Customization FAQ List - Start Here!

[Andy]

NEW!!! MORE FRIENDLY VERSION HERE:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/customize-faq.mg

MANY Thanks to Anne, for the great job on the new help page



Our Main Customizing Resources:

Tutorials - scroll to bottom: http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1100284
Custom Header: http://www.smugmug.com/help/create-photo-album2
Basics: http://www.smugmug.com/help/custom-colors2
Customization FAQ: http://www.smugmug.com/help/customize-faq.mg
Advanced FAQ: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=26043
Wiki: http://smugmug.jot.com/Customization

1. HEADERS:
2. How do I make a custom header?
3. Add one or more custom headers to your site - TUTORIAL
4. How about a no-banner custom header?
5. How can I make this header "clickable" back to my site?
6. Can I have different headers on Main Page and Inside Gallery Pages?
7. I want to have rotating banner shots on my header - how do I do that?
8. NAVBARS:
9. I'm feeling adventurous - how do I make a navbar on my site?
10. How to make a a simple navbar - TUTORIAL
11. How do I make one of those dropdown navbars?
12. BACKGROUND IMAGES:
13. How Do I make a background image appear on my pages?
14. Can I make that background image appear on my homepage only?
15. Love the backround image thing - can I make it NOT appear on the image popup?
16. SEARCH:
17. How can I put a search box on my site, in the header? Can I change the color of the search results text?
18. Can I have a /keyword search box on my site?
19. CREATE AND ADD STUFF:
20. Can I link my Paypal code for purchases?
21. Can I embed a Calendar on my SmugMug?
22. Can I make my own favicon?
23. Hey, how can I have a description for a category? Is that hackable?
24. How do I make keyboard shortcuts for gallery page navigation ?
25. How can I replace the BIG SmugMug Footer with the mini SmugMug Footer?
26. CHANGE STUFF YOU DON’T LIKE:
27. Can I make my galleries line up 2x2?
28. Can I make my galleres 4-across?
29. How can I swap the SmugMug logo with my own - and the link, too?
30. Can I change the color of the borders around my images?
31. Can I change that green color?
32. Can I change the colors of the links in my bio, galleries, categories and more?
33. Can I change Photo Details, Slideshow duration, filmstrip to not move, kill the image previews andevenkill lightbox?
34. How can I change the text of the word, Galleries on my homepage?
35. Can I change text colors?
36. Can I change the color of my boxes?
37. Can I change the color of category and gallery titles?
38. Can I change the cart buttons text?
39. Can I have my captions above my photos?
40. Can I have my navigation below my photos?
41. Can I change the SmugMug logo and it's link on my homepage?
42. How can I change my page title?
43. How do I make the SmugMug link in my footer automatically be a referral link?
44. Can I modify the "X galleries, XXX photos" message in Category Descriptions?
45. I have SmugMug Pro. How do I make a customized "right-click" warning message?
46. Can I change the default stars that are used for ratings?
47. REMOVE OR HIDE STUFF:
48. How To Hide The Breadcrumb
49. How do I remove the galleries/categories from my homepage?
50. How do I remove the IE Image Toolbar?
51. How can I remove "map this" from my site?
52. Can I remove MyName's Home from my home page?
53. How can I remove the words "Gallery Categories" from my homepage?
54. How do I remove the "feeds" buttons on my pages?
55. Can I remove the cart buttons in my /popular gallery?
56. Can I remove those dashed lines, too?
57. Can I get rid of the dashed lines on my homepage, too?
58. I don't want the big slideshow - can the button be removed?
59. Can I remove "filename" from appearing underneath my photos in a single gallery?
60. I want to remove "filename" from appearing in all my galleries - how do I do this?
61. Can I remove those pesky pipes from the mini-footer and feeds footer?
62. Can I remove the RSS and ATOM Feeds Link?
63. Can I have a mini-mini SmugMug Footer - no shopping cart, no login link?
64. Can I remove my keywords from showing up under my photos?
65. Can I kill the page navigation for certain galleries?
66. How can I hide category titles of public galleries on my homepage?
67. I want to remove the mouseover text on thumbs and pics, can I do that?
68. I want my descriptions to show in category view, but NOT the date/time updated - can I do this?
69. Hey, can I remove some keywords from the keywordbox on my homepage?
70. GUESTBOOK:
71. Can I make a guest book, or simple ONE PAGE gallery?
72. I want to change "gallery comments" to "guestbook comments" in a gallery - can do?
73. EMAIL:
74. How can I add a clickable email link on my page, or in my bio, or in a caption?
75. Are there any advanced email link tricks I can implement?
76. How do I get one of those floaty-thingies when you hover over "email me" (nice title)?
77. Can I put my email address, securely, on my site?
78. BIOBOX:
79. How can I make the text in my userbio be squared up?
80. I just want to make my bio text bold - how do I do that?
81. Can I put a custom image in my Bio Box?
82. VIEW STYLES ( FILMSTRIP, SLIDESHOW, etc):
83. How can I force the duration of slideshow transitions? On a Per Gallery Basis, too?
84. I want to force a gallery to slideshow, and eliminate the toolbar - Can do?
85. Can I remove the option for full screen slide show even in the regular slide show?
86. How can I change the direction of the filmstrip?
87. I use journal style alot, and I want the caption text that appears on mouseover to go away AND don't allowclicking of the pic - can I do that?
88. Can I force a viewing style via a URL so that the viewer starts with a certain style?
89. HEY! i want to turn the the captions for the full screen slideshow on by default, but I can't find how? what gives?
90. OTHER COOL STUFF:
91. I want a Banner, a Navbar, a slideshow, no galleries on my homepage, and a separate galleries page, can do? - TUTORIAL
92. How do I make a HTML only page in SmugMug?
93. Is there a hack for bulk zoom thumbnails?
94. I have long gallery descriptions that are truncated in category view, can I make this look prettier?
95. I have the same description in many galleries. Is there an easy way to update them all at once?
96. I've seen some folks with "vanity urls" on their SmugMug site - how do I do that?
97. How can I make a featured gallery out of keyworded photos?
98. Can I make an automatic "recent photos gallery" with SmugMug's Timeline feature?
99. I want to link my homepage galleries, or categories, but hide them, too - can do?
100. How can I add Statcounter or Google Analytics to my site?
101. Can I use CSS to remove Gallery Comment ability but KEEP Image comments?
102. My customization shows in some galleries, but not others. What gives?
103. Automagic nickname.smugmug --> custom domain swapper
104. Add photo tools to all thumbs, traditional and journal styles
105. REFERENCES:
106. Where is "Customizing for Dummies?
107. I'm making themes for SmugMug, is there a good reference for that?
108. Hey, where's Version 1 of this Customization FAQ?
109. Where do I get Firefox and the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar?
110. Firefox Web Developer toolbar - TUTORIAL
111. What's the best way to test my code changes?

[Andy]

Hey, if you have topics/questions/ and can supply an answer with a link, pm it to me and I'll add it here

[Andy]

Bump for the new version