Cobranding samples?

[abh]

I've got some very basic cobranding going, but I'd love to see what some other folks have done. Post a link to your site, and give me any tech tips you think might help. Thanks!

[Baldy]

I've got some very basic cobranding going, but I'd love to see what some other folks have done. Post a link to your site, and give me any tech tips you think might help. Thanks!Don did this site for his wifey: www.emphoto.com

Here's another interesting one: http://qapete.smugmug.com

[Andy]

I've got some very basic cobranding going, but I'd love to see what some other folks have done. Post a link to your site, and give me any tech tips you think might help. Thanks!

http://www.moonriverphotography.com

and if you need any help, just holler :wink

:andy

[cletus]

Andy,

Just when I think I've got a handle on cobranding I come across this
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/gallery/89015
How did you get a gallery to wind up looking like this??? A layout like this would be great for Photoshop tutorials!

Thanks

[Andy]

Andy,

Just when I think I've got a handle on cobranding I come across this
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/gallery/89015
How did you get a gallery to wind up looking like this??? A layout like this would be great for Photoshop tutorials!

Thanks

hey cletus,

that's just journal style (available with any smugmug account), with some html embedded in the captioning. it was actually pretty easy.

holler if i can help you :andy

[Baldy]

Here's one from someone new who doesn't have very many photos up, but they seemed to do a great job with the cobranding:

http://allisonpetit.smugmug.com/gallery/55950

Also, some gamers go pimp:

http://qapete.smugmug.com/gallery/7041

[fish]

Also, some gamers go pimp:

http://qapete.smugmug.com/gallery/7041
That looks cool. I'm going to download the demo and have some shoot-em-up fun.

[KimR]

Here is mine... www.ruettgers.smugmug.com (http://www.ruettgers.smugmug.com/) again very simple...

I would love to see more samples of the web-site and what their cobranding looks like....

I would love to even have a list off to the side that lists all the different galleries and the sub-galleries that are in them... but I've basically just copied examples and samples to get what I've got... A lot of trial and error....

Can you change the background color to anything besides black or white??
Great example was... how did allison get the back ground this color or insert the flower in the upper right corner... I guess I would love to see examples of different web-sites and their actual cobranding to see what they typed in to make it look like that!! http://allisonpetit.smugmug.com/gallery/55950

Is there anything out there that would help me to know how to make drop down menus, all the different codes and the CSS codes (isn't that what it is called?)... I can usually do okay if I just have that example to follow... Help me....
Anyone know of anything like that....

[Baldy]

Here is mine... www.ruettgers.smugmug.com (http://www.ruettgers.smugmug.com/) again very simple... Nice! Simple and tasteful.

[gfiebich]

One request for the cobranding feature: allow custom "back" and "forward" arrow graphics. The current arrows are not generic enough to fit with most cobranding designs, and they're not even transparent .gifs - making them really ugly when used on a non-white page.

[Baldy]

One request for the cobranding feature: allow custom "back" and "forward" arrow graphics. The current arrows are not generic enough to fit with most cobranding designs, and they're not even transparent .gifs - making them really ugly when used on a non-white page.We were just talking about this yesterday. Microsoft has broken PNG support for IE and it looks like it's going to get even more broken with service pack II. Every other browser supports it, so it's a pain.

Working on it...

[mercphoto]

We were just talking about this yesterday. Microsoft has broken PNG support for IE and it looks like it's going to get even more broken with service pack II. Every other browser supports it, so it's a pain.

Working on it...

I don't know exactly what is breaking and why, but if it is a change that enhances computer security, then so be it. Today's browser's and email packages might let you do cool stuff, but they are insecure.

[PerezDesignGroup]

Bringing this baby back from the dead. And throwing in my site too. Finally got around to doing something with it. :D

http://art.smugmug.com/

[yvonne]

www.yblume.smugmug.com (http://www.yblume.smugmug.com)

[marlinspike]

Wow, a lot of people are good at cobranding their pages. I know HTML and I can't do anything with mine mainly because I can't figure out where to start.
Richard

[PerezDesignGroup]

I am attaching the exact coding that I placed within my Header, Footer and Stylesheets section below. This should give you a hell of a jump, marlinspike. I had to disassemble several people's sites to get this. I hope by doing this I'll make someone else's life easier.

I created my top banner by simply making a 750 x 80 banner in photoshop and slicing it. Then I uploaded the images to a private gallery and noted their exact URL locations.

Then I copied smugmug's links and pasted them into the code below. You can do this easily by right clicking and selecting "Copy Link Location" or similar (I use Firefox). And you can select which links you want. I chose to keep all of them. I figure they are there for a reason.

The header...

[MOD EDIT: this code was causing too much trouble with smugmug users. I highly recommend that if you got your header or footer code from this post, that you redo it. There are unclosed tags, improperly formated tables, and other missing tags as well. This is liable to cause big problems on your smugmug site.]

[Baldy]

Wow, Jesus, that's beautiful!

[Andy]

Wow, Jesus, that's beautiful!

ditto!

:clap :clap :clap

[damonff]

Thought I'd join in...

http://www.nomadphotographystudios.com (http://www.nomadphotographystudios.com/)

...for some reason, it looks smoother on Macs and very clunky on PCs..hmmmm

~Damon

[micknewton]

Just getting started, but here's mine...

http://www.micknewton.smugmug.com/

[JoelGould]

I wanted to make the smugmug galleries look like an extension of my home page. The problem was that my home page has a few different sections, with different looks and feels. The solution was javascript that detects which gallery you are in.

For example, here is the look of a page from my home site:
http://www.gouldhome.com/orienteering/ProspectHill2004.html

And here is the example of one of the galleries that link from that page:
http://photo.gouldhome.com/gallery/284715

Then, here is another page from my home site:
http://www.gouldhome.com/Travel/Grenadines04/index.html

And here is one of the smugmug galleries that correspond to that page:
http://photo.gouldhome.com/gallery/238540

Both galleries are from the same smugmug account. I get different look and feels by triggering off the url in javascript.

Joel Gould
http://www.gouldhome.com/

[Nikolai]

When JT finishes the new shopping cart, the plan is to make smugmug "skinnable." In other words, everything on the page will be customizable and people can design style sheets that others can use.
Any ETA on this? Ballpark: this year, Q1 2005, ..?

[Baldy]

Any ETA on this? Ballpark: this year, Q1 2005, ..?Hi Nikolai,

No, I'm afraid we don't have a date but I will say it's one of our highest priorities. As you can imagine we've had quite a lot of discussion internally about how best to do it and I think onethumb and JT have settled on an approach that will take some time in order to achieve their goals.

Thanks,
Baldy

[Baldy]

Thought I'd join in...

http://www.nomadphotographystudios.com (http://www.nomadphotographystudios.com/)

...for some reason, it looks smoother on Macs and very clunky on PCs..hmmmm

~DamonNice, Damon. And btw, I love this shot:


http://www.nomadphotographystudios.com/photos/8159403-L.jpg

[Baldy]

Just getting started, but here's mine...

http://www.micknewton.smugmug.com/Nice job of incorporating search, help, contact, etc., in your banner.

[marlinspike]

Does the search function search through smugmug, or just your site?

[Andy]

Does the search function search through smugmug, or just your site?

as implemented on that cobranded page, it searches that pro's site. once the results come up for that site, you get a further option to search all of smugmug if you wish.

give it a try! :thumb

[lynnma]

On cobranding heres mine (http://lynn.smugmug.com/) I need to work on it more but don't get round to it...
:rofl


p.s calling all computer geeks.. why all of a sudden can I not right click and "view source" like I used to be able to do... damn annoying it is...

[photocat]

One request for the cobranding feature: allow custom "back" and "forward" arrow graphics. The current arrows are not generic enough to fit with most cobranding designs, and they're not even transparent .gifs - making them really ugly when used on a non-white page.

OK... I am the dumb one here: what is Cobranding? Never heard of it...
Does it have purple feathers? Is it an alien?

[Nikolai]

OK... I am the dumb one here: what is Cobranding? Never heard of it...
Does it have purple feathers? Is it an alien?You can customize the appearance of your site by putting custom header, footer, body and scripts. With some knowledge of (D)HTML you can still have all the smugmug goodies, but effectively hide the smugmug's UI elements you don't like for some reason (e.g. header:-).
HTH

[photocat]

You can customize the appearance of your site by putting custom header, footer, body and scripts. With some knowledge of (D)HTML you can still have all the smugmug goodies, but effectively hide the smugmug's UI elements you don't like for some reason (e.g. header:-).
HTH

Oh, OK... I see now. Something to look forward once I acquire my pro account.

[savannahga]

Here's a nice one.
http://bluedevils.smugmug.com (http://bluedevils.smugmug.com/)

[yvonne]

Both galleries are from the same smugmug account. I get different look and feels by triggering off the url in javascript.

Joel Gould
http://www.gouldhome.com/
Is this terribly difficult to do? I'm absolutely pants at java, built my website in Front Page (not using any of the templates - kind of stuck together with loo roll and sticky tape, but it looks ok for now), and a friend wrote my cobranding script. I was lucky that my basic colours are dark grey and light grey anyway, so the jump to smugmug is not too traumatic.

yblume.smugmug.com

But it could be better, and anway, I'd like to rebuild my homesite over time to be a bit more stable, consistent, and easily managed.

To this end I have just purchased a door stop called: Web-programming with HTML, XHTML an CSS.

Do you have to be a serious techie to get your head around this and am I doomed from the start? Or is what you're doing with the linking of the url to recognise the site something I could manage myself, do you reckon?

I'm really fed up of having to beg people for help all the time, and would quite like to be in control of my "look".

