Catagory and Sub Catagory limitations -

[twincitiesphoto]

Wondering if anyone can help me out - I'm trying to figure out a new gallery structure for my site but it seems i'm limited in the levels of of catagories and subcatagories.

it seems to me i'm limitied to somthing like this

MAIN PAGE - CATAGORY - SUBCATAGORY

Is it possible create a structure that goes deeper than that ?? I'm at a loss in trying to figure this out.

Thanks.

[twincitiesphoto]

Just in case I wasn't clear above - I guess my point is that ist seem you can only have a total of 3 levels in your gallery set up - is it possible to create galleries 4 or 5 levels deep??

[Andy]

That's the structure.

More here, with some examples linked:
http://wiki.smugmug.com/display/SmugMug/Site+Organization

[denisegoldberg]

I just wandered over to your site, and it appears that you have placed all of your galleries in a single category. You might want to consider splitting that into multiple categories.

You could use custom categories if you want to embed Minneapolis into the names of each category.

Given the current contents, you could easily have categories for buildings, sports & events, parks, city sections. Obviously the categories need to work for you, not me - but sometimes hearing ideas from other people helps to jog better thoughts.

--- Denise

[twincitiesphoto]

Thanks Denise - I do have other catagories there is a Mpls PHotos, St. Paul Photos and Other - but I've hid that off hte main page with some of the changes I'm making so I think I need to make some changes to get them to appear - thansk for the help.

[twincitiesphoto]

the one bad thing I see about this limitation in the structure is that if you choose to hide the galleries on your main page they you are already down to only two levels -

I'd love to be able to create the structure we want without this limitation - if not for everyone, at least for the pro subscribers - who pay more for the service.

[FreeflyDrew]

I'm not sure what exactly you have in mind, but here are two thoughts.

The first is that your clients may not want to navigate through the whole tree to arrive at a certain gallery (the whole tree being more than 3 levels deep). I think that the easier it is to find photos, the better...

Having said that, couldn't you create a NavBar with as much navigation structure as you want, and use that to navigate the site, instead of clicking Gallery-->Category-->Sub-Category>Photos>

You could easily have--> menu --> drop down menu --> flyout --> flyout --> flyout, etc...

You may also want to look at this option:
http://allen-steve.smugmug.com/gallery/3539056

the one bad thing I see about this limitation in the structure is that if you choose to hide the galleries on your main page they you are already down to only two levels -

I'd love to be able to create the structure we want without this limitation - if not for everyone, at least for the pro subscribers - who pay more for the service.