Easy Sharegroup Links and Packages That Play Nicely with Privacy Settings
NiceNames for Sharegroups
We made Sharegroups NiceName-friendly. This means that instead of random gibberish, you can pick the URL for any Sharegroup you share. Make sharing your favorite galleries so simple, you can do it over the phone!
Keep in mind that if you don’t want to reveal your SmugMug nickname this way, you should skip this option. Read more about Sharegroups.
Perfecting Package Permissions
Pros have been telling us that they weren’t thrilled with a recent change to how Packages play along with gallery privacy settings. So, we listened! You’ll now see a third button whenever you create or edit a package, under the “Limit the galleries” section:
In the past, packages set for All Galleries were really only visible to your clients if they were browsing and picking a package from a public gallery. So if they were viewing photos in a passworded gallery, they would have only seen packages that you created specifically for that gallery. Now we’ve clarified this with the new All Public Galleries button.
In short, you can choose individual galleries for a package, All Public Galleries (public and non-passworded) and All Galleries on your site (which include unlisted and passworded galleries).
As always, you can just pick specific galleries for your package, but we hope the additional button and the clearer wording will help you sell more Packages to more happy customers.
Coda of Bug Fixes
- While we were mucking with the wires, we also fixed a bug that prevented Packages from loading when they were picked from video galleries. Start selling bunches now.
- We added an additional quick link that lets you quickly view your site’s stats for the past month. Find it on the main Stats page, at the top. See all about Stats here.
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I am so very happy to see the packages setting change. now I don’t have to apply all 12 of my packages to each new gallery I post!! YEAH thank you thank you!!
Please notify me via email when the recent photos are available for the June 8th, 9th,and 10th,2011 GracePoint Men’s Retreat in Warwick, NY. Thanks and God bless!
Hi Mel,
It sounds like you’re looking for a specific photographer who was at your event. If you have a website link for them, check around their homepage for their contact info because many photographers do include their email address and phone number at the top.
And if you can’t find anything, please send us an email at help@smugmug.com . We’re always happy to help you track them down so you can get those photos.