[Rockyc]

I just got my new smugmug account this last Sunday. What do you think of my site using the cobranding thingy. LOL!
Rocky
http://rockyc.smugmug.com/ (http://rockyc.smugmug.com/)

[spider-t]

Here are a couple of cobrandings I have done for friends:

http://www.aliceheimsoth.com/
http://jenfogarty.smugmug.com/


I have big plans for my own site, but I'm always too busy fooling with photos to get around to doing my own cobranding. :-)
http://www.trishtunney.com/


-Trish

[Aaron Wilson]

I want to know how you got your picture in the lower left hand corner ANDY :). I have done a lot of html programing but just pasting in stuff in smugmug gets me stumped... I'm just use to opeing up my html edditor and going to work. I have nothing to special... but the tool bar on the bottokm of page.

http://www.dipphoto.com :1drink (http://www.dipphoto.com)

[savannahga]

Is there a way to get rid of the big gray " Jeff Cochran's Galleries" on my site.
It's already on the lower part above my gallery thumbs. I don't need or want two of them.

Thanks, Jeff

[Andy]

I want to know how you got your picture in the lower left hand corner ANDY :). I have done a lot of html programing but just pasting in stuff in smugmug gets me stumped... I'm just use to opeing up my html edditor and going to work. I have nothing to special... but the tool bar on the bottokm of page.

http://www.dipphoto.com :1drink (http://www.dipphoto.com)

aaron, here's how i appear on the lower left of my pages. it goes in the "stylesheet" section of the cobranding page.

body {
background-attachment: fixed;
background-image:
url(http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/3487489-L.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: left bottom;
}

[Aaron Wilson]

Thank You Andy!

[Markjay]

Can someone tell an inexperienced,old fart like me, just HOW you are able to change (as in the second sample link qupete) the background to grey color?

As you can see, my gallery is currently in white which I like but, find it slightly tough on the eyes for some viewers and would like to tone it down a bit....
http://winkphotoworks.com (that's my smugmug gallery)

Don did this site for his wifey: www.emphoto.com (http://www.emphoto.com/)

Here's another interesting one: http://qapete.smugmug.com (http://qapete.smugmug.com/)

[Markjay]

Joel, would you be kind enough to tell me what it means to "trigger off the url in javascript" ?

I would greatly appreciate that and, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would learn / benefit from your answer.

Thank you,
Markjay

http://winkphotoworks.com

I wanted to make the smugmug galleries look like an extension of my home page. The problem was that my home page has a few different sections, with different looks and feels. The solution was javascript that detects which gallery you are in.

For example, here is the look of a page from my home site:
http://www.gouldhome.com/orienteering/ProspectHill2004.html

And here is the example of one of the galleries that link from that page:
http://photo.gouldhome.com/gallery/284715

Then, here is another page from my home site:
http://www.gouldhome.com/Travel/Grenadines04/index.html

And here is one of the smugmug galleries that correspond to that page:
http://photo.gouldhome.com/gallery/238540

Both galleries are from the same smugmug account. I get different look and feels by triggering off the url in javascript.

Joel Gould
http://www.gouldhome.com/

[Baldy]

Hey Markjay,

Dunno if you've seen this, but in case not:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/custom-colors

[blackwaterstudio]

I started looking into this tonight and I can tell its way over my head, I don't even know html. I would like to make my site more personal but don't know how.

[marlinspike]

I started looking into this tonight and I can tell its way over my head, I don't even know html. I would like to make my site more personal but don't know how.
Here's a great HTML help site http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/geo/ghtml/ I'm hoping it works without having a yahoo account but it might not.
Richard

[volcs0]

Here's my simple example (http://volchenboum.smugmug.com).

I don't have everything done yet, but you get the idea.

-Sam

[Andy]

Here's my simple example (http://volchenboum.smugmug.com).

I don't have everything done yet, but you get the idea.

-Sam

:clap :clap excellent work, sam!

[Baldy]

Nice work. That passoword lock thing looks like it's working well for you.

[volcs0]

Nice work. That passoword lock thing looks like it's working well for you. Yeah, the password thing does work well. We have a lot of pix of our neighbors and friends' kids. I think they feel more comfortable with my including their kids in our albums if they know they are password protected. If it was just out kids, I don't think I would care so much...

Thanks for checking out the site.

[djcphoto]

I am also finding the password thing very useful for shots of family and friends, etc. Here is my first try at co-branding. It's pretty simple but I've not had much time to spend on it yet (nor have I had much time to upload images!).

Cheers,

Dave

http://www.djcphoto.com/

[photoflections]

Here's mine http://photoflections.smugmug.com , I've been tinkering with it for a few days now, I think I'm finally happy with it. I even set up a matching blog for updates, news, general photography (mis)adventures http://photoflections.net/blog

[REECEPHOTO]

Here is mine please critque and let me know what you think.
I know nothing and I mean nothing about HTML. But I did make an attempt.

http://reecephoto.smugmug.com

[m6cruiser]

Here's my effort:

http://m6cruiser.smugmug.com/

[REECEPHOTO]

Oh come one anyone going to chime in here???
Good, bad, flat out sucks, what? a little insite would be good. Let me know what you like and don't like and the way YOU think I can inprove it.
Thanks.........


m6cruiser....... I like yours the thing I liked the most was the changing photo in the header but please tell us how did you get the photos in your header to change I really, really like that .very cool.........................:clap

[m6cruiser]

m6cruiser....... I like yours the thing I liked the most was the changing photo in the header but please tell us how did you get the photos in your header to change I really, really like that .very cool.........................:clap[/QUOTE]
I'd love to go on about how difficult the HTML was, how long it took to get it to work, etc. The truth is the changing photos are animated gifs, created by a small program such as unFREEz from http://www.whitsoftdev.com/ . You just drag and drop small .gif files into it, save, and upload it to a gallery. I got the idea from chapter 11 of the tutorial at http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/ .

The full html to make the top right picture clickable is :
<a href="<A href="http://www.wllr.org.uk/"target="_blank"><img">http://www.wllr.org.uk/"target="_blank"><img src="http://m6cruiser.smugmug.com/photos/14505360-M.gif" width="160" alt="Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway" height="120"

I like the simple, colourful style of your site Reecephoto, the nature shots are particularly pleasing.

[EMC]

Here is what I have accomplised on my page so far...with a LOT of help from a my techno geeky best friend ...and I am open to suggestions & feedback

http://www.digital-diva.smugmug.com/

Our question is, we would like to have LINKS to custom pages (example instead of posting my BIO on the front page, would like to have a link to open it on a different page). We know how to do "linking", but how do we create the page ? (do we create it in SmugMug or in a web tool on the PC and push it?)

[Aaron Wilson]

emc were did you get that "play on" picture?

[EMC]

emc were did you get that "play on" picture?
I used the Banner wizard in Jasc Animation Shop 3. The wizard walks you through the basic color, deminsions (I used 468x60) and font selections and when complete you have a multi-slide banner that does.... nothing. Once you have the banner, right click on it and select "Insert Image Effect...". There are several really cool choices. The one I use to give Play On the panning light effect is called "stained glass".

[lenscape]

http://lenscapephoto.smugmug.com (http://lenscapephoto.smugmug.com/)

Comments are appreciated. Thanks in advance.


www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.lenscapephotography.com)

[Aaron Wilson]

len... May I please have a copy of your copy write gif?!??! PLEASE! lol.. love that.. plus I love your logo!:clap

[Ben]

Here is mine please critque and let me know what you think.
I know nothing and I mean nothing about HTML. But I did make an attempt.

http://reecephoto.smugmug.com
I really like what you are doing. One suggestion though, you are linking a medium sized image (600 pixels wide), but setting the dimension to be 680 pixels wide in the cobranding. This forces the browser to resize the image on the fly, which it doesn't do well. You should either change the code to be 600 pixels, or you should upload a 680 pixel wide image. It will make the picture look "cleaner".

Just a suggestion!

-Ben

[Aaron Wilson]

hmm.. any ideas? as wondering if I should redo my logo pic.. lol... What do you think does it look ok? Here is the LINK. (http://www.dipphoto.com)
Any feed back on my site will always be welcome so don't just stop at the logo :).

[lenscape]

len... May I please have a copy of your copy write gif?!??! PLEASE! lol.. love that.. plus I love your logo!:clap
Thanks. I sent you the link.

[Vancemac]

Just curious... where do most people learn HTML? I've always been pretty technically minded, but for some reason, never really got into programming of any kind. Like any programming, HTML seems very straightforward and logical -- although it seems like it is just an OCEAN of rules and commands to memorize? Did most of you just pick it up on your own over time (after constantly referring to cheat sheet), or is a class/book the suggested method?

Thanks,
Vance (time to finally take the dive, I guess)

[REECEPHOTO]

I'll try and do that, thanks Ben...............

Lenscape great site.............Love it,very nice HTML work!:thumb

[ddb]

Just curious... where do most people learn HTML? I've always been pretty technically minded, but for some reason, never really got into programming of any kind. Like any programming, HTML seems very straightforward and logical -- although it seems like it is just an OCEAN of rules and commands to memorize? Did most of you just pick it up on your own over time (after constantly referring to cheat sheet), or is a class/book the suggested method?

Thanks,
Vance (time to finally take the dive, I guess)
Do what I do... check out lots of great sites. Right click, select view source and steal someone elses hard work. (yes, I live with guilt) Then I paste that into a notepad document, pull out my "HTML for IDIOTs" book and try to figure it all out....

[Nikolai]

* books (e.g. HTML for Dummies)
* online html tutorials (e.g. http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/, just google those words for more stuff)
* whenever you see the page you like, go to View|Source menu (or whatever your particular browser has instead of this) and save it somewhere in your Documents/HTML/Samples.

