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Re: Number of photos counts private photos

lpasqualis — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:27:41 GMT

AF, thank you for looking into this!! What you say makes total sense.

Here is something to think about. I realize it might be a bit of a corner case, but you still might want to consider the following:

First of all, I wanted to have password protected area, but I didn't want it to show up as a folder in the main page of my site. Here is how I setup it up:

I created a private group (private, not password protected). Inside it, I created a password protected group. That allows me to have a hidden password protected area that you can reach with a direct URL, without showing up in my site's main page. This allows me to give access to my site to a special group of people that know the URL and the password, without being seen by all the other users.

(In other words, while technically the group is password protected, it is not visible by anybody anywhere on the site, unless you know the URL or unless you are me and are logged in.)

When you count the photos you might want to consider the following:

Count the photos that can be accessed by the user that is browsing; if a user didn't enter a valid password for a password protected area, you might want to consider not counting the password protected photos.
If the photos are not "click-reachable" from the area that the user is browsed, you might want to consider not counting these photos at all.

Just some thoughts.

Re: Number of photos counts private photos

AF [Zenfolio] — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:46:25 GMT

I took a closer look at your account and it turns out your photos are not really private, they are password-protected. Private and ACL-protected photos, which the viewer doesn't have access to, are not included in the photo count, but password-protected photos -- are.

A possible workaround is to hide the photo count in customize visitor view options for your home page.

Re: Number of photos counts private photos

lpasqualis — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:56:39 GMT

No, I am not logged in.

If I am logged in I get a count of 423 photos. If I log out I get a count of 423 photos. Same number.

My public galleries have a total of 304 photos. My private section has 119 photos.

The total, public+private, is 304+119 = 423 photos.

Re: Number of photos counts private photos

AF [Zenfolio] — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:33:24 GMT

lpasqualis:
Expected: the number of photos shown should be representative of what the user can actually browse.

I believe this is how it works today. Are you logged in when you look at the number?

Number of photos counts private photos

lpasqualis — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:18:40 GMT

I have galleries that are public, and some that are private (for backup or on-hold purposes).

Problem: the total number of photos shown on the home page counts ALL the photographs, including the ones that are marked as private and hidden to the user.

Expected: the number of photos shown should be representative of what the user can actually browse.