Instructions
To login to your SmugMug account :
- Go to www.smugmug.com
- Click Login
- After you enter your email/password click login
- Click "My Homepage" to access your site
About 80-90% of the work you do is within the galleries - adding/changing/deleting galleries/images/keywords/setting prices
Therefore:
For Client Login/Client Proofs galleries
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL - this is the client login which you will give your customer
- select the category "Proofs"
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
See all of your Proof galleries :
http://www.swobodapics.com/Proofs
click the 'settings' button to change the settings
Once the gallery is created - under the thumbnail of the gallery click the customize link
* you can change any settings as well as add a description and keywords
Recommend Client Gallery Settings:
- Privacy : Public
- Hello world: no
- Hello Smuggers: no
- External Links : no
- Protected : yes
- Easy Share : no
- Password : make sure the password is the same as the gallery URL name
( look at example gallery : http://www.swobodapics.com/Proofs/Lund/25780394_92L7H7 - both he password and Gallery URL are set to Lund)
For Custom Album galleries (for examples for your Portfolio)
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL
- select the category "Custom-Albums"
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
For Fine Art galleries
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL
- select the category "Fine-Art"
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
For Nature galleries
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL
- select the category "Nature"
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
For Kentwood galleries
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL
- select the category appropriate Kentwood
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
For setting prices, refer to these pages:
http://www.smugmug.com/help/print-pricing
http://www.smugmug.com/help/coupon-codes
http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-packages
http://www.smugmug.com/help/sell-digital-downloads
http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-sales-tax
See all of your Galleries:
http://www.swobodapics.com/galleries
Note : you only see the categories with the category title in RED
Site images :
http://www.swobodapics.com/Other
Home page slideshow and Portfolio galleries :
http://www.swobodapics.com/Portfolio
** You can add / change / delete the images as you wish for the slideshows
investment, about, client login, contact
Web Site pages: http://www.swobodapics.com/Pages
** You can simply edit the content by clicking on the edit button at the bottom of the screen. Add/change/delete content and click the save button when completed.
** Simply go to the page and click edit to change the text. Once completed, click save and refresh the page
To change the images and links on the homepage
- the images galleries are located in the http://www.swobodapics.com/Other category
- the galleries are named according to the grid image number (example : title-image-1, title-image-2, etc…)
- always make sure there is one image in the gallery
- if there more than one image, the home page will randomly pick one from the gallery to display in the grid
- the image size should be 190 pixels in width by 127 pixels in height
- to change the links and names - go to your tools - advanced settings. Click on style then click on advance customization. The structure is locate in the header section
of the advance customization. Scroll down within the box and it is located at the bottom. Make the appropriate changes. Once completed scroll down on the page and click submit
Login to your admin page:
1. Go to : http://blog.swobodapics.com/wp-admin
- Enter your username and password
Create new post:
1. Click on "Add New" under the "Posts" heading on the left hand panel of your dashboard.
2. Give your post a title.
3. Under your title, you will see this: Upload/Insert (
)
4. To upload a photo click the first icon and follow the WordPress Prompts.
5. To add text before or after your photo please do so at this time.
6. Add categories to your blog post (this helps with SEO) by finding the categories box on the right hand panel.
7. Find the + Add New Category button. Click the link and type in the category name in the text box. Then click the "Add new category" button. Make sure the category you want for this post is checked.
8. Add tags to your blog article by typing out keywords into the text box separated by a comma. Then click "Add"
9. Once your layout is how you want it, and you have added categories and tags, Click the big blue "Publish" button on the far right hand site..
10. Feel free to preview what the post will look like by clicking the "Preview" button at the top right. This will open up a new tab for you to view your post in before you publish.