As to the tags - there are various editors wich can help you with them. I'm ususally using Microsoft FrontPage 2003, but there are also free ones:-). And the best thing - once you get your feet wet, Notepad or vi would do:-)

HTH

Cheers!:1drink

[Aaron Wilson]

Html is easy for me.. the hard part for me is pasting the html in smugmugs tags or areas... Im use to a black page and then adding in all the info.

[lenscape]

:1drink What do you think of my cover page? You inputs are appreciated.


www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.lenscapephotography.com/)

[Aaron Wilson]

are you hosting the cover page on a diffrent site other then smugmug?

[lenscape]

are you hosting the cover page on a diffrent site other then smugmug?Yes. My ISP provides 10MB space and 25MB traffic per month with the high speed internet.

[REECEPHOTO]

Very nice Lenscape.:thumb
My hard drive crashed and I was without a computer for a few weeks. I looked up your page when I got my computer back and it seems youv updated.
I'm really it. Nice cover page.
Your going to have to teach up how you do that.:clap

[lenscape]

Very nice Lenscape.:thumb
My hard drive crashed and I was without a computer for a few weeks. I looked up your page when I got my computer back and it seems youv updated.
I'm really it. Nice cover page.
Your going to have to teach up how you do that.:clap
Thanks, sorry for the delayed reply, I was busy setting up my wireless router, so it's been a while since I've been to this forum. I apply the following in producing the intro page:

1) I made the film strip using AutoFX Dreamsuite
2) Dreamweaver is used for image mapping
3) I used the space from my ISP for the cover page

That's about it...hope it helps:)


www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.lenscapephotography.com/)

[REECEPHOTO]

Thanks, sorry for the delayed reply, I was busy setting up my wireless router, so it's been a while since I've been to this forum. I apply the following in producing the intro page:

1) I made the film strip using AutoFX Dreamsuite
2) Dreamweaver is used for image mapping
3) I used the space from my ISP for the cover page

That's about it...hope it helps:)


www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.lenscapephotography.com)

Thanks for the info Lenscape:thumb

[ndsimm]

hey cletus,

that's just journal style (available with any smugmug account), with some html embedded in the captioning. it was actually pretty easy.

holler if i can help you :andyWell if he doesn't need help, then I do! I would love to have my site flow like that. do you have to know HTML to get it?

[wanderingeye]

Hi

Here is a look at my efforts so far: www.wandering-eye.com (http://www.wandering-eye.com ) . Thanks very much to all previous posters and the moderators (and Smugmug itself! :clap ), its been a very big help.

I know next to nothing abuot HTML and CSS but I managed to patch a few things together (so according to smugmug I am now an HTML mastah! :): ) and I would very much appreciate any feedback.

Things I would like to be able to do include:
1) remove my name completely from the home title and galleries title, I would like it best if it just said "Home" and "Galleries";
2) get email accounts for this redirected Domain (wandering-eye.com), does anybody know how I can do this (with whom) without wrecking the redirection to smugmug?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again, I'm quite impressed by Smugmug and Digital Grin!

David

[Andy]

Hi

Here is a look at my efforts so far: www.wandering-eye.com (http://www.wandering-eye.com ) . Thanks very much to all previous posters and the moderators (and Smugmug itself! :clap ), its been a very big help.

I know next to nothing abuot HTML and CSS but I managed to patch a few things together (so according to smugmug I am now an HTML mastah! :): ) and I would very much appreciate any feedback.

Things I would like to be able to do include:
1) remove my name completely from the home title and galleries title, I would like it best if it just said "Home" and "Galleries";
2) get email accounts for this redirected Domain (wandering-eye.com), does anybody know how I can do this (with whom) without wrecking the redirection to smugmug?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again, I'm quite impressed by Smugmug and Digital Grin!

David

nice work

if i choose "all thumbs' the thumbs (at least in falklands isl gallery) stretch beyond your background...

same with portrait orientatoin shots when using slide show view...

btw: LOVELY PICS *mint*

i *love* this shot (http://www.wandering-eye.com/gallery/413402/1/16683977/Large) and it's gonna be a dgrin banner shot, please email me a link so i can put it in the banner, ok? medium size will do fine. or, email me the medium size pic. the copy protection works!

[wanderingeye]

nice work

if i choose "all thumbs' the thumbs (at least in falklands isl gallery) stretch beyond your background...

same with portrait orientatoin shots when using slide show view...

btw: LOVELY PICS *mint*

i *love* this shot (http://www.wandering-eye.com/gallery/413402/1/16683977/Large) and it's gonna be a dgrin banner shot, please email me a link so i can put it in the banner, ok? medium size will do fine. or, email me the medium size pic. the copy protection works!Thanks Andy!:D

I emailed you the shot of the Endeavour, really glad you like it!

Thanks also for the heads-up regarding the background - I seldom use those views; guess I should check them more regularly. Can you (or anybody else) tell me the optimum pixel dimensions for a background like this?

Truth is I would prefer to lock the site to Elegant/Elegant Small view - does anybody know how to get rid of that pop down menu?

Thanks again to all Dgrinners for the many helpful posts!:clap Stay tuned, I will be posting more galleries from far flung locales, very soon.

PS That "F/8 and be there" quote is an old favorite of mine (maybe because being there is my primary skill as a photographer...). Does anybody know who said it?

[wanderingeye]

Worked out a few things... the email issue is all taken care of through a nice deal with my domain registrar... and I swiped some code to add clickable links :wink , so I'm very happy on that front.

Still looking for a way to eliminate the "template chooser" menu box and change "Wandering-eye's Home" and Wandering Eye's Galleries" to simply "Home" and "Galleries". I can see what code is used for this in the header - and that it is missing from some sites that don't have the box (www.emphoto.com, for example) - but I don't know how to remove or change this code by interacting with the header box on the cobranding page at Smugmug. Can anybody help? TIA

[Mike Lane]

Worked out a few things... the email issue is all taken care of through a nice deal with my domain registrar... and I swiped some code to add clickable links :wink , so I'm very happy on that front.

Still looking for a way to eliminate the "template chooser" menu box and change "Wandering-eye's Home" and Wandering Eye's Galleries" to simply "Home" and "Galleries". I can see what code is used for this in the header - and that it is missing from some sites that don't have the box (www.emphoto.com (http://www.emphoto.com), for example) - but I don't know how to remove or change this code by interacting with the header box on the cobranding page at Smugmug. Can anybody help? TIA
Perhaps you should fade your background to black instead of it ending so abrubptly?

Mike

[lenscape]

I just added background music on to my site, please let me know if it works on your machine and does it need any modification. Thanks :clap :clap :clap

www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.lenscapephotography.com/)

[savannahga]

I heard it fine.

I just added background music on to my site, please let me know if it works on your machine and does it need any modification. Thanks :clap :clap :clap

www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.lenscapephotography.com/)

[Andy]

I heard it fine.
:nod me too. nice work lenscape....

[DavidTO]

I heard the music.

You didn't ask this question, but I'm gonna answer it anyway.

I find music on websites extremely annoying. More often than not, I'm listening to my own music, or just enjoying the silence of my office.

I think your photos speak for themselves. Nice work.

[lenscape]

:nod me too. nice work lenscape....Thanks Andy. I was first inspired to decorate my site after I saw yours a long time ago. Thanks again :wink

[lenscape]

I heard the music.

You didn't ask this question, but I'm gonna answer it anyway.

I find music on websites extremely annoying. More often than not, I'm listening to my own music, or just enjoying the silence of my office.

I think your photos speak for themselves. Nice work.I have a solution for you. If you like the silence, just push the mute button :wink and if you like to enjoy your music just enter through by clicking on the main title (LenScape Photography).



I appreciate your compliment.

[Andy]

I have a solution for you. If you like the silence, just push the mute button :wink and if you like to enjoy your music just enter through by clicking on the main title (LenScape Photography).



I appreciate your compliment.
i think if you're going to put music on your site that a nice thing to do would be to have a mute button on your webpage... my .02 :D

[lenscape]

i think if you're going to put music on your site that a nice thing to do would be to have a mute button on your webpage... my .02 :DHow about now..:D Thanks

[savannahga]

What do you guys think of my site?
www.gallerysavannah.com (http://www.gallerysavannah.com)

[lenscape]

I spent 8hrs creating 8 buttons.
http://www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.photos.lenscapephotography.com)
your constructive criticism is appreciated.

[{JT}]

Well ... since you asked ...

Take out the animated revolving Copyright symbol :) Your site is looks so nice, clean and professional - the animation just does not match the rest of the site.

Also, the title on your homepage is LeScape and not LenScape. Also, you have two different <HEAD> areas and <BODY> tags. I know that it works, but it will not work correctly in all browsers until you slice it up properly in the "customazing" section.

If you need help, make all the changes you need to and let me know.

It looks great though, glad we showecase you on the homepage!

JT


I spent 8hrs creating 8 buttons.
www.photos.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.photos.lenscapephotography.com)
your constructive criticism is appreciated.

[Mike Lane]

I spent 8hrs creating 8 buttons.
www.photos.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.photos.lenscapephotography.com/)
your constructive criticism is appreciated.
Personally, I think going from drop shadow (which is a bit difficult to read anyhow) to non drop shadow is kind of annoying. I agree with JT about the animated copyright symbol. To me animation is about as cool as a background midi. Also, I would say that fancy font should be reseved for titles and something else should be used for the text.

Those are just my opinions of course. Overall, your site looks great. Much better than mine.

[lenscape]

Well ... since you asked ...

Take out the animated revolving Copyright symbol :) Your site is looks so nice, clean and professional - the animation just does not match the rest of the site.

Also, the title on your homepage is LeScape and not LenScape. Also, you have two different <HEAD> areas and <BODY> tags. I know that it works, but it will not work correctly in all browsers until you slice it up properly in the "customazing" section.

