Your SmugMug site is composed of three main directory types: Folders, Galleries, and Pages. You can arrange these up to eight layers deep:

• Folders – Used to create categories and subcategories. Folders help you group and organize galleries or other folders. Images and videos are not uploaded to Folders on SmugMug.

• Galleries – Where you upload your photos, videos, and logo files. Galleries sit at the end of the folder structure and display your photos.

• Custom Pages – Use pages to convey information to visitors. Customize pages using Content Blocks.  

Here's what eight levels of folder hierarchy looks like:

You can see each layer nested inside the one above in the tree view on the left in the Organizer. This same hierarchy is reflected in the breadcrumb, shown at the top of the page on your site. 

• We've named the layers folders.
• The end-point pages are named galleries, which hold images and videos, or custom pages, which are blank slates to which any page element(s) may be added.
• You can create folders, galleries, and pages in the Organizer. 
• Each folder level has a limit of 5,000 folders/galleries/pages or pages within it.
   

• You can drag and drop in the Organizer, using the left-side navigation tree, to arrange folders, galleries, and pages within your site. You can also arrange photos within galleries by highlighting them and dragging them within the center window. 
   

Note: Due to the hierarchy, galleries can't be placed above folders. Nor can folders be in the midst of galleries. Folders nest within other folders and galleries can nest within them, but you can't have a folder next to a gallery in the order hierarchy.

Example Folder and Gallery Structures

Here are some example hierarchies showing how different types of photographers might organize their SmugMug sites.

By structuring your site with folders and galleries, you can make it easy for visitors to explore your work, no matter what type of photography you specialize in.

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