Also refer to these links for other helpful hints:
Here are a couple of great articles on blogging and SEO - Make sure to use your "All in one SEO Pack" plugin in your posts. You can find this at the bottom of each post when you create it!
http://jrcustomization.com/2010/02/how-to-create-a-blog-post/
http://jrcustomization.com/tag/bob-the-camera-man-smugmug-web-site/
This is also a great site for photographers and SEO - http://www.photographers-seo.com/
Read More- Go to www.smugmug.com
- Click Login
- After you enter your email/password click login
- Click "My Homepage" to access your site
About 80-90% of the work you do is within the galleries - adding/changing/deleting galleries/images/keywords/setting prices
Therefore:
For Client Login/Client Proofs galleries
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL - this is the client login which you will give your customer
- select the category "Proofs"
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
See all of your Proof galleries :
http://www.swobodapics.com/Proofs
click the 'settings' button to change the settings
Once the gallery is created - under the thumbnail of the gallery click the customize link
* you can change any settings as well as add a description and keywords
Recommend Client Gallery Settings:
- Privacy : Public
- Hello world: no
- Hello Smuggers: no
- External Links : no
- Protected : yes
- Easy Share : no
- Password : make sure the password is the same as the gallery URL name
( look at example gallery : http://www.swobodapics.com/Proofs/Lund/25780394_92L7H7 - both he password and Gallery URL are set to Lund)
For Custom Album galleries (for examples for your Portfolio)
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL
- select the category "Custom-Albums"
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
For Fine Art galleries
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL
- select the category "Fine-Art"
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
For Nature galleries
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL
- select the category "Nature"
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
For Kentwood galleries
- click the upload button, then under create - new gallery
- enter the gallery title
- enter the gallery URL
- select the category appropriate Kentwood
- set the theme to 'default'
- click 'save'
For setting prices, refer to these pages:
http://www.smugmug.com/help/print-pricing
http://www.smugmug.com/help/coupon-codes
http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-packages
http://www.smugmug.com/help/sell-digital-downloads
http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-sales-tax
See all of your Galleries:
http://www.swobodapics.com/galleries
Note : you only see the categories with the category title in RED
Site images :
http://www.swobodapics.com/Other
Home page slideshow and Portfolio galleries :
http://www.swobodapics.com/Portfolio
** You can add / change / delete the images as you wish for the slideshows
investment, about, client login, contact
Web Site pages: http://www.swobodapics.com/Pages
** You can simply edit the content by clicking on the edit button at the bottom of the screen. Add/change/delete content and click the save button when completed.
** Simply go to the page and click edit to change the text. Once completed, click save and refresh the page
To change the images and links on the homepage
- the images galleries are located in the http://www.swobodapics.com/Other category
- the galleries are named according to the grid image number (example : title-image-1, title-image-2, etc…)
- always make sure there is one image in the gallery
- if there more than one image, the home page will randomly pick one from the gallery to display in the grid
- the image size should be 190 pixels in width by 127 pixels in height
- to change the links and names - go to your tools - advanced settings. Click on style then click on advance customization. The structure is locate in the header section
of the advance customization. Scroll down within the box and it is located at the bottom. Make the appropriate changes. Once completed scroll down on the page and click submit
Login to your admin page:
1. Go to : http://blog.swobodapics.com/wp-admin
- Enter your username and password
Create new post:
1. Click on "Add New" under the "Posts" heading on the left hand panel of your dashboard.
2. Give your post a title.
3. Under your title, you will see this: Upload/Insert (
)4. To upload a photo click the first icon and follow the WordPress Prompts.
5. To add text before or after your photo please do so at this time.
6. Add categories to your blog post (this helps with SEO) by finding the categories box on the right hand panel.
7. Find the + Add New Category button. Click the link and type in the category name in the text box. Then click the "Add new category" button. Make sure the category you want for this post is checked.
8. Add tags to your blog article by typing out keywords into the text box separated by a comma. Then click "Add"
9. Once your layout is how you want it, and you have added categories and tags, Click the big blue "Publish" button on the far right hand site..
10. Feel free to preview what the post will look like by clicking the "Preview" button at the top right. This will open up a new tab for you to view your post in before you publish.
Also refer to these links for other helpful hints:
Here are a couple of great articles on blogging and SEO - Make sure to use your "All in one SEO Pack" plugin in your posts. You can find this at the bottom of each post when you create it!
http://jrcustomization.com/2010/02/how-to-create-a-blog-post/
http://jrcustomization.com/tag/bob-the-camera-man-smugmug-web-site/
This is also a great site for photographers and SEO - http://www.photographers-seo.com/