If you need help, make all the changes you need to and let me know.

It looks great though, glad we showecase you on the homepage!



JTFirst of all thanks for checking out my site and for the advice. I took out the animated gif :cry (I got this one back in 97) and fixed the other errors (HTML). Please check & see if there is any thing else needed to be fixed. Feel free to fix any other problem.


Thanks again:clap

[lenscape]

Personally, I think going from drop shadow (which is a bit difficult to read anyhow) to non drop shadow is kind of annoying. I agree with JT about the animated copyright symbol. To me animation is about as cool as a background midi. Also, I would say that fancy font should be reseved for titles and something else should be used for the text.

Those are just my opinions of course. Overall, your site looks great. Much better than mine.Thanks for the advice Mike. Which font you are referring to? Is it the buttons for the gallery fonts? It's a working progress. I'll work on it. Thanks

[Dianne]

Beautiful website and images. But, where is the mute button?
:scratch
How about now..:D Thanks

[lenscape]

Beautiful website and images. But, where is the mute button?
:scratchRefresh your screen. Personally I like it hidden.:D Thanks

[Mike Lane]

Thanks for the advice Mike. Which font you are referring to? Is it the buttons for the gallery fonts? It's a working progress. I'll work on it. Thanks
The "papyrus" font is overused on your site (IMHO). It overwhelms your page. You should leave fancy fonts like that for headlines and titles (and things like the Ansel Adams quote) and make the bulk of the body text something much more simple.

Mike

[winnjewett]

I am just in the process of starting my career as a professional photographer. I believe that a great website is an integral component of my success as a photographer. I am still a long way away from such a goal, but I would love some help and guidance along the way.

I quickly became frustrated with the way smugmug organizes the home page, along with their restrictive use of categories, sub-categories and galleries. So, my site starts out on my server, and then links to smugmug for lower level pages. In this way, I can combine categories and galleries on the same page, organized exactly the way I like. One major problem with this method is that if the user clicks on the "brilliant photon's home" link at the top of the page, it takes them to smugmug's home page, not mine. But it's at least a step in the right direction.

Thank you very much for any and all criticisms. I would especially like to hear suggestions on how I can turn more visits into sales.

When you look at my site, please concentrate on the Dog Park pictures. Thanks,
-Winn

http://BrilliantPhoton.com

[chriscow]

We were just talking about this yesterday. Microsoft has broken PNG support for IE and it looks like it's going to get even more broken with service pack II. Every other browser supports it, so it's a pain.

Working on it...A friend of mine works around PNG support in IE by detecting if its IE and using a DIV rather than a plain old IMG tag.

<DIV STYLE="height:58; width:57; filter: Progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='your.png', sizingMethod='image');" ></DIV>

[Mike Lane]

A friend of mine works around PNG support in IE by detecting if its IE and using a DIV rather than a plain old IMG tag.

<DIV STYLE="height:58; width:57; filter: Progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='your.png', sizingMethod='image');" ></DIV>


Smugmug has a recently updated means of handling png's with alpha transparencies. I have a png with a transparency as my title and I did not include anything other than the link to the png. Check it out:)

Mike

[lenscape]

I just added the flash on/off button.

I know I’m being pain in the…. :dgrinbut please check if it works with your browser. Your constructive criticism is appreciated.



www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.lenscapephotography.com)

[devbobo]

I just added the flash on/off button.

I know I’m being pain in the…. :dgrinbut please check if it works with your browser. Your constructive criticism is appreciated.



www.lenscapephotography.com (http://www.lenscapephotography.com)
works on both IE6 and Firefox 1.0.2.

Had a look through your site, it's looking very professional.

My only comment is that on some links a new window is opened when clicked. Personally I don't like this type of site detail, I think the user should be left with the power to open a new window if he chooses.

David

[lenscape]

works on both IE6 and Firefox 1.0.2.

Had a look through your site, it's looking very professional.

My only comment is that on some links a new window is opened when clicked. Personally I don't like this type of site detail, I think the user should be left with the power to open a new window if he chooses.

David Personally I don't like the idea of new windows either but had to leave it that way for the background music running. If you enter through the main title (LenScape Photography) it’ll stay with the same window but no music. Thanks for your suggestion.

[Mike Lane]

Personally I don't like the idea of new windows either but had to leave it that way for the background music running. If you enter through the main title (LenScape Photography) it’ll stay with the same window but no music. Thanks for your suggestion. I just tried to look at your site but I have a reflex that makes me hit the back or close button as soon as I hear a midi tune coming from a webpage so I couldn't get very far.

What little I saw looked good though.

Having said that, it appears to me that you are hosting the welcome page yourself. My suggestion to you is to use frames on that page. You can make a tiny frame that will have the sound and won't take up any room and you can keep the sound going so everyone can be soothed by the relaxing midi goodness while they shop. It shouldn't be too difficult to do and an added benefit is that your buyers won't ever see anything but www.lenscapephotography.com (no more www.photos.lenscapephotography.com in the URL box).

Mike

[winnjewett]

Lenscape, I like your site a lot. There is some beautiful photography as well. Something has to be done about the music, though. I liked the song the first time around, so I left it playing. Then I started looking at your photography, and liked that as well. But pretty soon, the one song got really annoying 'doo da doo da doo da doo do doo', so I closed the window. You really don't want to turn potential customers away from your photography as a result of your music. Perhaps if you put more than one song on, or had a mute button in the nav, it would be better.

-w

[lenscape]

Lenscape, I like your site a lot. There is some beautiful photography as well. Something has to be done about the music, though. I liked the song the first time around, so I left it playing. Then I started looking at your photography, and liked that as well. But pretty soon, the one song got really annoying 'doo da doo da doo da doo do doo', so I closed the window. You really don't want to turn potential customers away from your photography as a result of your music. Perhaps if you put more than one song on, or had a mute button in the nav, it would be better.

-w Thanks for visiting my site. Can you please tell me how did you enter to my site (through the link from the film strip?) if so, you should have the main (lenscapephotography.com) window open and there is a button for on/off.
As far as more music, if I do it, It will take more time to load the page. Any other suggestion? :scratch Thanks

[winnjewett]

Thanks for visiting my site. Can you please tell me how did you enter to my site (through the link from the film strip?) if so, you should have the main (lenscapephotography.com) window open and there is a button for on/off.
As far as more music, if I do it, It will take more time to load the page. Any other suggestion? :scratch Thanks
I clicked on the film strip, and it opened up a new tab in my firefox browser. I guess I could have gone back to the original window, but I didn't notice it at the time.

As for more music, I have seen some sites that utilize flash to create a soundtrack console that allows the user to select what song they want to listen to. Visit http://skyy.com for an example. SKYY's Listening Lounge is quite elaborate, but I imagine that a simpler version wouldn't be terribly difficult to implement.

-w

[minoltaman]

I clicked on the film strip, and it opened up a new tab in my firefox browser. I guess I could have gone back to the original window, but I didn't notice it at the time.

As for more music, I have seen some sites that utilize flash to create a soundtrack console that allows the user to select what song they want to listen to. Visit http://skyy.com (http://skyy.com/) for an example. SKYY's Listening Lounge is quite elaborate, but I imagine that a simpler version wouldn't be terribly difficult to implement.

-wIf you don't want to use flash or java a simple way to do music is with a little selection box. See here if you want: www.illinoisphoto.com (http://www.illinoisphoto.com/). Sorry if you don't like the current selection of songs I have on the line-up, it's all I can afford... :rolleyes

Good Day

-don

[winnjewett]

If you don't want to use flash or java a simple way to do music is with a little selection box. See here if you want: www.illinoisphoto.com (http://www.illinoisphoto.com/). Sorry if you don't like the current selection of songs I have on the line-up, it's all I can afford... :rolleyes

Good Day

-don
It doesn't seem to work for me.
-w

[minoltaman]

It doesn't seem to work for me.
-wI am not doing mp3's or wav's, I am doing midi's. Do you have your default media player configured to play midi files? If not, you probably won't hear anything. When you select a song and then push the button to the right, it should open up your default media player in another window and the music should start playing automatically. You then should be able to continue surfing the galleries and images and listen to the song uninterrupted. There might be one or two dead songs I removed from the server and forgot to take off the scroll, but I use windows with ie and firefox and have not had anyone complain that the music was not working for them in the last 6 months. I have also used a similar box here at smugmug in the past few weeks. Maybe it is not working for everyone, but other than just now, I have not heard anything of this yet.

-don

[lenscape]

It doesn't seem to work for me.
-w It doesn’t work for me either. I like the flash option better but not sure how to do it. I guess I need to flip through some flash books. :wink
Thanks

[minoltaman]

It doesn’t work for me either. I like the flash option better but not sure how to do it. I guess I need to flip through some flash books. :wink
ThanksAre you configured for midi's and what media player are you using? Do you get an error? Do you get nothing? Does the player open up? Can you play midi's at other sites? A little feedback would help as the only thing this form box is doing is linking you directly to a midi file one of my servers. Is the box working at all? I get hundreds, if not thousands of downloads on those songs from there every month.

Cofeecup makes some cheap flash software that you could use make a simple link system with. That is probably one of your cheapest options. Macromedia's flash will be quite a bit more expensive and complicated. I am sure there are many other options but I have not used them. I have used flash for this in the past, but many people with non-ie browsers were having some troubles so I switched. When you use flash for music the visitor's browser has to be able or access the flash player or download and install it and then access the media player that is set to play the proper type of file. The media player in the menu box setup needs only to use the media player. Many builds of browsers simply do not do access both players very well out of the box. I still do use a lot of flash banners around, but I do not use it for music currently. Flash can get much heavier than a menu box pretty fast. Of course, even with flash
you won't be able to play a midi if your media player is not configured to do so.

