Change settings for a gallery, folder, or page

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Accessing gallery, folder, and page settings can be done from within the Organizer by clicking on the Settings button. The appropriate settings overlay will open for the page type you're on.

Gallery settings.

Gallery settings are also accessible from within the gallery on your site. Navigate to your Site, then browse to any gallery and select the Settings button from the section bar. 

The gallery settings overlay has 7 buckets of actions.

Basics.
Set your Gallery Preset, Title, Description, Meta Keywords, Feature Image, and SEO-friendly Custom URL here.

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Security and sharing.
Set or remove viewing passwords, private-sharing access, search-engine visibility, and more. Security and Sharing settings (Visibility, Access, and Search settings) are inherited from the folder level by default. Entering a key into Guest Uploading generates a shareable upload link. Hide Owner hides your branding, nickname, and custom URL.

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Photo protection.
Set your largest display sizes and image-protection features.

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Social.
Enable or disable sharing options and comments.

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Selling.
Show or hide the Buy button. Some account levels can also configure gallery-specific commerce features like Assign a pricelist, backprinting, boutique packaging, proof delay, and more.

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Appearance.
The place to update all things related to your gallery's appearance:

Smart rules.
Where to go to set up rules for smart galleries.

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Folder settings.

Folder settings are also accessible from within any folder on your site. Navigate to your Site, then browse to any folder and select the Settings button from the section bar. The folder settings overlay has three buckets of actions.

Basics.
In the Basics tab, you can Title the folder, add Meta Description and Meta Keywords, choose a Feature Image, and enter a Custom URL for the folder.

Security and sharing.
In the Security and Sharing tab you can set the Folder’s Visibility and Access.

If you'd like to password protect the folder, select People with Password from the Access drop-down menu and create the password here as well.

Galleries and pages within a folder inherit the privacy setting of the folder. 

A password at the folder level requires visitors to know the password to see any galleries and their contents within that folder.

A public folder will be visible to viewers on your /browse page, for example, even if all galleries within it are unlisted. However, the unlisted galleries won't be visible from within the folder. 

Selling.
In the Selling tab you can assign the entire folder and its contents a pricelist. 

If you'd like to set a pricelist for a folder from the Selling tab, select the drop-down menu and choose the pricelist you want to apply to the folder.

Galleries within a folder inherit the pricelist setting of the folder. 

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Page settings.

Page settings are also accessible from within a page on your site. Navigate to your Site then browse to any page and select the Settings button from the section bar. The page settings overlay has two buckets of actions.

Basics.
In the Basics tab, you can Title the page, add Meta Description and Meta Keywords, choose a Feature Image, and enter a Custom URL for the page.

Security and sharing.
In the Security and Sharing tab, you can set the page’s Visibility and Access. If you'd like to password protect the page, you can create the password here as well.

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Change settings on the go.

Mobile browser.
Managing your photos while away from your desk? If you log in to your SmugMug site from a mobile browser, you can edit a few settings on the go. Change your gallery name, description, keywords, visibility, and access easily.

Log in to your SmugMug site using a web browser on your mobile device. Once successfully logged in, select Site in the navigation bar drop down and browse to a gallery. You'll see a user menu icon in the top-right corner. Tap it to access that gallery's settings, change what you need, then tap save to make it stick.

  

 

Note: If you've found the perfect mix of gallery settings, you can save them as a preset and apply them to other galleries with a click. Learn more about how to do that here.

Mobile app.
Using the SmugMug mobile app on your Android or iOS device? You can also make some gallery setting changes right within the mobile app!

Open the app on your phone and navigate to a gallery. In the upper corner, tap on the options icon and select Edit Gallery Settings in the popup menu


 

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