Allow custom easy navigation URLs for galleries
Please allow users to create plain-English URL paths for galleries so that when I send a link to the gallery to friends and family they are easy to read and navigate to.
Instead of: http://username.smugmug.com/gallery/2845309_3mUwC/3/536188054_XAzKR
http://username.smugmug.com/vacation
It would be best if a custom URL could point directly to Gallery, Lightbox, or Slideshow mode
9 comments
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Adam Jason Photography
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this is more of an amusing anecdote than a gripe, but this seemed like a good thread/feature to voice it; I created a new gallery a few months back and got some key/id along the lines of 536188054_xpDog - I had to delete it and try again, as I didn't think the models I was sharing photos with would appreciate "DOG" in their URL :P
Maybe an option to regenerate album IDs on the new gallery dialog ;) -
RandyHI
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Allow custom easy navigation URLs to IMAGES! Gosh, it is like pulling nails to figure out what zillion character code you created from our simple IMG_3482 file name!
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Seraphim
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Thanks SM
You rock.
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darryl
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This feature has been changed to "Completed" but SmugMug really should've added a comment to tell people more about NiceNames (rolled out on 8/13/2009):
http://blogs.smugmug.com/release-notes/2009/08/21/introducing-nicenames-august-13th-2009/
(I didn't even notice the "Completed" badge until I posted a comment and then looked back.)
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omonra21
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vanity url "feature" is crap. Users should not have to maintain tables with urls - this is what we pay smugmug for. We don't want to run and maintain our websites, that's why we chose smugmug and not gallery.
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akaplan
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This should also be available for sharegroups.
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alex.bw
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Vanity URLs are an unnecessarily hacky workaround.
Long alphanumeric strings in the URL box are ugly, and I'm trying to present a clean and professional face on my website. I believe very strongly this should be a basic feature. -
LichtenHansen
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Easy navigation URL's for galleries and Images is most wanted. Vanity URL's are not SEO-friendly, so I would like to see a SEO-friendly implementation of Easy navigation URL’s.
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jfriend
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This is already doable with the vanity URL piece of javascript. Search the dgrin forums for vanity URL and you can find out how to do this.