Can someone that is for sure configured to play midi's please see if they can hear the music? I am betting you that can not hear the music don't have midi files set in your media player, but I could be wrong.

-don

[winnjewett]

Are you configured for midi's and what media player are you using? Do you get an error? Do you get nothing? Does the player open up? Can you play midi's at other sites? A little feedback would help as the only thing this form box is doing is linking you directly to a midi file one of my servers. Is the box working at all? I get hundreds, if not thousands of downloads on those songs every month. The link works in IE, and not in Firefox. In IE, the midi file launches in Windows Media Player. In firefox, a new browser tab launches with the following URI: http://www.stockimagepros.com/midi/light/jtrump1.mid The page shows up with a broken quicktime icon.

Don, I hope you take this as strictly professional criticism, but I find this setup to be very amature; something I would expect to find on a personal home page from the early 90's. If you feel that music enhances the user's experience, there are many more elegant and professional ways to do this. There are several reasons why I say this. First of all, MIDI has always sounded cheezy. It is useful as a medium for musicians who wish to record and tweak their music, but not as a presentation mechanism. Secondly, opening a new browser window, and relying on the user's media player to be configured properly is not smart, from the web developer's perspective. Any site with broken links is automatically reduced to the crap pile. Unless you can ensure that a particular technology will work in any particular user configuration, that technology should not be used.

Can someone that is for sure configured to play midi's please see if they can hear the music? I am betting you that can not hear the music don't have midi files set in your media player, but I could be wrong.

-don You are correct. I don't have midi files set in quicktime, which is set as the default in firefox. How many of your customers also have this configuration?

-Winn

[minoltaman]

The link works in IE, and not in Firefox. In IE, the midi file launches in Windows Media Player. In firefox, a new browser tab launches with the following URI: http://www.stockimagepros.com/midi/light/jtrump1.mid The page shows up with a broken quicktime icon.

>>>You must not have firefox configured properly. I do have and it opens up and plays in quicktime just fine. If you tried to access the midi file with a flash menu, you would get the same thing in your browser, a broken quicktime link until you get your browser set-up.

Don, I hope you take this as strictly professional criticism, but I find this setup to be very amature; something I would expect to find on a personal home page from the early 90's.

>>>>No problem, the (easily configurable) boxes are very similar to the smugmug menu boxes. I need a liteweight system because sometimes I use an 80k background and 200k worth of images and tons of css tricks on the main page. I need a compromize between speed and elegance. Making transparent backgrounds with flash SUCKS for me and firefox, and most everyone else that tries I think. I would not even have that music there if it were my sales site. I use that site to share images and the music is one way to attract new viewers. You don't need to play the music if you don't want to. To force it on someone sucks. To rely on flash and java is not a great solution either. Menu boxes have been around for ever and are very easy to reconfigure. They also work in everyones browser. That is what I call real cross-browser compatability.


If you feel that music enhances the user's experience, there are many more elegant and professional ways to do this.

>>>>As I have mentioned before, I have used them and do use them. I currently use a java system at many of my other sites when I want it to be more "elegant" and want to deliver less selection with more weight.

There are several reasons why I say this. First of all, MIDI has always sounded cheezy. It is useful as a medium for musicians who wish to record and tweak their music, but not as a presentation mechanism.

>>>Sorry, but most of those midis were done professionally by professional recording artists in a big studio and are excellently done. I, and others, use midi to save bandspace because mp3's would put me out of business fast. The file size is just to big for the traffic I get. Plus, crank a couple of those midis up through your stereo, they actually sound nice. Try it. I know what you are saying about the typical midi around the net though

Secondly, opening a new browser window, and relying on the user's media player to be configured properly is not smart, from the web developer's perspective.

>>>>You always have to rely on a media player to play a music file.


Any site with broken links is automatically reduced to the crap pile.

>>>>Uhh, what broken links? Your browser is not configured to play midi's properly. Besides I get plenty of google ratings, what do you mean?

Unless you can ensure that a particular technology will work in any particular user configuration, that technology should not be used.

>>>>Flash does not work for more folks than a simple menu box does, that is the bottom line.

You are correct. I don't have midi files set in quicktime, which is set as the default in firefox. How many of your customers also have this configuration?

>>>>None...and I don't care if they can't hear the music or don't have firefox configured to play all media types. They probably would not like the song selection I have up there anyway...:rofl

-Winnps, the same thing would happen to you using an elegant flash system, do you know how many people dislike flash, or music auto-loading, or java? Especially when mozilla/firefox has documented issues on just this sort of thing on there site. I know, I currently own about 80 urls and have worked on many of those sites myself and have encountered many problems with music on sites while doing so. Here is some terrible music I temporarily force on people in a different manner that are waiting for me to get finished with my site at: www.illinoisphotography.com (http://www.illinoisphotography.com/). I use many different ways to do music, but the one I like best give me the largest flexibility and are least intrusive to the viewer and his browser. I like a mix of everything, actually.

Rock on...

[minoltaman]

Hey, where did your post go, winn?? Here is part of my reply anyway...I guess??:dunno

"I haven't touched the firefox setup. It is bone stock"


I mentioned before there are documented issues with the mozilla/firefox browsers and players loading. This is a browser problem and the menu box has nothing to do with that.

"If flash is your player, you don't need to link to a file as you have done."

You still would have to have a media player configured to play midis. It seems you just don't like the file format I am using. I have explained I use midis so I don’t use 50gig a month or more sending down mp3s. Plus it's hard to get the rights to those mp3s for rebroadcast so I get what is available, feasible and legal for me to get. I do not want to serve mp3s. Plus, I could not offer those songs on a public site because the lyrics may be unacceptable. The midis do not have lyrics and they are fine for background music for some. The rest do not have to use them.

"Your menu box works just fine. It's the midi file that isn't guaranteed to work."

Then I guess you like the system, just not the file types I am using?? That's fine, the file types are not the reason I mentioned this box in the first place.

"Ok. I tried a few. Everyone's entitled to his or her own opinion. Here's mine:
hiphop - igotfiveonit: painfull
jazz - return of the mack: moderately painful
lite-jvibes - Broken Link
rock - walkthisway: painfull - It sounds like a sega game
hiphop -regulate: good GOD this is a travesty. This used to be a good song."



Ok, I agree on "walk this way" it is absolutely beyond terrible, but I have just not had the time to remove it from many line-ups yet." Jvibes" is off the server, but I forgot to remove it from the scrolls. I have removed both of them from that line-up now. The others you mentioned sound ok to me through my old Bose Lifestyle system, but this is of course is a matter of opinion.


Thanks for the discussion.

Cheers

-don

[Spaztastik]

http://www.spazphotos.com/

[igoforit]

http://dekleinewijzer.smugmug.com/

Hope you like it. Unfortunately for many of you, it is in Dutch.
Couldn´t get rid of all English terms on the page yet, but this will do.
Also, I couldn´t properly control the size of the header banner. If I forced the size to be the size I made it, the quality of the text became very poor. If I don´t force the size, it´s size gets reduced.
I am just not scooled in HTML I am afraid.
Oh, BTW, not all menu items lead to meaningful pages yet, but that will come.
Still, I hope you like how it looks.
Regards,
Jos

[Andy]

Hey, where did your post go, winn?? Here is part of my reply anyway...I guess??:dunno

he deleted his own post.

your posts can't be read, fyi, when users use a white dgrin template. and they are nearly impossible to read on the grey template.

[minoltaman]

he deleted his own post.

your posts can't be read, fyi, when users use a white dgrin template. and they are nearly impossible to read on the grey template.I gathered the post was deleted...

I realize white on white is not visible with the white template. It always pays to use the default template, I say. :rofl :wxwax :D

As far as grey on grey goes, on the monitors I use, which I assume are fairly accurate, the grey on grey looks just fine. It's sorta like a built in gamma test. I'm real sorry it's not agreeable with you or your monitors. That's ok though because I am an equal oppurtunity poster with regards to color. Orange, grey, blue, green, I use almost all of them eventually.
:jawdrop :bad :pimp :dj :lift

I love these little emotiocreatures too! Smugmug has a real nice line-up of them!:nod

Cheers

-don

btw, if anyone needs a translation or repost due to my text color when using the white forum skin, feel free to pm me

[T4Tots]

Lenscape I like you website...looking great!!

Here is my smugmug site (http://t4tots.smugmug.com/) with cobranding. I play with it and change it all the time it seems. I will eventually get some links added to the banner and make the banner include my logo etc...just have to find the time.

[lenscape]

Lenscape I like you website...looking great!!

Here is my smugmug site (http://t4tots.smugmug.com/) with cobranding. I play with it and change it all the time it seems. I will eventually get some links added to the banner and make the banner include my logo etc...just have to find the time.
I saw your smugmug site and the other one. Its awesome, I liked the pictures as well.:thumb:thumb:thumb

[T4Tots]

I saw your smugmug site and the other one. Its awesome, I liked the pictures as well.:thumb:thumb:thumb
Thanks...your's too! :D

[winnjewett]

http://BrilliantPhoton.com
I have redesigned my website, and would live feedback and criticism. I have given up on smugmug's homepage, so I have taken over that aspect, but I've tried to make the transition as seemless as possible. What do you think?

-winn

[lenscape]

http://BrilliantPhoton.com (http://brilliantphoton.com/)
I have redesigned my website, and would live feedback and criticism. I have given up on smugmug's homepage, so I have taken over that aspect, but I've tried to make the transition as seemless as possible. What do you think?

