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 07/27/2007 09:24:22 PM · #26
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
Originally posted by oOWonderBreadOo:

To tell the absolute truth I don't want to be with them forever unless their quality improves tenfold but they take suggestions seriously and have improved lots int he past six months I've been with them.

Is the quality concern related to their printing or their customer service?


it's the prints and the albums I won't even offer theirs anymore. The customer service so far has been awesome!
 08/04/2007 03:59:28 PM · #27
Originally posted by digitalpins:
Same here I love smugmug especially the fully customizable and all the options for ordering your customers have. Plus their forums are awesome, lots of help, they give you the heads up by email and/or on forum if smugmug is down for maintenance. My smugmug site is //www.lamontphotography.com


Ok... this site is great. It made me do some work on mine. There are a couple more things I want to change so I'll work on it some more later. My SmugMug

Ok But digitalpin, I do have a question. How do you have that automatic slide show on your home page? Could you point me to how to do that. I'm going to PM you as well. Thank you. :-)
 08/04/2007 04:10:41 PM · #28
below is the code i used for the slide show on my site. it was basically written by the smugmug guys and tweaked by me. go tothe 'digital grin' forum section on smugmug,a nd there are loads of people who will help you.

this section goes in the Javascript area of the customize page.

/*===========================*/
/*== SLIDE SHOW ==*/
/*== version .091 ==*/
/*== Updated 09 March 2006 ==*/
/*===========================*/
var SLIDE_SHOW = 0;
var RANDOM_PHOTO = 1;
var slideshowContainer;
var slide;
var ssLoaded;
var ssImage;
var ssFile;
var ssSlideTotal;
var ssSlideTimer;
var ssOldSlide;
var ssFadeTimer;
var ssFade;
var ssTimerId;
var blank;

function PrepSlideEnvironment()
{
blank = new Image();
blank.src = "/img/spacer.gif";

if (typeof(slideshowType) == "undefined" || (slideshowType != SLIDE_SHOW && slideshowType != RANDOM_PHOTO))
slideshowType = SLIDE_SHOW;

if (slideshowType == RANDOM_PHOTO)
randomSlides = true;

if (typeof(slideshowContainerId) == "undefined")
return false
else if (typeof(slideshowContainerId) == "string")
slideshowContainer = document.getElementById(slideshowContainerId);

if (!slideshowContainer)
return false;

if (typeof(slideshowAlbumId) == "undefined" || typeof(slideshowAlbumId) != "string")
return false;

if (typeof(slideHeight) == "undefined" || isNaN(slideHeight))
slideHeight = "427";

if (typeof(slideWidth) == "undefined" || isNaN(slideWidth))
slideWidth = "640";

if (typeof(photoHeight) == "undefined" || isNaN(photoHeight))
photoHeight = slideHeight;

if (typeof(photoWidth) == "undefined" || isNaN(photoWidth))
photoWidth = slideWidth;

if (typeof(slideDuration) == "undefined" || isNaN(slideDuration))
slideDuration = 3;

if (typeof(firstSlideUrl) == "undefined" || typeof(firstSlideUrl) != "string")
firstSlideUrl = blank.src;

if (typeof(showSlideTransition) == "undefined" || typeof(showSlideTransition) != "boolean")
showSlideTransition = true

if (typeof(resizeToPhoto) == "undefined" || typeof(resizeToPhoto) != "boolean")
resizeToPhoto = true;

if (typeof(quickStart) == "undefined" || typeof(quickStart) != "boolean")
quickStart = true;

if (typeof(randomSlides) == "undefined" || typeof(randomSlides) != "boolean")
randomSlides = false;

if (typeof(slideControls) == "undefined" || typeof(slideControls) != "boolean")
slideControls = false;

return true;
}

function isClass(sClass) {

sClassName = document.body.className;
re = new RegExp(sClass + "( |$)")

if (!sClassName)
return false;

return re.test(sClassName);
}

function loadSlideshow()
{
if (!PrepSlideEnvironment())
return false;

var re = /(http:\/\/[\w]+\.[\w]+\.[\w]+)\//;
re.exec(window.location);
var webServer = RegExp.$1;

slideshowContainer.innerHTML = '';

