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
- NOTE : your homepage slideshow will not display when you are logged into SmugMug
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.cwilliamsphoto.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.cwilliamsphoto.com/Proofs/Mini1/21884342_khNc5B - the Password is set to Mini1)
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.cwilliamsphoto.com/galleries
Note : your Family galleries are still located in the Family category and you can still keep them in the family category. Simply share the link with family members, friends ,etc..
Site images :
http://www.cwilliamsphoto.com/Other
Home page slideshow and Investment slideshow galleries :
http://www.cwilliamsphoto.com/Portfolio
** You can add / change / delete the images as you wish for the slideshows
investment pages, behind the lens, faq, client login, contact
Web Site pages: http://www.cwilliamsphoto.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
Here are a couple of great articles on blogging and SEO
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
- NOTE : your homepage slideshow will not display when you are logged into SmugMug
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.cwilliamsphoto.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.cwilliamsphoto.com/Proofs/Mini1/21884342_khNc5B - the Password is set to Mini1)
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.cwilliamsphoto.com/galleries
Note : your Family galleries are still located in the Family category and you can still keep them in the family category. Simply share the link with family members, friends ,etc..
Site images :
http://www.cwilliamsphoto.com/Other
Home page slideshow and Investment slideshow galleries :
http://www.cwilliamsphoto.com/Portfolio
** You can add / change / delete the images as you wish for the slideshows
investment pages, behind the lens, faq, client login, contact
Web Site pages: http://www.cwilliamsphoto.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
Here are a couple of great articles on blogging and SEO
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/