-winnI would keep the frame centered but it’s just my personal opinion. Every thing else looks good. :thumb :thumb :thumb

However I have few questions to ask:

1) How did you change the Home icon? (We discussed before, I have fixed the body tag error)

2) Change the shopping cart. (I like the idea of having Order prints & Gifts)

Thanks

[winnjewett]

I would keep the frame centered but it’s just my personal opinion. Every thing else looks good. :thumb :thumb :thumb

However I have few questions to ask:

1) How did you change the Home icon? (We discussed before, I have fixed the body tag error)

2) Change the shopping cart. (I like the idea of having Order prints & Gifts)

Thanks Thanks, lenscape. I'm not totally sold on the left align...but I think I like it better than centered...ah, who knows?

1)
Here's my latest code:

function smHacks(){
if (window.navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
text1 = 1;
img2 = 2;
text2 = 3;
text3 = 5;
}
else{
text1 = 3;
img2 = 5;
text2 = 7;
text3 = 11;
}
if(document.getElementById('cartadd') != null){
document.getElementById('cartadd').parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[text1].childNodes[0].innerHTML='Order Prints & Gifts';
document.getElementById('cartadd').parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[text2].innerHTML='';;
document.getElementById('cartadd').parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[img2].innerHTML='';
document.getElementById('cartadd').parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[text3].childNodes[0].innerHTML='View Orders';
document.getElementById('cartadd').parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[text1].style.textAlign='left';
document.getElementById('cartadd').parentNode.parentNode.childNodes[text3].style.textAlign='left';
}
var atags = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for(var i = 0; i < atags.length; i++) {
var tag = atags[i];
if (tag.href == "http://" + location.host + "/"){
//tag.parentNode.parentNode.style.visibility = "hidden";
tag.innerHTML = "Home";
tag.href = "http://brilliantphoton.com/"
}
}
if(document.getElementById('r1') != null){
document.getElementById('r1').innerHTML = '<table align=center width=340 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class=caption2><tr><td><img src="http://brilliantphoton.com/images/spacer.gif" width=100 height=1 border=0 alt=""></td><td><img src="http://brilliantphoton.com/images/spacer.gif" width=60 height=1 border=0 alt=""></td><td><img src="http://brilliantphoton.com/images/spacer.gif" width=20 height=1 border=0 alt=""></td><td><img src="http://brilliantphoton.com/images/spacer.gif" width=100 height=1 border=0 alt=""></td><td><img src="http://brilliantphoton.com/images/spacer.gif" width=60 height=1 border=0 alt=""></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 class=caption2header><b>Print Rates</b></td><td> </td><td colspan=2 class=caption2header><b>Gift Rates</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style="background-color:#70ADEC"><img src="http://brilliantphoton.com/images/spacer.gif" width=1 height=1 border=0 alt=""></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>8x10</td><td class=caption2 align=right>$18</td><td> </td><td>4x6 Postcard</td><td class=caption2 align=right>$7</td></tr><tr><td>5x7</td><td class=caption2 align=right>$10</td><td> </td><td>Magnets</td><td class=caption2 align=right>$7 - $9</td></tr><tr><td>4x6</td><td class=caption2 align=right>$8</td><td> </td><td>T-Shirt</td><td class=caption2 align=right>$20</td></tr></table><br>';
}
}

In order, they change the shopping cart, change the home link and text (to keep them from ever hitting smugmug's version of my homepage), and that last bit of code adds my price list to all my photo pages. I add the following description to each gallery: <div id=r1 class=r1></div> This allows me to change my prices without going through the very tedious process of changing all my galleries, and allows me to style it however I want.

2) Is the shopping cart hack not working for you? It should read, 'Order prints & gifts' and 'view orders'.

thanks again,
-winn

[Maki]

Nice work. That passoword lock thing looks like it's working well for you. Originally Posted by Baldy
Nice work. That passoword lock thing looks like it's working well for you.
Yeah, the password thing does work well. We have a lot of pix of our neighbors and friends' kids. I think they feel more comfortable with my including their kids in our albums if they know they are password protected. If it was just out kids, I don't think I would care so much...

Thanks for checking out the site. OK, how the heck is this guy getting a thumbnail preview out of a locked gallary? I've managed to deal with this on a category scale, but not by gallary. http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/headscratch.gif

Here's the URL: http://volchenboum.smugmug.com/

[Baldy]

Hi Maki,

Is this not working? http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-website

Thanks,
Baldy

[Maki]

Hi Maki,

Is this not working? http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-website

Thanks,
Baldy

DOH... and I thought I read everything. Thank you for beating sense back into me :)

http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/twak.gif

[Barb]

Hi,

I'm brand new to SmugMug and also to these forums. First post! Let me first say, SmugMug is absolutely wonderful! I've been looking for some time for the perfect photo hosting site, having tried several of the others, and then I found SmugMug - and I'm here to stay. :clap

Was reading through some of the forums and found this thread and thought I would add my site. I have been having a blast customizing it.

Digital Daze Photo Galleries (http://digitaldaze.smugmug.com)

[winnjewett]

Hi,

I'm brand new to SmugMug and also to these forums. First post! Let me first say, SmugMug is absolutely wonderful! I've been looking for some time for the perfect photo hosting site, having tried several of the others, and then I found SmugMug - and I'm here to stay. :clap

Was reading through some of the forums and found this thread and thought I would add my site. I have been having a blast customizing it.

Digital Daze Photo Galleries (http://digitaldaze.smugmug.com)
Welcome to smugmug and dGrin! Your site is fantastic. I love the desktops you have. What do you use to create these?

-Winn

[Barb]

Welcome to smugmug and dGrin! Your site is fantastic. I love the desktops you have. What do you use to create these?

-Winn

Thank you for the welcome and the nice comment :) I make my desktop walls using either Photoshop or Bryce, or a combination of both. Something to do on a rainy day :)

[lenscape]

Hi,

I'm brand new to SmugMug and also to these forums. First post! Let me first say, SmugMug is absolutely wonderful! I've been looking for some time for the perfect photo hosting site, having tried several of the others, and then I found SmugMug - and I'm here to stay. :clap

Was reading through some of the forums and found this thread and thought I would add my site. I have been having a blast customizing it.

Digital Daze Photo Galleries (http://digitaldaze.smugmug.com) Welcome. I like your site design. Good job. :thumb

[Barb]

Welcome. I like your site design. Good job. :thumb

Thank you very much :) I just visited yours and it's fantastic! I love the frames around each photo. I had that on my old site. Haven't quite figured out how to get that here yet. Beautiful site you have :)

[DoozieLoo]

Howdy all, I am new...first post, its gonna make me sound rather ignorant (there would be a reason for that! I AM!).

Is there REALLY an HTML for Dummies??? I NEED it!
I have read and read and read every one of these posts! While they are a great help and I got a TAD bit further...its NOT ENOUGH!!!:cry

I would like a textured background. I have some downloaded onto my site, but I just CANNOT figure out how to get it on there! I am a dipstick, I can't get anything to work right!

I would say the closest one I've seen to what I want would be Tina's site - T4Tots! (Great site, great work btw!)

I know I will eventually figure out how to get my banner correct, and some other little things I want to do...but for now - my HUMONGO question is...can someone in SIMPLE terms tell me how to put a pattern/texture background to my page? My page SUCKS, and I'm humiliated :(: to say that I've been fooling w/ this FOR DAYS and it looks a little WORSE than when I started!

As you know...this is a BIG deal to get my business going....so I am STRESSING OUT! Would one of you HTML guru's be my friend??? LOL!

TIA if anyone can help me!

[devbobo]

Hi Aimee,

hehe, I actually understand your frustration. What's ur smugmug address and where's the image u want to add to the background.

Cheers,

David

[Bodley]

Hi,

Was reading through some of the forums and found this thread and thought I would add my site. I have been having a blast customizing it.

Digital Daze Photo Galleries (http://digitaldaze.smugmug.com/)Wow, great site - just another example to confirm what I already know, that my site is crap :D . I really need to learn how to customize.:scratch

[DoozieLoo]

Hi Aimee,

hehe, I actually understand your frustration. What's ur smugmug address and where's the image u want to add to the background.

Cheers,

DavidHi David,
First off, great site! I LOVE those infrared pics! Here I thought it looked like areas near me....I guess Australia looks a good bit like W. Texas! haha!
I am horribly mortified to even put my address on here! Its SOOOO bad! I copied some stuff from others and then messed it up worse. Thought I'd try again w/ a clearer head this morning! Putting in some late nights on this thing!

www.aimeepaynephotography.com (http://www.aimeepaynephotography.com/) (It will look better soon...I PROMISE!)

I hope that works.

This is the background I want on it:
http://aimeepaynephotography.smugmug.com/photos/24743870-M.jpg

If you need anything else...let me know!
Thanks!
Aimeé

[Barb]

www.aimeepaynephotography.com (http://www.aimeepaynephotography.com/) (It will look better soon...I PROMISE!)
Well, I know I'm not really involved in this particular part of this thread, but I just wanted to say that I really think you have a great start to your site. I think it looks really nice!

Barb
digitaldaze.smugmug.com

[DoozieLoo]

Well, I know I'm not really involved in this particular part of this thread, but I just wanted to say that I really think you have a great start to your site. I think it looks really nice!

Barb
digitaldaze.smugmug.comOh by all means...join in! LOL!

Thanks! I don't want all that orange stuff on there, that is part of me copying someone else on here & not being able to fix it! LOL!

My titlebar is too busy isn't it? :scratch

Thanks!
Aimeé

[Barb]

My titlebar is too busy isn't it? :scratch
Your banner picture? I think it's great. My opinion only, but I really like it. I like the colors you have used. Stands out. And I think your choice of background will look nice with it :)

Barb
digitaldaze.smugmug.com

[DoozieLoo]

I want it all the way across the page. I've sized it a zillion different ways...guess I will do it again in web banner style on Adobe and see if I can't make it a bit taller than what they have. I think its certainly tall enough!


Thank you very much, atleast that's ONE thing on there that is alright!