if (slideControls)
slideshowContainer.innerHTML += '
';

slide = document.getElementById('ssSlide');

ssIndex = new Array();
ssHeight = new Array();
ssWidth = new Array();
ssLoaded = new Array();
ssImage = new Array();
ssFile = new Array();
ssSlideTotal = 0;
ssSlideTimer = 0;
ssOldSlide = 0;
ssFadeTimer = 100;
ssFade = "out";

ajax_query(slideshowHandler,webServer+'/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=' + slideshowAlbumId, null, true);
}

function slideshowHandler(response)
{
var re = /file\[\d+\] = "[\S ]+\(\);/g;
var re2 = /width\[\d+\] = "\d+";/g;
var re3 = /height\[\d+\] = "\d+";/g;

s = response.match(re);
w = response.match(re2);
h = response.match(re3);

for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
{
ssIndex[i+1] = i+1;
temp = s.split(/"/);
ssFile[i+1] = temp[1] + photoHeight + temp[3] + photoWidth;
temp = h[i].split(/"/);
ssHeight[i+1] = temp[1];
temp = w[i].split(/"/);
ssWidth[i+1] = temp[1];
ssLoaded[i+1] = false;

if ((ssWidth[i + 1] > photoWidth) || (ssHeight[i + 1] > photoHeight))
{
if (ssWidth[i + 1] >= ssHeight[i + 1])
{
ssHeight[i + 1] = Math.round((ssHeight[i + 1] / ssWidth[i + 1]) * photoWidth);
ssWidth[i + 1] = photoWidth;
}
else
{
ssWidth[i + 1] = Math.round((ssWidth[i + 1] / ssHeight[i + 1]) * photoHeight);
ssHeight[i + 1] = photoHeight;
}
}
}
ssSlideTotal = s.length;

if (randomSlides)
{
ssIndex.shift();
ssIndex.shuffle();
ssIndex.unshift(0);
}

if (quickStart)
ssSlideTimer = (slideDuration * 1000);

ssPrepSlide(ssIndex[1]);
window.setTimeout("ssPrepSlide(ssIndex[2]);", 0);
window.setTimeout("ssPrepSlide(ssIndex[ssSlideTotal]);", 0);

if (slideshowType == SLIDE_SHOW)
ssPlaySlideshow();
else
ssSlideSwap(1);
}

function ssPauseSlideshow()
{
window.clearTimeout(ssTimerId);
ssTimerId = null;
}

function ssResumeSlideshow()
{
if (!ssTimerId)
ssTimerId = window.setTimeout("ssPlaySlideshow()", 10);
}

function ssPrepSlide(prep)
{
if (ssLoaded[prep] == false)
{
ssImage[prep] = new Image();
ssImage[prep].src = ssFile[prep];
ssLoaded[prep] = true;
}
}

function ssMoveSlide(i) {
ssSlideTimer = 0;
ssFadeTimer = 100;
ssTransition(ssFadeTimer);
ssFade = "out";
ssSlideSwap(i);
}

function ssPlaySlideshow()
{
if (ssSlideTimer >= (slideDuration * 1000))
{
if (ssFade == 'out')
ssTransition(ssFadeTimer -= 10);

if (ssFadeTimer == 0)
{
ssSlideSwap(1);
ssFade = 'in';
}

if (ssFade == 'in')
ssTransition(ssFadeTimer += 10);

if (ssFadeTimer == 100)
{
ssSlideTimer = 0;
ssFade = 'out';
}
}
else
ssSlideTimer += 10;

ssTimerId = window.setTimeout("ssPlaySlideshow()", 10);
}

function ssTransition(opacity)
{
if (showSlideTransition)
{
if (opacity != 100)
slide.style.opacity = (opacity / 100);

// one case where mozilla sucks: the image will flash if you turn opacuity up to 1 suddenly
else
slide.style.opacity = (.99);

