
http://www.fleetingmomentsonline.com/gallery/2008361
A couple of things I noticed was the "This is a brand new gallery with no photos." warning was showing up when viewing with Firefox.
Repair this line:
.gallery_2008361.nophotos { display: none;} to this .gallery_2008361 .nophotos { display: none;}

Now you have a navBar you could hide the breadcrumbs on this page like this:
.gallery_2008361 #breadcrumb { display: none;}

You can also remove the style picker by forcing viewing style to journal.

As I was replying I noticed your site got bOrked again.
Is this what you are looking for?


<html>
<div align="center">
<IMG src="/img/prints/Shipping-charges-title.gif" alt="Shipping charges" width="245" height="25" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" />

<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#777777">
<TR bgcolor="#e2e2e2">
<TD colspan="2"><STRONG class="blue">United States</STRONG></TD>
<TD><strong><font color="#000000">Quantity</font></strong></TD>
<TD align="center"><strong><font color="#000000">First Class</font></strong></TD>
<TD align="center"><strong><font color="#000000">Priority Mail</font></strong></TD>
<TD align="center"><strong><font color="#000000">Second Day</font></strong></TD>
<TD align="center"><strong><font color="#000000">Overnight</font></strong></TD>
<TD align="center"><strong><font color="#000000">Added Quantity</font></strong></TD>
<TD align="center"><strong><font color="#000000">Added Price</font></strong></TD>
</TR>
<TR bgcolor="#ffffff" align="right">
<TD align="left"><font color="#000000"><strong>Small prints</strong></font></TD>
<TD align="center"><font color="#000000">to 4x6</font></TD>
<TD align="center"><font color="#000000">Up to 10</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$1.75</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$4.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$9.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$16.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">Up to 10</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$0.50</font></TD>
</TR>
<TR bgcolor="#ffffff" align="right">
<TD align="left"><font color="#000000"><strong>Medium prints</strong></font></TD>
<TD align="center"><font color="#000000">to 10x15</font></TD>
<TD align="center"><font color="#000000">1</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$1.75</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$4.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$9.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$16.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">1</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$0.25</font></TD>
</TR>
<TR bgcolor="#ffffff" align="right">
<TD align="left"><font color="#000000"><strong>Tubed prints</strong></font></TD>
<TD align="center"><font color="#000000">to 30x40</font></TD>
<TD align="center"><font color="#000000">Up to 3</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">-</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$5.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$11.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$19.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">1</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$1.00</font></TD>
</TR>
<TR bgcolor="#ffffff" align="right">
<TD align="left" colspan="2"><font color="#000000"><strong>Small gifts</strong></font></TD>
<TD align="center"><font color="#000000">1</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$2.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$5.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$11.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$19.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">1</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$0.75</font></TD>
</TR>
<TR bgcolor="#ffffff" align="right">
<TD align="left" colspan="2"><font color="#000000"><strong>Large gifts</strong></font></TD>
<TD align="center"><font color="#000000">1</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">-</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$5.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$11.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$19.95</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">1</font></TD>
<TD><font color="#000000">$2.00</font></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</div>
</html>


Place all of it in the gallery description. Made need some adjustments.
I made a fast grab off the help pages...

[ivar]

i replaced the code with the htmle from smugmugs shipping prices page and now it doesn't show the correct info. I just need th US shipping info.Okay, now i see what you are trying to do. I got access to the code throught a 'backdoor' and changed it. See what you think?

[leiftv]

That's it exactly. Thank you. I have to make a copy of all this code. I'm very confused right now about html code. never worked with it. it's going to take sometime to learn but thanks for all your help.

[Barb]

That's it exactly. Thank you. I have to make a copy of all this code. I'm very confused right now about html code. never worked with it. it's going to take sometime to learn but thanks for all your help.

It's starting to come together very nicely!

[leiftv]

slowly but surely.one step at a time.without all of your help i wouldn't have gotten this far. thanks again.