Aimeé

[Barb]

I want it all the way across the page. I've sized it a zillion different ways...guess I will do it again in web banner style on Adobe and see if I can't make it a bit taller than what they have. I think its certainly tall enough!


Thank you very much, atleast that's ONE thing on there that is alright!

Aimeé
Have you tried resizing it in the header (control panel) itself by using width=" " height=" " in your code? You might try that. Just be careful when stretching a picture out horizontally and not compensating vertically. Can get to look pretty goofy otherwise, i.e., preserve your aspect ratio.

Also, to get your background, that goes in the stylesheet html in the control panel (under customization). Something like this:

body {
background-attachment: fixed;
background-image:
url(http://__________________);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}



Barb
digitaldaze.smugmug.com

[DoozieLoo]

Have you tried resizing it in the header (control panel) itself by using width=" " height=" " in your code? You might try that. Just be careful when stretching a picture out horizontally and not compensating vertically. Can get to look pretty goofy otherwise, i.e., preserve your aspect ratio.

Also, to get your background, that goes in the stylesheet html in the control panel (under customization). Something like this:

body {
background-attachment: fixed;
background-image:
url(http://__________________ (http://__________________/));
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}



Barb
digitaldaze.smugmug.com
Yer my HERO!!!!!!!!! :clap Thank you SOOOO much! You just need to remove the : no repeat;
Leave it as background-repeat;}
It worked! The way you had it, it only made a SMALL box at the top!
Thank you sooooo much! I was seriously nearly in tears!!!
:lynnma Three cheers for Barb!!!!!

I think I am on my way now...will repost link soon!

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
Aimeé

[Barb]

Yer my HERO!!!!!!!!! :clap Thank you SOOOO much! You just need to remove the : no repeat;
Leave it as background-repeat;}
It worked! The way you had it, it only made a SMALL box at the top!
Thank you sooooo much! I was seriously nearly in tears!!!
:lynnma Three cheers for Barb!!!!!

I think I am on my way now...will repost link soon!

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
Aimeé
Yay! I'm glad it worked for you. I meant to change that no-repeat part, but I was at work, and they kept interrupting me - hahaha. Work is constantly interfering in my personal life ;)

Grabbed the link from the thread above and checked it out. It's looking great! :clap

Barb
digitaldaze.smugmug.com

[DoozieLoo]

Thanks Barb! I still think its a LOOOONG way from what I want. But its a start... I atleast need it to be viewable by the end of the week.

So here is my newest question....on the sheet where my bio and my links are at. Um, what is that called? How do I change the coloring there? I would like something sort of like...um - now I forget who had it - the one that travels to Antartica and stuff - how the links are free floating...I would like it sort of like that but w/ a border around my links. Does that make any sense? It does in my head...sorry!
Well, I'd like it that way or w/ some sort of design to it. And I've seen one where they had thumbnail pics at the bottom of the page...how do you do that?

Well, gee I should just save myself some time here...HOW DO YOU DESIGN A WEBPAGE?????? :huh (sorry that is yelling at myself out of frustration...)

I have been on WebMonkey and other HTML sites...that is nice - and all, but I don't know what all this stuff is called! And I don't know how to change my font either! I should just hire someone......:oogle

Well, again - any advice/help would be MUCH appreciated!

Thanks again....:D

[grannyrobin]

Thanks Barb! I still think its a LOOOONG way from what I want. But its a start... I atleast need it to be viewable by the end of the week.

So here is my newest question....on the sheet where my bio and my links are at. Um, what is that called? How do I change the coloring there? I would like something sort of like...um - now I forget who had it - the one that travels to Antartica and stuff - how the links are free floating...I would like it sort of like that but w/ a border around my links. Does that make any sense? It does in my head...sorry!
Well, I'd like it that way or w/ some sort of design to it. And I've seen one where they had thumbnail pics at the bottom of the page...how do you do that?

Well, gee I should just save myself some time here...HOW DO YOU DESIGN A WEBPAGE?????? :huh (sorry that is yelling at myself out of frustration...)

I have been on WebMonkey and other HTML sites...that is nice - and all, but I don't know what all this stuff is called! And I don't know how to change my font either! I should just hire someone......:oogle

Well, again - any advice/help would be MUCH appreciated!

Thanks again....:D Here's a link to a smugmug page that describes changing fonts. http://www.smugmug.com/help/custom-colors One tiny piece of what you're looking for...

[wanderingeye]

[QUOTE=DoozieLoo]So here is my newest question....on the sheet where my bio and my links are at. Um, what is that called? How do I change the coloring there? I would like something sort of like...um - now I forget who had it - the one that travels to Antartica and stuff - how the links are free floating...I would like it sort of like that but w/ a border around my links.


Hi Aimee,

It's very easy to get the background of your text boxes to be transparent so that your background image shows though. I use this code:

.offshadowbg {background: transparent;}

Just insert it in the Stylesheet HTML section of the cobranding page after the code for your background. I'd like to give credit where it's due coz it was a dgrinner who originally gave me this, but I have forgotten where that post was... It's probably possible to have a border around those areas, but I don't know how to do it.

As for the rest of your questions/frustration, I understand your feelings, this whole web design and coding thing is HUGE and pretty daunting. My advice is to take it a step at a time; think of something you'd like on your site and learn how to code it. Ask for help on DG or look on the many HTML help sites. Also, remember that great old saying: KISS (keep it simple, stupid :D ); I think your site is looking very pro already. :clap

[DoozieLoo]

Thanks GrannyRobin! I am going to look over there right now! I may have missed that in my frustration!


David...:uhoh Sorry, I couldn't for the life of me remember your name! Haha! So, the one that goes to Antartica and stuff.....
that code does nothing. I've moved it all around in there and tried it a couple of different ways...still - NOTHING! :bash
What could I be doing wrong now???????

I am trying to run through the posts, I figured that is the best way to figure this stuff out. This HTML is SOOOO much like algebra....terrible.....

Thanks for the compliment though...someday I will be able to post the link on here and everyone will say "WOW!". But for now.. I'll settle for more than "Ooooh my, that one sucks"!
I will owe it all to the great help I am getting on here!

Thanks!

[DoozieLoo]

Wait! It took a break to figure it out!!! I had to add ( and the url ) in the middle of that and it worked!

:bow to David..'WanderingEye'!!!

THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! :clap

NOW, I feel I am making SOME progress yet again!!!

Now.. on to my galleries...how oh how to customize those pages! :rolleyes



What WAS that you said??? KISS?? haha!

[Barb]

Wait! It took a break to figure it out!!! I had to add ( and the url ) in the middle of that and it worked!

:bow to David..'WanderingEye'!!!

THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! :clap

NOW, I feel I am making SOME progress yet again!!!

Now.. on to my galleries...how oh how to customize those pages! :rolleyes



What WAS that you said??? KISS?? haha!

Hi Aimee :)

Ack, I'm sorry I missed your oher questions. Did you figure everything out? Your page is looking really nice :)

[DoozieLoo]

Hi Aimee :)

Ack, I'm sorry I missed your oher questions. Did you figure everything out? Your page is looking really nice :)

Hey Barb! I have not yet figured out HOW on EARTH to customize the gallery pages yet. Or how to change ALL the fonts yet. I think its just a matter of knowing where to put the codes for the fonts.
The gallery pages...no clue!

But, I am just going to redo my title bar yet again and go ahead and send it out like that for now. Will continue trying to figure it out from here on...but I am so sick of messing w/ it, I am having to take a break! It was getting depressing! LOL!

If you have any suggestions about the fonts or the gallery pages, I'd love to hear them!

Thanks for the compliment!

:):

[Barb]

Hey Barb! I have not yet figured out HOW on EARTH to customize the gallery pages yet. Or how to change ALL the fonts yet. I think its just a matter of knowing where to put the codes for the fonts.
The gallery pages...no clue!

But, I am just going to redo my title bar yet again and go ahead and send it out like that for now. Will continue trying to figure it out from here on...but I am so sick of messing w/ it, I am having to take a break! It was getting depressing! LOL!

If you have any suggestions about the fonts or the gallery pages, I'd love to hear them!

Thanks for the compliment!

:):

Hi Aimee :)

This page - Adding Bling (http://digitaldaze.smugmug.com/help/custom-colors) - will help with the fonts. It's pretty self-explanatory. These codes go in the Stylesheet HTML section of the Customize Page.

Each gallery has a Customize Gallery link on it. Options in there are self-explanatory, also. You can use a little HTML in the title of each gallery. For example, I have italicized the titles of my galleries and made some of them a different color (<i><font color="color">TITLE</i></font>). Other than that, there's not too much more you can do to each gallery, unless I've missed it completely :) Always possible ...

Taking a break from these things is sometimes just the thing to do. Pretty soon your eyes begin to cross!

Have fun with it :)

[DoozieLoo]

Barb - thanks so much for all of your input!

Its coming along alright now. Not a whole lot I can do from here, must start selling, so just have to send it out that way!

[Tony Bonanno]

I've got some very basic cobranding going, but I'd love to see what some other folks have done. Post a link to your site, and give me any tech tips you think might help. Thanks! I'm pretty new to this, but just using the tips on the smugmug help pages and some tips from this forum, I set up this smugmug site:

www.santafeeventphotos.com (http://www.santafeeventphotos.com)

I'm still tweaking though and I suspect it will change a bunch down the road. I've been really pleased though with the service that Smugmug provides its users.