// only affects Win IE
slide.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + opacity + ')';
}
}

function ssSlideSwap(i)
{
var newSlide = ssOldSlide + i;

if (newSlide > ssSlideTotal)
newSlide = 1;

if (newSlide < 1)
newSlide = ssSlideTotal;

if (ssLoaded[ssIndex[newSlide]] != false)
{
document.images['ssSlide'].src = blank.src;
slide.style.backgroundImage = 'url(' + ssFile[ssIndex[newSlide]] + ')';
if (resizeToPhoto)
{
document.images['ssSlide'].height = ssHeight[ssIndex[newSlide]];
document.images['ssSlide'].width = ssWidth[ssIndex[newSlide]];
}

ssPrepSlide(ssIndex[newSlide + i]);
ssOldSlide = newSlide;
}
else
{
ssPrepSlide(ssIndex[newSlide]);
ssSlideSwap(i);
}
}

Array.prototype.shuffle = function()
{
var len = this.length;
var rand, temp, i;

for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
rand = Math.floor(Math.random()*len);
temp = this[i];
this[i] = this[rand];
this[rand] = temp;
}
}

function pauseSlideshow()
{
document.getElementById('ssPause').style.display = "none";
document.getElementById('ssPlay').style.display = "inline";
ssPauseSlideshow();
}

function resumeSlideshow()
{
document.getElementById('ssPause').style.display = "inline";
document.getElementById('ssPlay').style.display = "none";
ssResumeSlideshow();
}

function prevSlide()
{
pauseSlideshow();
ssMoveSlide(-1);
}

function nextSlide()
{
pauseSlideshow();
ssMoveSlide(1);
}

This ends the javascript section

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this ends the footer section

if you prepare a folder of images, sized uniformly for your slideshow, and upload them to your smugmug account, make a new gallery called slideshow, and it should get the images from there. if not, ask teh digital grin guys!

i hope this helps!

Message edited by author 2007-08-04 16:12:58.
 08/04/2007 04:26:19 PM · #29
Thank you... I'm going to play around with it a little later. Thanks again. I'm also going to check out the site.

[quote=xianart] below is the code i used for the slide show on my site. it was basically written by the smugmug guys and tweaked by me. go tothe 'digital grin' forum section on smugmug,a nd there are loads of people who will help you.



Message edited by author 2007-08-08 10:22:59.
 08/08/2007 10:25:04 AM · #30
Ok... My updates are done... for now at least. I did it pretty much in a day too. Not too bad. My SmugMug
 08/08/2007 02:04:41 PM · #31
looks pretty good!
 08/08/2007 04:36:03 PM · #32
Looks nice. I have dotphoto.com. My url is ragamuffingirl.dotphoto.com, but recently potential customers are saying when they type that in they just end up at dotphoto's main page. That's a real problem, but how do I know the same won't happen with smugmug?
 08/08/2007 04:42:49 PM · #33
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Looks nice. I have dotphoto.com. My url is ragamuffingirl.dotphoto.com, but recently potential customers are saying when they type that in they just end up at dotphoto's main page. That's a real problem, but how do I know the same won't happen with smugmug?


FWIW, your link goes to your gallery page for me.

Maybe give them the full URL: //ragamuffingirl.dotphoto.com/CPListAlbums.asp

Message edited by author 2007-08-08 16:43:30.
 08/08/2007 04:49:33 PM · #34
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Looks nice. I have dotphoto.com. My url is ragamuffingirl.dotphoto.com, but recently potential customers are saying when they type that in they just end up at dotphoto's main page. That's a real problem, but how do I know the same won't happen with smugmug?

After reading this thread a week or so ago I made some smugmug changes and then pointed my own URL at their site. Right now www.davidnusbaum.comgoes directly to my smugmug account and the only sign of smugmug is at the very bottom of the page. Since this capability was sold as a feature, I would not expect smugmug to change something and take it away.
 09/04/2007 12:01:45 AM · #35
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:
Looks nice. I have dotphoto.com. My url is ragamuffingirl.dotphoto.com, but recently potential customers are saying when they type that in they just end up at dotphoto's main page. That's a real problem, but how do I know the same won't happen with smugmug?

After reading this thread a week or so ago I made some smugmug changes and then pointed my own URL at their site. Right now www.davidnusbaum.comgoes directly to my smugmug account and the only sign of smugmug is at the very bottom of the page. Since this capability was sold as a feature, I would not expect smugmug to change something and take it away.


Wow, your site like great. Very nice and clean. Plus your images speak volumes...
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