Tony Bonanno

[audi]

i think my site qualifies as a good example(still in the process of getting sommor goodies on it however):

www.austinbphotography.com (http://www.austinbphotography.com/)





http://austinbphotography.smugmug.com/photos/28535439-M.jpg

[gus]

i think my site qualifies as a good example(still in the process of getting sommor goodies on it however):

www.austinbphotography.com (http://www.austinbphotography.com/)





http://austinbphotography.smugmug.com/photos/28535439-M.jpgThat is a good page audi. :thumb

I wish i knew how to do it....yep ive tried & tried & tried :cry

Gus

[mbrady]

Originally Posted by abh
I've got some very basic cobranding going, but I'd love to see what some other folks have done. Post a link to your site, and give me any tech tips you think might help. Thanks!

I played around with some scripting and css tweaks to have a different header image and color schemes in each of my categories.
http://www.ruama.com (http://www.ruama.com/)

Matt

[geraldfinnegan]

I've got some very basic cobranding going, but I'd love to see what some other folks have done. Post a link to your site, and give me any tech tips you think might help. Thanks!
here's my site: www.finnegan.smugmug.com

here's the way the co-branding looks (keep in mind there's a lot of copy andpasting I did - see my Thread "Another alternative for Sub-categories"):

<p align="center"><font color="red"><font size=+1><B> FINE-ART PHOTOGRAPHY: NATURE, CITY & CHILDREN AT FINNEGAN PHOTOGRAPHY</font></B><br><p align="center"></strong><strong class="keyten"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="21 photos" alt="21 photos" class="blue" href="/keyword/new+york" ><font size=2>New York</font>&nbsp; </strong><strong class="keysix"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="8 photos" alt="8 photos" class="blue" href="/keyword/timessquare" ><font size=2>Times Square </strong>&nbsp;<strong class="keytwo"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="3
hotos" alt="3 photos" class="blue" href="/keyword/london" ><font size=2>London </strong>&nbsp;<strong class="keyeight"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="11 photos" alt="11 photos" class="blue" href="/keyword/argentina" ><font size=2>Argentina </strong>&nbsp;<strong class="keysix"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="8 photos" alt="8 photos" class="blue" href="/keyword/wales" ><font size=2>Wales</font> </strong>&nbsp;<strong class="keyone"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="2 photos" alt="2 photos" class="blue" href="/keyword/poland" ><font size=2>Poland</font> </strong>&nbsp;<strong class="keynine"></strong><strong class="keynine"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="14 photos" class= "blue" alt="14 photos" href="/keyword/children" ><font size=2>children</font> </strong>&nbsp;<strong class="keynine"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="18 photos" alt="18 photos" class="blue" href="/keyword/nature" ><font size=2>nature</a> </strong>&nbsp;<strong class="keythree"><a style="margin-right: 5px" title="4 photos" class="blue" alt="4 photos" " href="/keyword/sept+11" ><font size=2> Sept 11<a><br>
<p align="center"><font color=#FFE7BA><font size=2>SAMPLE PRINT PRICES: 8 x 10= $25.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<font color=#FFE7BA><font size=2><B>FULL-SIZE DOWNLOADS=$4.00. (Instant Delivery).</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=#FFE7BA><font size=2><B>Help + License Info: finneganphoto@aol.com</font><br>

[geraldfinnegan]

I've got some very basic cobranding going, but I'd love to see what some other folks have done. Post a link to your site, and give me any tech tips you think might help. Thanks!
Forgot to include on the example I sent: my advice is experiment. I know nothing about html or any of this stuff - and still don't, but Smugmug has good examples of it in their Help sections, there's a million sites you can go to for basic stuff (search in Google, under "html code basics", something like that.
Also, if you go to View>Page Source with any browser on any page of any site you like, you'll see all the html code displayed for that page. Steal some ideas (though not the actual code). Then just try different things. There are also, at least with Macs, third party programs for free that translate anything you write into html code. In fact, if by any chance you use the new Mac Tiger opetaing system, there's a free "widget" mini-program you can put right on your desktop widgets that will zoom onto your screen with one click and will translate anything you enter into html. Get a Mac!

[igoforit]

I am quite happy with what I have achieved so far, without significant knowledge of HTML or CSS. Just from the help files and from information in this forum. Thanks smugmug!

http://jos-echelpoels.smugmug.com/

I am waiting now for the new features before tailoring it some more.

Regards,
Jos

[ExposeTheMoment]

I think I have more involved then most here.

I have a subdomain same colors, and links.


photo.htps.net my main site www.htps.net (http://www.htps.net/)

I have alot of co-branding

[jfriend]

I think I have more involved then most here.
photo.htps.net my main site www.htps.net (http://www.htps.net/)

You should look at your site in Firefox. There are some alignment issues with the bar right under your title banner. Works in IE, not in Firefox.

--John

[ExposeTheMoment]

You should look at your site in Firefox. There are some alignment issues with the bar right under your title banner. Works in IE, not in Firefox.

--John
Size your screen at 800x600 yiu will see how it sopossed to be

[gblotter]

Dave,
I really like how you did the rollover highlight color on the photo borders for your smugmug customization. Can you give me a pointer on this? Did you accomplish this with a stylesheet definition? A snipet of sample code would be great.
Thanks,
Greg

I am also finding the password thing very useful for shots of family and friends, etc. Here is my first try at co-branding. It's pretty simple but I've not had much time to spend on it yet (nor have I had much time to upload images!).

Cheers,

Dave

http://www.djcphoto.com/

[James Broome]

Size your screen at 800x600 yiu will see how it sopossed to be 3-4 years ago, 800x600 was the norm. These days, you'll find most run 1024x768 or higher. I run 1280x1024. You might want to revisit the code for that portion of your site to make it work with a wider range of viewers / browsers.

You aren't going to ask your clients to change their resolution to view your site, are you?

[gblotter]

There is a good example of smugmug co-branding at:

http://mikelane.smugmug.com/

In fact, smugmug uses Mike Lane's site to promote the sale of "Pro" account subscriptions.

I noticed that Mike Lane has figured out a way to delete "Mike Lane's Home" from his homepage. I'm sure others must have done this too. Can anyone give me a pointer as to how this is accomplished?

(I have already played around with the "Hide Owner" function in the gallery config - that's not it).

[Barb]

There is a good example of smugmug co-branding at:

http://mikelane.smugmug.com/

In fact, smugmug uses Mike Lane's site to promote the sale of "Pro" account subscriptions.

I noticed that Mike Lane has figured out a way to delete "Mike Lane's Home" from his homepage. I'm sure others must have done this too. Can anyone give me a pointer as to how this is accomplished?

(I have already played around with the "Hide Owner" function in the gallery config - that's not it).
Add this to your stylesheet html:

.offblue { display:none; }

[gblotter]

Does anyone know how to specify a rollover highlight color on the photo borders for smugmug co-branding customizations? David Carroll does a good job with this on his smugmug site http://www.djcphoto.com/

Can anyone give me a pointer on this? Is it accomplished with a stylesheet definition? A snipet of sample code would be great.

Thanks,
Greg

[gblotter]

Thanks for your help (as always), Barb.

I tried your suggestion. It does indeed have the desired result of omitting "Mike Lane's Home" from the homepage. However, it also has the undesired result of omitting the password login prompt (i.e. "this site requires a password to continue") and hint from the password login screen. (Obviously you need to have an account level password enabled for this condition to become relevant.) Is this a smugmug bug or expected behavior?

Greg




There is a good example of smugmug co-branding at:

http://mikelane.smugmug.com/

In fact, smugmug uses Mike Lane's site to promote the sale of "Pro" account subscriptions.

I noticed that Mike Lane has figured out a way to delete "Mike Lane's Home" from his homepage. I'm sure others must have done this too. Can anyone give me a pointer as to how this is accomplished?

(I have already played around with the "Hide Owner" function in the gallery config - that's not it).

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Reply Posted by DigitalDaze

Add this to your stylesheet html:

.offblue { display:none; }

[Barb]

Thanks for your help (as always), Barb.

I tried your suggestion. It does indeed have the desired result of omitting "Mike Lane's Home" from the homepage. However, it also has the undesired result of omitting the password login prompt (i.e. "this site requires a password to continue") and hint from the password login screen. (Obviously you need to have an account level password enabled for this condition to become relevant. Is this a smugmug bug or expected behavior?

Greg
Yes, it does do that. I asked about that myself a few days ago and was told that that problem would be fixed in the near future with the new co-branding templates and goodies that SmugMug has coming.

[snapapple]

Thanks to all the hints I found on this thread I have been able to create a header for my site. It's here snapapple.smugmug.com (http://snapapple.smugmug.com)
What I would like to be able to do is click on the words (such as Scenic and Landscape Photography or Restoration) or roll over them to get a link to that gallery. I also have a row of pictures on the bottom. I think this looks cluttered. I would like to have these in a separate block, maybe along the side. I would like these to be clickable to get to the gallery of that type. Can somebody tell me how to do this?

Next question: I changed all my travel galleries to the Journal style so that the viewer could get a big picture and a journal of the trip. That looked beautiful, but then I noticed that the shopping cart was not there. So I changed back to the Elegant style. Can I get the shopping cart on the Journal style or not?

Please take a look at my site. Any critique you have would be appreciated. I know nothing about HTML so I'll need help with it.

Thanks to everyone for the great hints on this thread.

[igoforit]

I don't see the header. It looks like the image it refers to can't be found.

Jos

Thanks to all the hints I found on this thread I have been able to create a header for my site. It's here snapapple.smugmug.com (http://snapapple.smugmug.com/)
What I would like to be able to do is click on the words (such as Scenic and Landscape Photography or Restoration) or roll over them to get a link to that gallery. I also have a row of pictures on the bottom. I think this looks cluttered. I would like to have these in a separate block, maybe along the side. I would like these to be clickable to get to the gallery of that type. Can somebody tell me how to do this?

Next question: I changed all my travel galleries to the Journal style so that the viewer could get a big picture and a journal of the trip. That looked beautiful, but then I noticed that the shopping cart was not there. So I changed